Eddie Kuo

Professor Eddie Kuo 郭振羽

Honorary Advisor, Centre for Chinese Studies @SUSS

Centre for Chinese Studies@SUSS

Educational Qualifications

  • 1972
    PhD, University of Minnesota, USA

  • 1966
    MA Sociology, University of Hawaii, USA

  • 1962
    BA Journalism, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2008 - Present
    Academic Advisor, SUSS

  • 2011 - Present
    Emeritus Professor, NTU

  • 2012 - 2016
    Director, UniSIM Centre for Chinese Studies, UniSIM

  • 1992 - 2010
    Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU

  • 2003 - 2006
    Member, NTU Council

  • 2003 - 2005
    (Founding) Interim Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, NTU

  • 1992 - 2003
    Founding Dean, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU

  • 1992 - 1996
    Director, Mass Communication Programme, NUS

  • 1990 - 1992
    Head, Mass Communication Department, NUS

  • 1986 - 1990
    Head, Sociology Department, NUS

  • 1986 - 1988
    Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, NUS

  • 1973 - 1995
    Professor (1991-1995); Associate Professor (1986-1990); Senior Lecturer (1978- 1985); Lecturer (1973-1978); University of Singapore / National University of Singapore

Eddie Kuo and Brenda Chan. (2016)
Language. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and Straits Times Press

Eddie Kuo. (2016)
“Language, Culture and Identity: Challenges of Nation Building in Singapore” [in Chinese] 语言、文化和身份认同: 新加坡建国路上的挑战]. In Zhou Zhao-Cheng, Yow Cheun-Hao and Foo Tee “Tuan (eds) Half a Century of Singapore: Retrospect and Prospect [半世纪的新加坡: 回顾与前瞻]. Singapore: Singapore Society of Asian Studies, pp. 12-25.

Georgette Wang and Eddie Kuo. (2010).
The Asian communication debate: Culture-specificity, culturegenerality, and beyond. Asian Journal of Communication, 20(2).

Eddie Kuo and H. Chew. (2009).
Beyond ethnocentrism in communication theory: Towards a culture-centric approach. Asian Journal of Communication, 19(4), 422-437.

Kuo, E., & Lee, C. W. (2006).
Communication Education and Research in Singapore: Past, Present and Future. Kenneth Leong, James Kenny, and Paul Lee (eds.), Global Trends in Communication Education and Research. Cresskill, NJ, USA: Hampton Press, 2005, pp. 211-34.

  • 2012 - Present
    Board of Directors, Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism

  • 2012 - 2015
    Board of Governors, Chinese Heritage Centre

  • 2012 - 2015
    Board of Directors, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language

  • 2011 - 2015
    Chair, Academic Committee, School of Arts and Humanities, Ngee Ann Polytechnic

  • 2012 - 2015
    Chair, Selection Panel, Chinese Culture and Language Fund

  • 2011 - 2015
    Academic Board, Confucius Institute (Singapore)

  • 2008 - Present
    Member, Academic Board, Institute of Global Communication, Shanghai Jiaotong University

  • 2006 - Present
    Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Chinese Journal of Communication, (Hong Kong)

  • 2004 - 2015
    Honorary Chairman, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Singapore

  • 2003 - 2004
    Chairman, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Singapore

  • 2002 - 2015
    Member, Advisory Committee, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University

  • 2002 - Present
    Member, Advisory Board, Chinese Journal of Communication Research, (Taiwan)

  • 2001 - 2010
    Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Information Society (USA)

  • 2001 - 2005
    Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Telematics and Informatics (UK)

  • 2000 - 2004
    Vice President, International Association of Media Communication Research (IAMCR)

  • 1998 - Present
    Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Asia Pacific Communication (USA)

  • 1997 - Present
    Member, International Advisory Board, Mass Communication Research (Taiwan)

  • 1990 - 2010
    Founding Editor, Asian Journal of Communication, published by Taylor and Francis and SSCI listed

  • New Media and Globalization
  • Cultural Policy and National Integration
  • Sociology of Multilingualism.
  • Perspectives in Asian Communication

  • 2011
    Hsin Yun Outstanding Communication Award（星云真善美杰出传播奖）

  • 2007
    AMIC Asian Communication Award

  • 2001
    Public Administration Medal (Silver)

  • 1997
    Public Service Medal (PBM)

  • 2005 - 2010
    Member, Bioethics Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health

  • 2006 - 2008
    Council Member, Advisory Council on Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS), Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts

  • 2003 - 2005
    Board Director, Media Development Authority

  • 1994 - 2000
    Board Director, Singapore Broadcasting Authority

  • 1992 - 1994
    Board Director, National Computer Board

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