Kinh’s research centers on music education and human displacement with a focus on prisoners in Massachusetts, orphans in Vietnam, women in Cambodia, and refugees living in Sweden. With social [in]justice at the heart of his teaching, learning, and musicking practices, Kinh T. Vu engages on-campus and distance learners in a range of courses including music education history and philosophy, secondary general music methods, and conducting. He is a staff instructor with BU Bands where he assists the marching band and coordinates a bucket drumming group. Outside Boston University, Professor Vu leads workshops and musical groups in the United States, Viet Nam, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and El Salvador.