Our Faculty

Paul Benedict Lincoln

Mr Paul Benedict Lincoln

National Institute of Education

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

Gene Lai

Asst Prof Gene Lai

National Institute of Education

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: Art, Design and Media | Business and Management | History | Sociology

Agnieszka Chalas

Asst Prof Agnieszka Chalas

National Institute of Education

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

Chong Kwong Mei, Eddy

Assoc Prof Chong Kwong Mei, Eddy

National Institute of Education

Associate Professor Eddy K. M. Chong is currently the Associate Dean for Programme Planning and Management at the Office of Teacher Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. He manages NIE's Initial Teacher ...

Appointments:
Associate Dean, Programme Planning & Management, Office of Teacher Education & Undergraduate Programmes Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts

Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education

Jennifer Wong Pui Cheng

Dr Jennifer Wong Pui Cheng

National Institute of Education

Jennifer Wong is a Lecturer in the National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU), Singapore. She coordinates the Drama programme in the Visual and Performing Arts Academic Group in NIE-NTU and she teaches drama ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts

Keywords: Education

Rethinavel s/o Shanmugam

Mr Rethinavel s/o Shanmugam

National Institute of Education

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

Tan Cheng Chye Marcus

Assoc Prof Tan Cheng Chye Marcus

National Institute of Education

Prior to joining NIE, Marcus was a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast where he taught various courses on Asian Theatre, Virtual Performativities and Intercultural Theatre. Marcus also formerly taught at Dunman High School and Temasek Junior Colle ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts

Keywords: Art, Design and Media

Twardzik Ching Chor Leng

Dr Twardzik Ching Chor Leng

National Institute of Education

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

Tan Yuh Chaur Leonard

Assoc Prof Tan Yuh Chaur Leonard

National Institute of Education

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

Ng Hoon Hong

Dr Ng Hoon Hong

National Institute of Education

Ng Hoon Hong is currently a Lecturer with the Visual and Performing Arts Department at the National Institute of Education. He is also the Music Degree and Diploma Programme Leader. With more than a decade of experience as a secondary school ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts

Keywords: Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education

Charlene Rajendran

Assoc Prof Charlene Rajendran

National Institute of Education

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

Eugene I. Dairianathan

Assoc Prof Eugene I. Dairianathan

National Institute of Education

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

Kehk Bee Lian

Dr Kehk Bee Lian

National Institute of Education

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

Lum Chee Hoo

Assoc Prof Lum Chee Hoo

National Institute of Education

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

Adjunct Faculty

jeremy monteiro

Jeremy Monteiro

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

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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.

Currently, he serves as Executive Director and Music Director of the Jazz Association - SG and co-founded the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS), where he acts as Chairman.