Dominic Nah (Jan25)

Dominic Nah

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

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Dominic Nah is completing his PhD, “Dialogic Ethical Criticism in Practice: Examining Student Receptivity and Resistance to Ethically Oriented Literature Pedagogies in Singapore Secondary Schools”, under the supervision of A/P Suzanne Choo. He has published his research on literature education in peer-reviewed journals such as Changing English, L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, the Australian Journal of English Education, and the Journal of Literary Theory, alongside The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice.

He has also published research on Character and Citizenship Education with Pedagogy, Culture & Society, and worked on Singapore Literature and English Language Theatre, dramaturgy, and World Literature. From 2023 to 2024, he served as the inaugural Research Degree Student Representative in the English Language and Literature (ELL) Academic Group. Since 2023, he has been a member of The Academic Writers’ Space (TAWS).

In his spare time, he dances as a b-boy (or ‘breaker’) and enjoys professional wrestling content.  

Awards & Recognition

YearAward Title
2023Dean’s Commendation for Research Award, NIE
2024Dean’s Commendation for Research Award, NIE

Books:


Book Chapters in Edited Volumes:

  • Nah, D. (2025, in press). Narrative Energetics and Energy Ontologies in Singapore: Powering Petro-conscious Dystopian Novels. In R. Varma & J. K. Watson (Eds.), Ends of the Global City: Disaffection, Displacement and the New Cultural Ecologies of the Urban . Palgrave-Macmillan.
  • Choo, S. S. & Nah, D. (2024). Transtextual Pedagogies in the Teaching of Literature: Insights from Literature Classrooms in Singapore. In S. S. Choo, Liu W. C. & Chua B. L. (Eds.), Developing Future-ready Learners for a Global Age: Approaches to Pedagogical Innovations in Singapore (pp. 276-286). Routledge.  
  • Choo, S. S. & Nah, D. (2024). Ethical Criticism as Pedagogy for the Development of Other-centric Interpretive Communities in the Literature Classroom. In K. B. Kelly, P. M. Rogers, & R. Vinz (Eds.), Building Literate Communities: In Conversation with Sheridan Blau (pp. 130-160). NCTE.
  • Nah, D., & Choo, S. S. (2023). Examining Students’ Critical-Ethical Interruptions of Racial Discourse in Singapore Literature Classrooms. In M. A. Raja & N. T. C. Lu (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice (pp. 268–283). Routledge.


Journal Articles:

  • Nah, D. (2023). Conceptualising Intersubjective Interpretations from Ethical Criticism and Student Responses to Ethically Oriented Literature Pedagogies: An Integrative Literature Review. Australian Journal of English Education, 58(2), 34-45. 
  • Nah, D. (2023). Towards a Dialogic Ethical Criticism: Examining Student Responses in Classroom Debates of Poems with Ethical Invitations. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 23(2), 1–33. https://doi.org/10.21248/l1esll.2023.23.2.547 
  • Nah, D., Lim, L. Y., Anwar, N. D., & Sim, J. B.-Y. (2023). Moulding Student Mental Health in Singapore’s Character and Citizenship Education: Projected Pedagogic Identities. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 33(1), 305-328. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2023.2260390
  • Nah, D., Nathan, G., Chew, B., Raja, A., & Lu, D. (2023). Confronting Incompatibility: The Disillusionment of the Literature Teacher in Singaporean Prose and Drama. Journal of Practice, Research and Tangential Activities, 1(3), 1-40. https://www.pratajournal.com/confronting-incompatibility
  • Nah, D. (2023). ‘Oh No, The Poem is in Malay’: Examining student responses to linguistic diversity in two multicultural Asian classrooms. Changing English, 30(3), 249–262. https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2023.2191834  

 

Critical Introductions:

  • Nah, D., & Yeo, R. (2024). “Goh Poh Seng: A Critical Introduction”. In Goh. P. S. Goh Poh Seng: 3 Plays. (pp. viii-xcvii) Epigram Books. Singapore.
  • Nah, D., & Adeeb Fazah. (2022). The Singapore Trilogy: A Reappraisal. In R. Yeo. The Singapore Trilogy (pp. vvi-xxxv). Epigram Books. Singapore.

 

Editorship:

  • Rajendran, C., Eckersall, P., Teo, D., Chong, G. K., Nah, D., & Prasad, U. (Eds.). (2023). (Asian) Dramaturgs’ Network: Sensing, Complexity, Tracing and Doing. Centre 42. Singapore.
  • Ow Yeong, W. K., & Nah, D. (Eds.). (2023). Enl*ght: A Literary Resource for Teachers, 8(2). Literature Division, English Language and Literature Department, National Institute of Education. Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25450
  • Ow Yeong, W. K., & Nah, D. (Eds.). (2022). Enl*ght: A Literary Resource for Teachers, 8(1). Literature Division, English Language and Literature Department, National Institute of Education. Singapore.  https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24719

 

Scholarly Book Review (Peer-reviewed):

  • Nah, D. (2022). [Review of the book Researching interpretive talk around literary narrative texts: shared novel reading, by John Gordon]. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 17(1), 76-79. 

 

Conference Proceedings:

  • Nah, D., Nathan, G., Chew, B., Raja, A., & Lu, D. (2024). Confronting incompatibility: Literature teachers in Singapore Literature. In C. H. Ng & J. Chan (Eds.) Singapore Literature Conference 2021 and 2023 Conference Proceedings (pp. 40-55). Poetry Festival Singapore.
  • Nah, D. (2022). Empathic response task: Exploring ethically oriented assessments for literature education. Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2022 Conference Proceedings, 324–334. https://repository.nie.edu.sg/handle/10497/24957

 

Seminars and Professional Resources:

  • Esplanade Offstage Resources (2022/2023)
    In late 2022 and 2023, the Esplanade Offstage programming team approached Dominic to write a series of lesson plans and guides for their literary microsite littleredcomma. Dominic wrote four guides which are published on their website and available to the public: 

https://www.esplanade.com/offstage/schools/learn/lrc-interpreting-humour-experiencing-multiple-perspectives 
https://www.esplanade.com/offstage/schools/learn/lrc-seeing-and-feeling-lost-memories
https://www.esplanade.com/offstage/schools/learn/lrc-not-just-a-footnote
https://www.esplanade.com/offstage/schools/learn/lrc-exploring-social-history-and-urban-development