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Farah Fazirah Vierra 

PhD student, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature

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Farah Fazirah Vierra is completing her PhD, “Understanding Students’ Truth-Oriented Literacies in a Post-Truth Age”, under the supervision of A/P Suzanne Choo. Her research interests include Literature education, critical literacy, and post-truth. She has contributed a book chapter to the International Federation for the Teaching of English book series, published by Routledge.

Awards & Recognition

YearAward Title
2025Dean’s Commendation for Research Award, NIE
2025Outstanding Paper Award (EduHK)

 

    Book Chapters:

    • Vierra, F. F., & Choo, S. S. (2024). Recovering truth-seeking ethical pedagogies for the literature classroom in a post-truth age. In C. Durrant, M. George, A. Goodwyn, J. Manuel, W. Sawyer, & M. Shoffner (Eds.), International perspectives on English as an emancipatory subject: Promoting equity, justice, and democracy through English (Vol. 5, pp. 220-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003470052

      Conference Presentations:

      • Vierra, F. F. (2025, July 29 - August 1). Redefining Literacy in a Post-truth Age: The Emerging Imperative of Truth Literacies for a Sustainable Future. [Paper Presentation]. International Postgraduate Roundtable and Research Forum cum Summer School (Interdisciplinary Frontiers: Exploring Mind, Language, and Environment for a Sustainable Future), The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 
      • Vierra, F. F. (2025, June 25-27). Navigating Post-truth Discourses in Media: Literature as an Ethical Intervention. [Paper Presentation]. SIG-ROLE Seminar 2025 (Legitimising Literature in an Evolving Media Landscape), Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
      • Vierra, F. (2023, June 20–24). Empowering Diverse Student Populations: An Ethical Approach to the Short Story in the Post-Truth Age [Conference Presentation]. 16th International Conference on the Short Story in English, Singapore.
      • Vierra, F. (2023, November 22–24). Meeting the Challenges of a Rapidly Changing World that Distorts Truth through a Critical-Ethical Post-Truth Pedagogy [Conference Presentation]. ERAS Conference & WERA Focal Meeting 2023, Singapore.

      Others:

      • Vierra, F. (2023). Teaching Students about the Role of the Supernatural in Shakespeare’s Macbeth Using a Comparative Local Text in the Literature Classroom. Enl*ght, 8(2), 22–23.