Thursday Sep 29, 2022

#Interdisciplinarity from School to Career to Life’s Mission | ALUMNA SNEHA SANJAY

FASSTalk

The National University of Singapore Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is one of the the largest encompassing 16 Departments with a wide range of academic offerings in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Asian Studies and Language Studies. A FASS education equips you with skills that will never go out of demand. The programmes on this podcast channel explore our many facets including our #interdisciplinary curriculum, student life, unlimited career paths, new directions in research ...

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Gender, Sex and the Media

Dr Shobha Avadhani

Dr Shobha Avadhani, Dr Eunbi Lee and Dr Michelle Ho discuss the study of the intersection of gender and communication matters, their approaches to researching and teaching gender at NUS Communications and New Media, and share some of the insights they gain from this work.

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Algorithmic Bias

Dr Subhayan Mukerjee

NUS Communications and New Media's  Assistant Professor Subhayan Mukerjee reviews the state of algorithmic bias today and discusses approaches to mitigating its impact on the real world with Assistant Professors Kokil Jaidka and Chao Yu.

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The Impact of Platforms

Dr Jinna Tay

Senior Lecturer at NUS Communications and New Media (CNM) Dr Jinna Tay hosts Assistant Professors Hong Ren Yi and Jun Yu in a discussion about new practices in the use of digital platforms by consumers, vendors, service providers and their platform workers.

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powell_nina.jpgMoral Psychology, Human Exceptionalism and Becoming a Reflective Educator

Dr Nina Laurel Power

Dr Nina Powell has a Ph.D. in the psychology of human behaviour and decision-making (Social and Cognitive Developmental Psychology). She has more than 10 years of experience in grant and research publication writing and reviewing, and consultation for best approaches to assessing and measuring human behaviour and decision-making with respect to cognition, emotion and behaviour modification.

Dr Powell is also the winner of multiple awards for her work as educator at NUS Psychology, and her accolades include a series of five Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards (2017 through 2021), Special Teaching Award for Innovation in 2018 at the NUSFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and a FASS Inspiring Mentor Award in 2021 (along with our host Associate Professor Robin Loon).

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Award Winning Social Worker & Educator

Associate Professor Peace Wong

This year's recipient of Singapore's top accolade for her field – the Outstanding Social Worker Award – Associate Professor Peace Wong (NUS Social Work) discusses her path to becoming a dedicated social worker and decision to teach at her alma mater, the evolution of social work and her aspirations for her students, as well as the challenges of social work education and her outlook for the first batch of interdisciplinarily oriented social workers to graduate from the NUS College of Humanities and Sciences.

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Alumna

Shirley Wang

FASS Alumna Shirley Wang (NUS Theatre Studies and NUS Innovation & Design Programme (IDP) '21) discusses the interdisciplinary path she has taken all through school and now in her career, with Associate Professor Robin Loon (NUS Theatre Studies).

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Educator & Researcher

Dr Rosemary Overell

Dr Rosemary Overell, Senior Lecturer at NUS Communications and New Media (CNM) hosts a new series of podcasts on digital media and its influence on culture, politics and humanity.

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Educator

Associate Professor Kamalini Ramdas

Associate Professor Robin Loon (NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies) chats with Assoc Prof Kamalini Ramdas (Kamal) of NUS Geography about her journey as an educator. Dr Kamal shares her approach to education and her vision of what majoring in Geography should be here.

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Alumna

Sneha Sanjay

Associate Professor Robin Loon (NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies) speaks with Ms Sneha Sanjay, an Offshore Wealth Management Associate at Citi and a driven entrepreneur competent in both creative, analytical and interpersonal capacities. She graduated with a First Class Honours from NUS with a double major in Theatre and Business. Sneha shares her experiences, vision and plans for the future in this interview.

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