Director, Multimodal Analysis Lab
Interactive Digital Media Institute (IDMI)
National University of Singapore
21 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119077
Kay O’Halloran is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore where she teaches and undertakes research in multimodal discourse analysis, social semiotics and systemic functional linguistics (SFL). Kay O’Halloran received her Ph.D. degree in Communication Studies from Murdoch University (Western Australia), and her B.Sc. (mathematics), Dip.Ed. and B.Ed. (1st Class Honours) from the University of Western Australia.
Kay O’Halloran is Head of the Multimodal Analysis Lab in the Interactive Digital Media Institute (IDMI) at the National University of Singapore. IDMI is Singapore's first inter-disciplinary research institute in Interactive and Digital Media (IDM).
"The convergence of researchers from varied disciplines such as science, computer science, engineering, arts and social sciences, performing arts, medicine and architecture is a novel concept — the IDMI has certainly redefined research conventions. The rich, creative and interdisciplinary research environment at IDMI is set to bring research excellence to the next level, capturing innovative opportunities in IDM." Prof Barry Halliwell, NUS Deputy President (Research and Technology). Press Release, 25 April 2007.
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Kay O’Halloran is a member of the Science, Technology and Society (STS) Research Cluster in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
The Fourth International Conference on Multimodality will take place in July 2008 in Singapore. Details are to follow soon!
