MBA (Monash), Graduate Certificate of Tertiary Teaching (JCU)

Campus Dean
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: noel.richards@jcu.edu.sg

Mr Noel Richards is the Campus Dean at James Cook University Singapore. Previously to his current position Noel was the Head of the Business School at JCU Australia.

Noel comes late to academia after a career in the fuels and lubricants industry where he held senior management positions within three of the major industry giants. Noel has also operated a major race car within Australia partnering the late Australian motor racing icon Peter Brock in many of his race activities.

Noel areas of interest and expertise are the behavior of people in organizations, strategy and entrepreneurship. He has taught into the undergraduate program and the MBA program within the Business school at JCU and has been a regular visitor to JCU Singapore since its inception.

Noel and his partner Sam are now resident in Singapore a city that they have come to love since their first visit in the 1970s.  They are passionate about travel and food so Singapore is for them a great place to be resident.

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BSc (Economics and Management)
University of London,
Dip Management Studies (SIM)

Lecturer
School of Business
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: kanwaljit.kaur@jcu.edu.sg

Ms Kaur graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Science degree, specializing in economics and management subjects.

She has been lecturing for the last 15 years in many educational institutions in Singapore. Prior to joining JCU Singapore, she was the Head, Business Administration Department in Informatics.

Ms Kaur has also served as an Air Force Officer in the Ministry of Defense, Singapore. Subsequently, she accumulated experience in sales and marketing before moving on to an academic career.

Her personal interests include reading and traveling. She also enjoys music and sports, especially golf.

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BA, BA Honours [Psychology], Dip Hypnotherapy, Grad Dip Computing, MEd, MBA, MPsych [Clinical Psychology], Doctor of Counselling Psychology, PhD [Clinical Psychology]

Professor
School of Psychology
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: russell.hawkins@jcu.edu.sg

Professor Hawkins is currently seconded to JCU Singapore as Director of Psychology Clinical Programs there. His Singapore experience includes 4 years as Course Coordinator for the Master of Arts (Applied Psychology) program at the National Institute of Education (NIE) (part of Nanyang Technological University) and Head of the NIE Psychology Clinic.

Prior to that he was the Program Director for the Master of Psychology (Clinical) program at the University of South Australia where he also taught in the Forensic program. He is a Registered Psychologist in Singapore and Australia.

Primarily a Clinical Psychologist, he has also been a member of the Australian Psychological Society Colleges of Forensic Psychology, Organisational Psychology and Health Psychology. He has worked in a hospital chronic pain clinic for more than 20 years and also has long experience running a private practice in psychology.

His research interests include child abuse and child protection, resilience, human sexuality, acute and chronic pain, hypnosis, clinical psychology, counselling psychology, forensic psychology and aviation psychology.

Currently he is serving as the Chair of the Singapore Register of Psychologists and as a Council member of the Singapore Psychological Society as well as on the Research Committee for the Singapore Children’s Society and as an advisor to the Shan You Counselling Centre.

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Dr Foo Koong Hean

BSc (Psychology, Canada), MA (Psychology, USA), PGDip Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (New Zealand), PhD (Psychology, New Zealand), MNZPS, MSPS, MENPP

Lecturer
School of Psychology
JCU Singapore

E-Mail:koonghean.foo@jcu.edu.sg

Dr Foo has previously taught psychology at Nanyang Polytechnic and Raffles Education Corporation in Singapore, and at Massey University in New Zealand. He has previously worked with mentally ill clients at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Sunlove Home.

Dr Foo has previously lectured in abnormal psychology, cognitive psychology, health psychology, introductory psychology, learning and behaviour, neuropsychology, psychology at the workplace, psychology of disability, psychology of communications, and social psychology. He has conducted research on psychotherapy practices and skills, and animal behaviours.

His current research interests include abnormal psychology, cross-cultural psychology, social psychology, psychotherapy (particularly cognitive behaviour therapy), and multi-cultural counseling and therapy.

 His areas of personal interests include brisk walking, chess, gym workouts and swimming.

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Dr Nicole Doherty Roe

BA (Hons), PhD (University QLD)

Lecturer
School of Psychology
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: nicole.dohertyroe@jcu.edu.sg

Nicole Doherty Roe is a lecturer in the School of Psychology . Before relocating to Singapore and joining James Cook University , she lectured and tutored in psychology at the University of Queensland , Australia , for many years.

Nicole's lecturing experience encompasses social psychology, specializing in personal and family relationships, adolescent and adult development as well as communication skills. In addition to the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland , she taught communication skills within the Schools of Dentistry and Veterinary Science.

Her research interests include sibling relationships, attachment theory and personal and family relationships.

She currently coordinates and teaches into the Level 4 programs at James Cook University , Singapore .

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BA (Psychology Specialized Hons., York)
M Soc. Sci. (Psychology, NUS)

Lecturer
School of Psychology
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: patrick.lin@jcu.edu.sg

Patrick Lin graduated from York University, Toronto, Canada and received the Academic Achievement Award for his specialized honors in psychology (B.A. Spec. Hons.) in 2004. He then went on to complete his Master of Social Sciences in psychology at the National University of Singapore under the supervision of Professor Ramadhar Singh.

He currently lectures research method and statistics courses at undergraduate level. He also helps honors students in social psychology related research. His research interests are pertinent to interpersonal attraction, behavior modification, internet behavior, and gender differences. At the moment, he is doing his research in the area of mediator(s) in the attitudinal similarity-attraction link.

