HSSE Faculty

Assoc Prof Edward Park

National Institute of Education edward.park@nie.edu.sg

Edward Park is the Head of Humanities and Social Studies Education (HSSE) Department, and an Associate Professor of Physical Geography at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, with a courtesy appointment at the ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education Associate Professor, Asian School of the Environment (Courtesy Appointment)

Keywords: Climate and Environment | Coastal and Useable Space | Ecology and Ecosystems | Natural Hazards Monitoring and Disaster Response

Prof Kevin Peter Blackburn

National Institute of Education kevin.blackburn@nie.edu.sg

Professor Kevin Blackburn is a historian teaching at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has taught in Singapore since 1993, when he left the History Department of the University of Queens ...

Appointments:
Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: History

Prof Chang Chew Hung

National Institute of Education chewhung.chang@nie.edu.sg

Professor Chang Chew Hung works in sustainability, geography, and environmental education. His expertise is in Climate Change misconception diagnostics and in improvement to geography curriculum and technology-enabled refutation oriented instr ...

Appointments:
Dean, Graduate Studies & Professional Learning and NIE Sustainability Officer Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Climate and Environment | Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy

Dr Chee Min Fui

National Institute of Education minfui.chee@nie.edu.sg

Chee Min Fui specializes in Social Studies education and she is currently the programme leader for the EdD and the PGDE Primary Social Studies programmes in HSSE. She has extensive teaching experience in both curriculum studies and subject kno ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Education and Pedagogy

Assoc Prof Diganta Das

National Institute of Education diganta.das@nie.edu.sg

Diganta Das is an Associate Professor of Human Geography at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he also serves as the Co-Chair of the Sustainability Learning Lab (SLL). He holds a Master’s in Planning and Development from ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Circular Economy | Ecosystem Resilience

Assoc Prof Simon Creak

National Institute of Education simon.creak@nie.edu.sg

Simon Creak is a historian of modern Southeast Asia, particularly Laos and the region as a whole, with research interests in the cultural and political history of nationalism, regionalism, socialism, and the Cold War. Simon's current researc ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: History | Political Science and International Relations

Dr Suhaimi Bin Mohamed Afandi

National Institute of Education suhaimi.afandi@nie.edu.sg

Suhaimi Afandi is Senior Lecturer with the Humanities and Social Studies Education (HSSE) Academic Group, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University. He received his B.A. in history and political science at the Nat ...

Appointments:
Assistant Dean, Graduate Education by Coursework, Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Education and Pedagogy

Dr Nur Diyanah Binte Anwar

National Institute of Education diyanah.anwar@nie.edu.sg

Dr Diyanah lectures in the Humanities and Social Studies Education Department at the National Institute of Education. She was formerly with the Centre of Excellence for National Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Dr Diyanah’s wo ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | Political Science and International Relations | Sociology

Assoc Prof Lim Mui Ling, Ivy Maria

National Institute of Education ivy.lim@nie.edu.sg

Ivy Maria Lim is Associate Professor and Head of Humanities and Social Studies Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University where she now teaches courses on the history of Singapore and East Asia. She has been a ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Education and Pedagogy

Asst Prof Elisa Prosperetti

National Institute of Education elisa.prosperetti@nie.edu.sg

Elisa Prosperetti is a historian of modern African and global history. She specializes in histories of race, education, development, and decolonization in the 19th and 20th centuries. Her first book, An Anticolonial Development: Race, Schooling, and ...

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: History

Dr Tricia Seow

National Institute of Education tricia.seow@nie.edu.sg

Dr Tricia Seow is a geography educator and geography education researcher. Her research interests include sustainability and environmental education where she has actively focused on place-based and inquiry-based learning to motivate interest ...

Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

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

Dr Sim Hwee Hwang

National Institute of Education hweehwang.sim@nie.edu.sg

Dr Sim Hwee Hwang is a lecturer in the Humanities and Social Studies Education (HSSE) Academic Group (AG) at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She teaches Primary Social Studies Education to the ...

Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education

Assoc Prof Tan Geok Chin, Ivy

National Institute of Education ivy.tan@nie.edu.sg

Dr Ivy Tan is the Associate Professor at the Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group in the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She has taught as a geography teacher and has been the He ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Education and Pedagogy

Asst Prof Wang Jingyu

National Institute of Education jingyu.wang@nie.edu.sg

Dr. Wang Jingyu is an assistant professor in the Humanities & Social Studies Education Academic Group. Before joining NIE, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change, Pacific Northwest Nati ...

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Assoc Prof Yang Peidong

National Institute of Education peidong.yang@nie.edu.sg

YANG Peidong 杨沛东 is an Associate Professor at the Humanities and Social Studies Education Department, National Institute of Education, Singapore. He received a BSc in Maritime Studies (Hons, 1st Class) from Nanyang Technological University, bu ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Education and Pedagogy

Asst Prof Zhang Jiajie

National Institute of Education jj.zhang@nie.edu.sg

J.J. Zhang is Assistant Professor in Human Geography at NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He obtained his PhD in the field of cultural geography from the University of Durham, UK. Prior to his move to Durham, he completed his M ...

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Humanities & Social Studies Education

Keywords: Mental Health | Political Science and International Relations