Assistant Director of International Programs
Coordinator of International Jesuit Collaborations
Contact Information:
410-617-7088 (office)
bqnguyen@loyola.edu
Education
School of Education—Boston College (05/2018)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)- Higher education
Dissertation topic: “Internationalization in Jesuit higher education in the United
States.”
School of Theology and Ministry—Boston College
Sacred Theology License (STL) (05/2012)
Master of Divinity (MDiv)
Loyola University Chicago
Master of Art in Social Philosophy (MA) (05/2006)
University of Houston
Master of Business Administration (MBA) (05/2001)
Bachelor of Business in Accounting (BBA) (05/1996)
Activities
Founder and Director of Formation Support for Vietnam—Non-profit organization: I have
raised more than five million dollars for scholarships to assist more than 200 Vietnamese
religious and priests who have studied at many Catholic colleges and seminaries.
I play a role of Coordinator, Consultant and Representative for the Vietnamese Catholic
Bishops and Major Superiors in Vietnam. 2006-Present
Director of Annual National Conference for Vietnamese priests, religious, and seminarians:
The yearly event taken place in California, Texas, Louisiana, or Florida, gathered
more than 200 religious participants, and provided workshops about spiritual, cultural,
legal, and academic topics.
Director of Annual Fundraising Gala: responsible for marketing, hosting center, and
concert programs. 2007-2017
Coordinator and event manager—for four 30-day silent retreats, Spiritual Exercises,
for religious and priests in Houston and Boston, 2011-2017
Retreat Directors: 8-day retreat for 30 college students 2004 and weekend retreats
for Catechists and Young Adults in Seattle, Boston, West Palm Beach, Winnipeg, Portland,
Albany, and Winter Haven
Chaplain for immersion trip and pilgrimages: led U.S. students to Nicaragua for building
houses for the poor and provided spiritual direction to pilgrims in Vietnam, Myanmar,
Thailand, Portugal, Spain, and Italy. 2011-2018
Chaplain and mentor for Christian Life Communities at Loyola University Chicago. Computer
Tutor for immigrants at Cristo Rey High School in Chicago. Chaplain and Bible Teacher
at a Federal Prison in Chicago and Boston. Teacher of Catholic Catechism for Confirmation
classes and Young Adults. Spiritual Director for college students and Eucharistic
Youth Society. Giving many preaching and directed retreats. Volunteer in the soup
kitchen in Tijuana for 4 months. Chaplain in Hospital and Hospice in Mc Allen, Texas.
President of the Eucharistic Youth Society in the Southern Region.
Internship of higher education at Loyola University in Chicago with Fr. Justin Daffron,
PhD—Associate Provost in 2009
Thesis and Publication
Nguyen, Bao, SJ. “Internationalization at Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States.” Doctoral Dissertation (Boston: Lynch School of Education of Boston College, 2018).
Nguyen, Bao, SJ. “Generosity: The Flourishing Virtue in the Consecrated Life.” Sacred
Theology Licentiate Thesis (Boston: School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College,
2012).
Nguyen, Bao, SJ. “Identity Crisis of Vietnamese Americans: Social and political approaches
of integration, equal recognition and universalism in a society of plural diversity
and multiculturalism.” Thesis of Master Degree of Social Philosophy (Chicago: Loyola
University, 2006).
Nguyen, Bao, SJ and John Lan Tran SJ. “Grace upon Grace: Supporting Vietnamese Formation
Students” (New Orleans: Southern Magazine of New Orleans Province of Society of Jesus.
Summer 2012). 18-21.
Research Interest
I am interested in international education, administration and supervision, non-profit
educational institutes, ecclesiastical theological foundations, student affairs, campus
ministry, Catholic tradition, global curriculum, especially Ignatian pedagogy in higher
education, and educational development in international communities. I am also interested
in educational system in developing countries and cross-cultural issues.