Binh Ta

Dr. Binh Ta is a part-time (0.6 FTE) Lecturer in the School of Primary and Allied Health Care at Monash University's Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences. She teaches academic writing and professional communication courses. Her research focuses on higher education, international students, educator-learner interactions, healthcare communication, and conversation analysis.

Education:

• PhD in Conversation Analysis, Monash University (2019)
• MPhil in Second Language Education, University of Cambridge (2011)

Current Projects:

• Behavior Change Project: Exploring communication practices for behavior change in Australian primary care.
• Empathy Project: Analyzing empathy expression in healthcare communication.
• Pain Communication Project: Investigating interpreter-assisted pain communication with Hmong patients.
• PhD Graduates' Employment Project: Studying employment experiences of Australian PhD graduates.

Awards:

• Editors’ Award (2020)

Dr. Ta has supervised PhD students in conversation analysis and healthcare communication. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to books and edited volumes, with an h-index of 5 and 103 citations (ResearchGate).