Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience
June 2024 -
Present
Film Programmer (Contract)
Singapore International Film Festival
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The Singapore International Film Festival is the longest-running film festival in Singapore, founded in 1987. The 35th edition of SGIFF will take place from 28 November to 8 December 2024.
Jan 2024 -
Present
Associate Faculty (Contract)
Singapore University of Social Sciences
​Courses Taught:
- Media Literacy
- Work and Learning in a Changing World
Nov 2023 -
Present
Research Writing, Content and Script Development (Freelance)
Reeljuice Pte Ltd
​Oversee all phases of media content development from initial research and concept, to writing and final execution, enhancing narrative clarity and alignment with creative and stakeholder goals
Aug 2023 -
Present
Adjunct Lecturer (Contract)
Nanyang Technological University
​Courses Taught:
- Communication and Inquiry in an Interdisciplinary World
-Postgraduate Academic Writing & Publishing
- Research Communications for Graduate Studies
May 2019 -
July 2023
Assistant Professor
Humanities and Social Sciences
DigiPen Singapore@SIT
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Developed course materials for and taught interdisciplinary undergraduate modules: Interactive Storytelling; Screenwriting; Storytelling; Creative Writing in Game Design; Gender Identity in Literature; Mythology; Southeast Asian Short Fictions; Research Reasoning and Writing; Composition.
• Course co-ordinator. Led five adjunct lecturers for a cohort of 120 students.
• Excellent teaching evaluations. Available upon request.
• Actively involved in departmental hiring and training processes.
• Examination Board Member. Responsibilities include:
- Moderation of examination and assessment marks;
- Handling of appeals from students with regard to examination or assessment matters.
Mar 2012 -
May 2022
Assistant Editor
Screen Bodies (Berghahn Journal)
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Screen Bodies is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on the intersection of Screen Studies and Body Studies across disciplines, institutions, and media.
Key Responsibilities:
Key player in founding Screen Bodies Journal
Involved in business development of journal direction and milestones
Liaised with potential stakeholders for Editorial board
Generated leads for potential journal articles
Managed project timeline for timely publications of journal issues
Edited and contributed to journal reports
Dec 2018-
May 2019
Lecturer
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
Nanyang Technological University
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Undergraduate Modules Taught:
Singapore Images: Film, Literature, and Culture
Social Constructions of Utopias and Dystopias
Dec 2016-
Dec 2018
Instructor
Centre for English Language and Communications
National University of Singapore
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Undergraduate Modules Taught:
Public Writing and Communications
Education
2013-2018
2011-2013
2007-2011
PhD in Film & Television Studies
University of Glasgow, UK
Dissertation:
Decentering Chineseness: Towards Affective Transsensorial Cinemas
PhD Supervisors:
Professor David Martin-Jones, Dr Ian Garwood
Committee:
Dr Felicia Chan, Professor Dimitris Eleftheriotis
Master of Arts (English)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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4.5/5.0 GPA
30000 word Thesis: Sensuous Cinema “Pass/Fail” only: Pass awarded.
Supervisor: Dr Brian Bergen-Aurand
Bachelor of Arts (English)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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2nd Upper Division Honours
10000-word thesis: Smelling out Another Cinema
Distinction awarded.
Supervisor: Dr Brian Bergen-Aurand
Grants/Awards
Professional Development Fund, DigiPen Singapore
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Research presentation at Bangkok “Captivating Criminality” Conference 2023
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Professional Development Fund, DigiPen Singapore
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Research Trip to Seoul for Global Mobility Humanities Conference
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Research Support Award, University of Glasgow, UK
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Research Trip to Seoul for Deleuze Studies
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Collaborative Research Award, University of Glasgow, UK
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Awarded for organising affect theory virtual conference between HKU and UoG.
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Research Support Award, University of Glasgow, UK
Conference Travel Grant, Open University of Hong Kong, HK
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Principal’s Early Career Mobility Fund, University of Glasgow, UK
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Awarded for research visit to University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Film Archive from January – April 2015
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Overseas Conference/Research Travel Fund, Nanyang Technological University
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Awarded for Conference trip to Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Research Scholarship, Nanyang Technological University, SG
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