Faculty Directory

Dr Angela Frattarola

Dr. Angela Frattarola received her PhD in literature from New York University in 2004. Her book, Modernist Soundscapes: Auditory Technology and the Novel (University Press of Florida, 2018) explores how early auditory technologies such as the phonogr ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication | Literature

Asst Prof Koo-Cheah Swit Ling, Diane

Assistant Professor Koo Swit Ling is teaching communication skills and academic writing courses across the different schools of NTU. Academic Qualifications: PhD (Applied Linguistics), Aston University, United Kingdom MA (Applied Linguistics), Uni ...

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication

Dr Joanne Chia

Prior to joining the Language and Communication Centre (LCC), Joanne Chia taught various undergraduate and postgraduate courses at SUTD, as well as tutored first-year core and elective English literature courses at NTU (HSS/Division of English). She ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Literature

Ms Tina Chung

Ms. Tina Chung is a Lecturer at the Language and Communication Centre. Prior to joining the LCC, she worked as a trained teacher for over two decades teaching English, Literature, and English as a foreign language to local and international high scho ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Dr Nimrod Delante

Nimrod earned his PhD from the University of the Philippines in 2019. In 2006, he completed his M.A. in English Language and Literature Teaching at the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. During the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), he completed a Cert ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Mr Yuchen Hong

Mr. Hong completed his MA in English Literature at NTU in 2020, for which he wrote an analysis of the scientific and mathematical concepts behind the works of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. Prior to his MA, he obtained his BA in English Litera ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication | Literature

Dr Hsieh Yi-Chin

Dr. Hsieh Yi-Chin joined the Language and Communication Centre (LCC) at Nanyang University in 2015. She earned her Ph.D. in Language Education from Indiana University at Bloomington, United States, with a minor in Instructional Systems Technology. He ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication

Dr Ritu Jain

Dr Ritu Jain is senior lecturer in the Language and Communication Centre and Assistant Chair (Internships and Attachments) of the School of Humanities. She is editor of Multilingual Singapore: Language Policies and Linguistic Realities (2021) and ...

Appointments:
Assistant Chair (Careers and Attachment), School of Humanities Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Politics and Public Administration | Research/Studies on Asia

Dr Sujata Surinder Kathpalia

Dr Sujata Kathpalia is a Senior Lecturer at the Language and Communication Centre (LCC), Nanyang Technological University and she is a member of the LCC Management Committee. She is the coordinator of the scientific communication courses and she teac ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication

Mdm Khoo Phaik Suan, Susan

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Dr Lam Tsui Eu Sandra

Lam Tsui Eu Sandra holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Applied Linguistics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and Master’s degrees in English from Cambridge University, UK and Applied Linguistics from Nanyang Technological Universit ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies

Dr Lee Choong Peng Jean

Jean holds a PhD and MA in Applied Linguistics from Nanyang Technological University. She obtained her BA from the National University of Singapore and her DipEd (Postgrad) from the Institute of Education (NUS). In AY2019/2020, Jean won the SoH Lec ...

Appointments:
Assistant Chair (Communications and Community Engagement), School of Humanities Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Communication | Education and Pedagogy | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies

Dr Leong Ping Alvin

Alvin has been teaching at the Language & Communication Centre since 2009. He previously taught at the National University of Singapore (1999-2001) and the National Institute of Education (2001-2008). He has research interests in systemic-functio ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication

Mdm Li Shu Yun

Ms Li Shu Yun joined NTU in 1994 as a Communication Skills Lecturer in the then School of Civil and Structural Engineering. Now she is a Lecturer at the Language and Communication Centre, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She received her B.A ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication

Mr Illyas Effandi Lim

Mr Lim Effandi obtained his MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining NTU, he was a course leader at Singapore University of Social Sciences teaching semantics and pragmatics as well as ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication

Dr Benedict Lin

Asst Prof Benedict Lin has been at NTU since August 2006. Prior to this, he taught at a university in Japan. He also previously taught postgraduate courses in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, as well as in-service courses for English teachers, at the S ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Literature

Dr Keri Matwick

Dr. Matwick is a Lecturer in the Language and Communication Centre (LCC). She joined NTU in 2018 and teaches Inquiry and Communication in an Interdisciplinary World as well as Academic Communications in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Her ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Linguistics and Multilingual Studies

Dr Irda Nalls

Irda Nalls received a BA in Education with specialization in English and Literature from NTU, and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Colorado (CU) in Colorado, America. She also has a Ph.D in Education and Human Development from CU. ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Communication Studies | Language & Communication | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Research/Studies on Asia | Sociology

Dr Nuraliah Norasid

Nuraliah is a Lecturer in the Language and Communication Centre (LCC). She obtained her Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing in 2015. Her thesis is a work of creative piece that highlights issues such as marginality, isolation and socio-historical t ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Dr Nicole Ong

Dr Nicole Ong received her PhD in English Literature from Nanyang Technological University in 2020. Her research explores the intersection between trauma theory and narrative studies, particularly the role of literary analysis in shaping the discours ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Literature | Psychology

Li Kang Jerrold Quek

Prior to joining NTU-LCC full-time, Jerrold taught and facilitated a variety of courses on Academic Writing, Professional Communication, Linguistics and English Language in various institutions. Having studied Linguistics and English Literature, he e ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Literature

Dr Prasanthi Ram

Prasanthi Ram is a lecturer in the Language and Communication Centre at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). After receiving her BA in English literature from the National University of Singapore in 2014 and her MA in creative writing from the Uni ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Mr Alistair Ross

Alistair Ross is a Lecturer in the Language and Communication Centre. He has considerable experience of more than 25 years in teaching English for Academic Purposes and research writing to undergraduate and postgraduate students at universities in Ne ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Dr Shan Ross

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Lecturer, School of Humanities

Mr Tejash Singh

Tejash earned his MA in English Literature from NTU, with this thesis focusing upon slavery conversion in the 19th century. Having directed the first Humanities-centered learning centre in Singapore, as well as working to combine the Humanities with ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Jyr Minn Soh

Miss Soh completed her MA in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at NTU, where she described and analysed the serial verb constructions of the Shan language, building upon her previous documentation of its phonology and phonetics. She was trained ma ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Esther Soo-Chee

Esther Wansing Soo is a lecturer at the Language and Communication Centre (LCC) at Nanyang Technological University. Since obtaining her B. Ed. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and M.A (Applied ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Language & Communication

Ms Audrey Tan

Audrey has been teaching at NTU since doing her Master of Arts in English in 2019. Aside from LCC courses, she has also taught Introduction to Creative Writing under HSS. Her thesis was a project of short stories accompanied by a critical study on sh ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Miss Geraldine Tan Le Ting

Geraldine completed her M.A. in English at NTU in 2021, reading the discourse of family in Singapore Literature. She is passionate about reading and learning, and hopes to contribute to thinking about the use of digital tools and new media in classro ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Literature

Dr Tan Mia Huan

Tan Mia Huan is currently in the School of Humanities and Social Science teaching in the Language and Communication Centre since 2007. She received her Bachelor degree in Business Administration from NUS, Master degrees in Science and Education from ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities

Keywords: Internet & Communications | Language & Communication | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies