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Our Faculty
Mr Paul Benedict Lincoln
National Institute of Education [email protected]Art maker, educator and Georgette Chen scholarship recipient, Paul Lincoln received a MFA (Painting) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia in 1999 and is currently a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Visual and Performing Arts ...
Appointments:
Head, Visual & Performing Arts
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Museum Director, NTU Museum
Keywords: Art, Design and Media | Education and Pedagogy | Science of Learning | Teacher Education
Asst Prof Gene Lai
National Institute of Education [email protected]Lai earned his PhD and MA in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University and an MMus in Western Music History and Literature from Ohio University. His research investigates the transnational impact of Indian folk drumming within Indian diasporic communi ...
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | History | Sociology
Asst Prof Agnieszka Chalas
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr. Agnieszka Chalas is an artist, art educator, and Assistant Professor, Visual & Performing Arts, at the National Institute for Education (NIE). Prior to joining NIE, she was an Assistant Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto ...
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education
Assoc Prof Chong Kwong Mei, Eddy
National Institute of Education [email protected]Associate Professor Eddy K. M. Chong is Associate Professor in Music in the Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) department at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He had served in various adminis ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education
Dr Jennifer Wong Pui Cheng
National Institute of Education [email protected]Jennifer Wong is a Senior Lecturer in the National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU), Singapore. She serves as the Assistant Head in the Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Department where she oversees the Dram ...
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Special Education | Teacher Education
Mr Rethinavel s/o Shanmugam
National Institute of Education [email protected]Rethinavel is a Lecturer in the National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU), Singapore.
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Tan Cheng Chye Marcus
National Institute of Education [email protected]Marcus is Associate Professor of Theatre, Programme Leader for Practicum, and Chair of NIE's Visiting Artist Programme, an artist-in-residence programme he initiated. Prior to joining NIE, Marcus was a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast where he ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Art, Design and Media
Dr Twardzik Ching Chor Leng
National Institute of Education [email protected]Twardzik Ching Chor Leng has been practising Installation Art and Land Art for more than 10 years. She has exhibited extensively in group and solo exhibitions internationally and locally. Founder of the Arts group, Landing Space that is active ...
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Tan Yuh Chaur Leonard
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr. Leonard Tan PhD, MA, BA 1st Class Hons, DipMus Distinction, LRSM, LMusTCL Doctor of Philosophy (Music Education/Conducting), Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, USA. Dissertation: Towards a Transcultural Philosophy of Instrumenta ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | Philosophy | Psychology
Dr Ng Hoon Hong
National Institute of Education [email protected]Ng Hoon Hong is a Senior Lecturer with the Visual and Performing Arts Department. He is also the Music Degree and Diploma Programme Leader. With more than a decade of experience as a secondary school music educator, he conducts music curricu ...
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education
Assoc Prof Charlene Rajendran
National Institute of Education [email protected]Charlene Rajendran has taught theatre at the National Institute of Education since June 2001. She is a Malaysian theatre educator, practitioner, writer and dramaturg, particularly interested in issues of culture and identity in contemporary So ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Eugene I. Dairianathan
National Institute of Education [email protected]Eugene’s interests are in interdisciplinary perspectives on Music and Education as well as musical practices in Singapore. He was lead author of a technical report based on a NAC Grant A Narrative History of Music in Singapore 1819 to the pres ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Art, Design and Media | Education and Pedagogy | History | Literature | Philosophy | Sociology
Dr Kehk Bee Lian
National Institute of Education [email protected]Bee Lian is the current co-ordinator for the Visual Arts group in the department. She teaches pedagogy modules in the undergraduate, postgraduate-diplomas, professional development and masters programmes at NIE. Before joining NIE, Bee Lian ta ...
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Lum Chee Hoo
National Institute of Education [email protected]Chee Hoo is Associate Professor of Music Education with the Visual & Performing Arts Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is Coordinator of the NIE Centre for Arts Res ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education
Teaching Fellow
Low Joo Hong
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Appointment: Senior Teaching Fellow (Art)
Low Joo Hong is a Senior Teaching Fellow at NIE-NTU Singapore. With expertise in art curriculum design, pedagogy, and assessment, Joo Hong teaches across a wide spectrum of academic programmes, including diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate diploma levels. Additionally, he contributes to the development of creative thought and practice through his teaching in master’s programmes, particularly in the areas of Art and Creativity.
Adjunct Faculty
Jeremy Monteiro
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Appointment: Adjunct Senior Fellow (Music)
Bio: Jeremy Monteiro PBM is a musician, pianist, composer, and vocalist and recipient of Singapore's prestigious Cultural Medallion. With a distinguished 48-year career spanning over 8,000 international performances since 1976, Monteiro has a discography comprising of 50 jazz albums, with four recent releases since 2022 ranking in the USA National Jazzweek chart's Top 50.
Monteiro is currently a Fellow of the London College of Music and the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and holds a visiting professorship at the University of West London, a position he has maintained since 2016.