Fr. Paul Vu, S.J.
Fr. Paul Vu, S.J., Assistant Dean of Students
paul.vu@lmu.edu
(310) 338-3756
Fr. Paul H. Vu was born in Vietnam as the youngest of 12 children and came to the U.S when he was five years old. After earning his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at The University of Texas-Austin, he attended The University of Missouri-Columbia where he earned both his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on acculturation and men’s issues. He completed his doctoral internship at The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a week later entered the Jesuit novitiate in St. Paul, Minn., in August of 2000. Paul completed his philosophy studies at St. Louis University and worked and taught at Regis University in Denver for three years prior to receiving his Master in Divinity (M.Div.) and Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 2011 and 2012, respectively. He was ordained as a priest in June 2011 and is currently the Assistant Dean of Students, The director for Community of Care, and a Lecturer for the Psychology Department at LMU. He served on the Board of Trustees at Rockhurst University from 2007-2016 and is currently on the Board of Trustees at Santa Clara University since 2018. He likes to travel, watch movies, and cook.