Bich-Hang Duong is a member of the Research and Evaluation team at NIET. She designs and conducts studies to improve the quality and effectiveness of NIET’s initiatives in teacher preparation and professional development for educators and school leaders.

Hang holds a PhD in Comparative and International Education from Lehigh University. Before her doctoral studies, Hang taught Writing and Research Methods for twelve years in Vietnam and earned a master's degree in TESOL from Monash University, Australia.

Her scholarly interests span professional development for educators, the cultural politics of education, school reforms, citizenship and character education, ecopedagogy, and longitudinal program evaluation.

With extensive experience as an educator, consultant, and mixed-methods researcher, Hang has collaborated with interdisciplinary teams across the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa. She has worked on major grant projects aimed at transforming school systems to ensure quality and inclusive learning. Her work, published in leading journals such as Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Educational Research for Policy and Practice, Discourse, Compare, and Prospects, reflects her commitment to enhancing teacher quality and fostering educational equity and justice worldwide.