Awards

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 2022

IUAA Volunteer Leadership Award - 2021

Lieber Memorial Associate Instructor Award - 2014

About David H. K. Nguyen

David Nguyen embodies the spirit of giving back. He is the immediate past president of the IUPUI Alumni Council, where he served as a key advisor during the creation of the IUPUI Regatta and the IUPUI Top 100 Outstanding Students Recognition programs—both now beloved campus traditions. Additionally, he is a life member of IU Alumni Association, where he has volunteered on various boards including the Central Indiana Chapter, Asian Alumni Board, and as a leader for the Netherlands Chapter of the IUAA. In 2020, David was one of the inaugural recipients of the IUAA Volunteer Leadership Award, which honors those most committed alumni volunteers who are still writing the chapters of their alumni story through volunteerism and service.

David holds four degrees from Indiana University, including a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree from the McKinney School of Law and the Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis. After completing his J.D./M.B.A., Nguyen was named visiting professor of business ethics at Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, where he developed curriculum and taught graduate courses. As a recipient of the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship, he earned his Master of Advanced Legal Studies from Leiden University in the Netherlands, followed by his Ph.D. in Education Policy Studies from Indiana University. Most recently, he was an assistant professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio before returning to IUPUI as assistant professor of Urban Education Leadership and Policy Studies at the School of Education in August 2018.