Wee Boon Wong

Dr Wong Wee Boon

Lecturer

Core Learning

Tel: +65 6248 0057

Email: d2J3b25nQHN1c3MuZWR1LnNn

Educational Qualifications

2014
Doctor of Philosophy (English Language), National University of Singapore

2008
Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics), National University of Singapore

2005
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (English Language and Mathematics), Nanyang Technological University

2002
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology and General Mathematics), National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2023 – Present
Lecturer, Core Learning, College of Interdisciplinary and Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2020 – Present
Workshop Course-Developer and Instructor (Service Provider), Teaching and Learning Centre, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2018 – Present
Examiner (Service Provider), International Baccalaureate® Organisation

2019 – 2023
Adjunct Faculty, Centre for English Communication, Singapore Management University

2015 – 2019
International Baccalaureate® Coordinator, Anglo-Chinese School Jakarta

2013 – 2015
Teaching Consultant, Senior Manager, Centre for English Communication, Singapore Management University

2010 – 2013
PhD Candidate / NUS Research Scholar, Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore

2005 – 2009
Education Officer, Ministry of Education Singapore

Wong, W. B. (2024). Representation of social actors in The Straits Times and The Independent Singapore: A comparative critical discourse analysis of the repeal of Section 377A in Singapore. [Manuscript accepted for publication by Discourse & Communication].

Wong, W. B. (2016). Synthetic personalisation of Barack Obama at the 2008 US Democratic National Convention: A social semiotic multimodal analysis of a staged political context. Visual Communication, 15(4), 509-534.

2022
Singapore Management University Centre for English Communication Adjunct Teaching Award

2012
National University of Singapore Graduate Students’ Teaching Award

2011
National University of Singapore Graduate Students’ Teaching Award

2010 - 2013
National University of Singapore Research Scholarship (PhD)

2024
Invited Reviewer, Visual Communication, Sage Journals

2023
Invited Reviewer, Visual Communication, Sage Journals

Multimodality
Critical Discourse Analysis
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