CIC Databank

1. Education and Career

2. Honors

3. Publications

Education and Career

Education:

JSM (Stanford University), 2004
MSc (Distinction), London School of Economics & Political Science, 1998
LLB (Second Upper Honours), National University of Singapore, 1995
Advocate and Solicitor (Supreme Court of Singapore), 1996

Career:
Current Appointment:
• Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University (2005– Present)
Previous Appointments:
• Lecturer in Law, Singapore Management University (2001 – 2005)
• Senior Tutor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore
(1999 – 2001)
Other Positions:
• Research Associate, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (1998 – 99)
• Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore (1996 – 97)
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Honors

• Fulbright Fellow (2003 – 2004)
• Tan Kah Kee Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship (2003 – 2005)
• Robert McKenzie Prize, London School of Economics & Political Science (1999)
• Tun Dato Sir Cheng Lock Tan Scholarship (1997 – 98)
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Publications

1 ‘Re-engaging Chineseness: Political, Economic & Cultural Imperatives of Nation-Building in Singapore,’ The China Quarterly, vol. 175 (September 2003), pp. 751-774.

2 ‘From Sojourners to Citizens: Managing the Ethnic Chinese Minority in Indonesia and Malaysia,’ Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 24, no. 6 (November 2001), pp. 949-978.

3 ‘Success amidst Prejudice?: Guanxi Networks in Chinese Businesses in Indonesia and Malaysia,’ Journal of Asian Business, vol. 16, no. 1 (2000), pp. 65-84, “Focus issue on Chinese Business in Southeast Asia”


4 ‘The Majority’s Sacrifices and Yearnings: Chinese-Singaporeans and the Dilemmas of Nation-Building,’ in Leo Suryadinata (ed.), Ethnic Relations and Nation Building in Southeast Asia: The Case of Ethnic Chinese (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004), pp. 188-226.
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