Theresa Duong

Pedagogical Wellness Specialist

Email: huongd@uci.edu

Contact me for: Faculty and grad development, mental health and wellness pedagogy, faculty fellowships, pedagogical wellness research, workshops, and programming

Pronouns: she/her

Theresa Duong is the Pedagogical Wellness Specialist at UCI’s Division of Teaching Excellence (DTEI). She is a double anteater! She earned her B.A. in Public Health Policy and Ph.D. in Public Health with emphasis on Disease Prevention from UCI. Her current role is to support faculty and graduate students in their roles as instructors. Furthermore, she provides university instructors with evidence-based training on pedagogical methods that fosters well-being for both instructors and students in the class setting. She also leads efforts in building a research agenda around creating and evaluating pedagogical wellness programs and their impact on instructor and student outcomes.

Outside of work, most of her time is spent with family and taking care of her two kids. During her free “me” time, she enjoys trying new food places (Yelp Elite since 2019), making matcha lattes, and burning calories at Orangetheory.