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Appointments/Posts Held, Awards/Grants Given Educational Background: 1988 - B.A. Honours, First Class (Direct Honours), National University of Singapore 1989 - M.A., National University of Singapore 1993 - Ph.D., The University of Chicago Employment History: 1988-93 Senior Tutor, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore 1994-98 Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore 1999-2001 Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore 2002-2011 Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore 2011-present Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore Appointments/Service in NUS: 1994-95 - Assistant Director, NUS Centre for the Arts 1995-97 - Deputy Director, NUS Centre for the Arts 1996-1999 Assistant Head, Department of English Language and Literature 1997-2000 Assistant Director, Centre for Advanced Studies (and Deputy Chairman, Publications Committee) 1998-2000 Member, University Core Curriculum Committee (and Co-ordinator of Sub-committee on Literature and the Arts) 1999-2000 Sub-Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 2001-2004 Deputy Head, Department of English Language and Literature 2004-2008 ARI Associate, Religion and Globalisation Research Cluster 2004-2007 Member, Faculty Conference Committee 2004-2010 Head, Department of English Language and Literature 2006 Member, NUS Extension (NEX) Review Committee 2008-2010 Deputy Director, Asia Research Institute 2009–2012 Member, FASS Cities Cluster Steering Committee 2010–present Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Visiting Appointments: Visiting Fulbright Fellow, Department of English, University of Washington (1998) Visiting Scholar, Department of English, University of Sydney (2000) Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English, University of Birmingham (2000/2001) Professional Memberships/Activities Co-founding Editor, Hybridity (International Refereed Journal based in the National University of Singapore, Reviewer for the following journals and presses (all by invitation): Signs The Open Urban Studies Journal Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Population, Space and Place City and Society Body & Society Culture and Religion Theory Culture & Society ARI Working Paper Series Springer Hong Kong University Press
Literary Assessor for Publishing Grants, National Arts Council
External Reviewer for Hong Kong Universities Research Grants Council
Editorial Board Member, H-SEASIA Member, Fulbright Association (Singapore) Editorial Board Member, Lemmata (Electronic Journal) Advisory Editor (South-east Asian Anglophone Studies), Annotated Bibliography of English Studies (ABES) Editorial Committee Member, Times Publishing (Literature and Drama Cluster Committee) Editorial Advisory Board Member, The Open Urban Studies Journal, Bentham Science Publishers Editorial Advisory Board Member, The Open Geography Journal, Bentham Science Publishers Co-Chief Editor, ARI-Springer Book Series Advisory Board Member, Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies Public Service/Committees/Consultancies outside University: Singapore Representative and elected Vice-President, ASEAN Literature Workshop Planning Committee (Manila, 1994) Leader of Singapore Delegation to the Second ASEAN Universities Arts Council Meeting (Brunei, 1997) Chief Judge, Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Literature Awards (1996, 1997, 1998) Member, National Arts Council Committee on Arts Education (1996-1997). Member, National Book Development Council (1995, 1996) Linguistic Editor for Ministry of Education Social Studies Packages (2001, 2005-2008) Linguistic Consultant for OCBC Corporate Communications Group (2005-2009) Chair of Organizing Committee, NUS CFA-MOE GEB Creative Arts Camp 2003 and 2004, and Editorial Advisor to the Member of Singapore Nominating Committee, SEA Write Award (2003, 2006) Member of Judging Panel and Co-line Manager, NUS-FASS and The Old Parliament House Writing Fellowship (2004-2010) Member of Advisory Committee for Programmes (English Language and Literature), Singapore Institute of Management (2005-present) Member of MOE CPDB Secondary Literature Text Selection Advisory Panel (2006, 2010) Board of Directors of Metropolitan YMCA (co-opted member 2007-2009, full member 2009–present; 2nd Vice-President, 2012-present) Council Member, National Council of YMCAs of Singapore (2009-present) Council Member, English Language Institute of Singapore (2011-2013) Scholarships, Medals, Awards (Select List): OCBC Gold Medal (Best First-Year Student in Arts Faculty), 1985/86 Wee Kheng Chiang Scholarship, Koh Yen Bock Scholarship, Literature Book Prize, Philosophy Book Prize, NUS Overseas Graduate Scholarship (1989-1993) British Council/NUS Travel Grant (1995) Fulbright Fellowship (1998) Faculty Excellent Teacher Award (2006) Faculty Excellent Teacher Award (2009) NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2008/09 Faculty Excellent Teacher Award (2010) |