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Faculty Members
 

Social Sciences and Humanities

SMU recruits top-class faculty from around the world to build an exciting diversity of talent. Starting from the seminal group of two faculty in 2003, the Social Sciences and Humanities faculty has grown to a total strength of 25 full-time faculty in 2007, with 9 in Psychology, 5 in Political Science, 4 in Sociology, and 7 in the Humanities. The School is currently expanding and will continue to recruit more faculty in the various disciplines. The faculty mix of expertise provides an exciting diversity of talent for multidisciplinary research and teaching.

Endowed with a wealth of experience in research, teaching, and consultancy, faculty members hold PhDs from top ranking universities such as Harvard, Yale and Michigan. Several faculty serve as members on national councils, editors or editorial board members of prestigious scholarly journals, and are recipients of international scholarly awards.

Yvonne ÅBERG
DESIGNATION Lecturer (Research)
QUALIFICATION PhD, Stockholm University, 2003
EMAIL yvonneaberg@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0846
 
Evelyn AU
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2008
EMAIL evelynau@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0848
 
Yooil BAE
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Political Science
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Southern California, 2007
EMAIL yooilbae@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 1901
 
Daniel BALLIET
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, Washington State University, 2007
EMAIL dballiet@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0963
 
David CHAN
DESIGNATION Vice Provost (Research, Graduate Studies & Faculty); Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, Michigan State University, 1998
EMAIL davidchan@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0300
 
Margaret CHAN
DESIGNATION Practice Assistant Professor of Theatre/Performance Studies
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of London, 2002
EMAIL margaretchan@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0838
 
Paul Yunsik CHANG
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Sociology
QUALIFICATION PhD, Sociology, Stanford University, 2008
EMAIL paulchang@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 1905
 
CHENG Chi-Ying
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Michigan, 2005
EMAIL cycheng@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0844
 
CHUNG Wai Keung
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Sociology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Washington, 2004
EMAIL wkchung@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0871
 
John A DONALDSON
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Political Science
QUALIFICATION PhD, George Washington University, 2005
EMAIL jdonaldson@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0295
 
Ilya FARBER
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Philosophy
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of California, San Diego, 2000
EMAIL ifarber@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0297
 
Nicholas Michael HARRIGAN
DESIGNATION Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
QUALIFICATION ABD, Australian National University, 2008
EMAIL nharrigan@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0842
 
Peter HEDSTRÖM
DESIGNATION Dean, School of Social Sciences; Professor of Sociology
QUALIFICATION PhD, Harvard University, 1987
EMAIL phedstrom@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 1929
 
HOON Chang Yau
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Western Australia, 2007
EMAIL cyhoon@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0841
 
Eduard JORDAAN
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Political Science
QUALIFICATION DPhil, University of Stellenbosch, 2005
EMAIL ejordaan@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0965
 
Ivy LAU
DESIGNATION Practice Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Alberta, 1993
EMAIL ivylau@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0839
 
Angela LEUNG
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2007
EMAIL angelaleung@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0961
 
Norman LI
DESIGNATION Associate Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, Arizona State University, 2003
EMAIL normanli@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0864
 
LUAN Shenghua
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Florida, 2004
EMAIL shluan@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0840
 
Thomas Brian MOONEY
DESIGNATION Practice Associate Professor of Philosophy
QUALIFICATION PhD, La Trobe University, 1993
EMAIL brianmooney@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0627
 
Alex M. MUTEBI
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Political Science
QUALIFICATION PhD, Princeton University, 2000
EMAIL alexmutebi@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 1902
 
Steven NEY
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Political Science
QUALIFICATION Dr rer Polit, University of Bergen, 2006
EMAIL stevenney@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0296
 
Mark NOWACKI
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Philosophy
QUALIFICATION PhD, Catholic University of America, 2002
EMAIL nowacki@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0869
 
Clara PORTELA
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Political Science
QUALIFICATION PhD, European University Institute, 2008
EMAIL claraportela@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 1903
 
Tobias RETTIG
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of London, 2004
EMAIL tobiasrettig@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0866
 
Christie Napa SCOLLON
DESIGNATION Associate Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2004
EMAIL cscollon@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0299
 
Kirpal SINGH
DESIGNATION Associate Professor of English Literature
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Adelaide, 1980
EMAIL kirpals@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0207
 
TAN Yoo Guan
DESIGNATION Associate Dean; Practice Associate Professor of Philosophy
QUALIFICATION DPhil, University of Oxford, 1991
EMAIL ygtan@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0851
 
Bussarawan Puk TEERAWICHITCHAINAN
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Sociology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Washington, 2005
EMAIL bteerawichit@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0664
 
Jennifer Yuk-yue TONG
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Hong Kong, 2002
EMAIL jtong@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0875
 
William TOV
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2008
EMAIL williamtov@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 1904
 
Ann VOGEL
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Sociology
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Washington, 2002
EMAIL annvogel@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0766
 
John WILLIAMS
DESIGNATION Associate Professor of Philosophy
QUALIFICATION PhD, University of Hull, 1981
EMAIL johnwilliams@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0209
 
YANG Hwajin
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Psychology
QUALIFICATION PhD, Cornell University, 2006
EMAIL hjyang@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0975
 
Q Forrest ZHANG
DESIGNATION Assistant Professor of Sociology
QUALIFICATION PhD, Yale University, 2004
EMAIL forrestzhang@smu.edu.sg
PHONE 6828 0294
 

 


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