In addition, he worked as a tutor at The Toronto District Secondary School Board (Center for Addiction and Mental Health) when in Toronto . He was trained professionally in interior design prior to psychology training.

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Ms Ai Ni Teoh

B. S. (Psychology, N Taiwan U),
MSSc. (Psychology, NUS), Assoc. MAPA, MSPS

Lecturer
School of Psychology
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: aini.teoh@jcu.edu.sg

Teoh Ai Ni is currently a lecturer at the School of Psychology in James Cook University (Singapore campus). She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Psychology Department at National Taiwan University.

Thereafter, she received scholarship from National University of Singapore to complete her Master of Social Sciences (by research).

She specializes in health psychology and focuses on the effects of stress and social support on cardiovascular reactivity. Her current research focuses on the effects of stress and social support on the cognition-emotion linkage.

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Dr Julia Lam

BSocSc (Psychology, University of HK)
MPhil (Medical Psychology, University of HK)
MSc (Applied Forensic Psy, Leicester Uni)
DPsych (Forensic Psy, University of Melbourne)

Lecturer
School of Psychology
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: julia.lam@jcu.edu.sg

Julia Lam is a lecturer at the School of Psychology in James Cook University (Singapore campus). Before relocating to Singapore and joining James Cook University, Julia worked as a registered psychologist (problem gambling counselor) with the Gambling Treatment Clinic of the University of Sydney, Australia.

Julia completed her professional doctorate in forensic psychology at the University of Melbourne and her doctoral thesis was on problem gambling under the supervision of Professor Michael Kyrios. Julia worked as a lecturer and tutor in several tertiary institutions (The University of Hong Kong, School of Professional and Continuing Education HKU, Baptist University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University) in Hong Kong before moving to Australia for her doctoral studies. Julia lectured widely on Introduction to Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Medical Psychology, Personality Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Communication, and Research Methods.

Julia is a scientist-practitioner. She is a registered psychologist in Hong Kong and Australia (Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania). Julia has expertise in problem gambling counseling, counseling and managing offenders and prisoners in community and incarcerated settings. Her research interests include problem gambling and gambling-related offending.

Julia currently coordinates students’ clinical placements and teaches into the MPsych and DPsych in Clinical Psychology programs in James Cook University, Singapore.

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Ms M.S. Shanti

Ms.Shanti is the associate dean (IT), in-charge of Information Technology degree programs conducted in JCUS. She also teaches subjects in the degree program.

Ms.Shanti holds a Master of IT Management degree from University of Wollongong. She has about 10 years of teaching experience and prior to teaching, she was a programmer.

Ms.Shanti is a versatile person, who believes in maximizing the potential of the students and equips them with up-to-date knowledge and skills, so that they will be well trained, confident and ready to contribute to the society and serve the community.

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BA(Hons) TBM, Dip. TESOL, Dip Business Studies

Head of Department
Department of ELPP
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: lorraine.teo@jcu.edu.sg

Lorraine Teo has been teaching English for 10 years from various private schools after working in several commercial industries relating to event management and marketing communications. She has taught English at various levels, from structured syllabus like GCE'O' levels, PSLE and preparatory courses to ESL programs like IELTS, FCE and GE.

Having completed her honours degree in Tourism Business Management at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, she further pursued her interest in English teaching and completed her Diploma in TESOL from London 's Teacher Training Centre, United Kingdom .

Lorraine Teo is currently the Head of Department for the in-house English Language program preparing foreign students at James Cook University , Singapore , for their degrees taught in English.

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Dip. TESOL, Dip Electronics and Communication, CERT Teaching IELTS and Grammar

Lecturer
Department of ELPP
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: brandon.tennakoon@jcu.edu.sg

Brandon has 6 years professional experience as a teacher and trainer with both the private sector as well as with MOE based teachers. He has taught both students and teachers extensively and has equipped many with phonetics, IT and communication skills.

He is also a trained TESOL teacher teaching foreign students at all levels. Brandon has taught IELTS, Business English and General English, where ESL is concern. He is also a specialist in the area of Life Skills Programmes and Entrepreneurship programmes for students.

Brandon Tennakoon is currently teaching ELPP to foreign students studying at James Cook University , Singapore , preparing students for their tertiary programs.

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BA Psychology, Dip TESOL, Cert in Teaching IELTS

Lecturer
Department of ELPP
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: wen.lau@jcu.edu.sg

Academic Publication:
"Effectiveness of E-learning in Educational Process". The International Journal of Learning, Volume 12, Issue 1

Wen's past experiences and involvements focused at mass communication, training as well as intercultural understanding. She is the founder of American Field Service ( Malaysia ) Local Chapter, a non-profit, non-governmental organization, whose mission is to work towards a peaceful work and foster international understanding and partnerships.

Her interest and active participation in promoting youth-empowered activities, development and voluntary work was in-line with the UN Millennium goals. Following that she become a Youth Ambassador to the World Youth Congress 2005 in Scotland .

Wen's interest in teaching comes from the passion to share with the younger generation the linguistic, cultural knowledge and values that she has come to experience in her life. Currently, she is teaching ELPP to foreign students studying at James Cook University , Singapore , preparing students for their tertiary programs.

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BA (psych), MA (English), M (Guid&Couns)

Associate Dean
School of Education
JCU Singapore

E-Mail: shanti.achanta@jcu.edu.sg

Shanti Achanta holds a Bachelor's Degree in English and Psychology, a Master's Degree in English. Her deep interest in Psychology and Counselling led her to pursue a Master's Degree in Guidance and Counselling. She is currently a lecturer with the School of Education in James Cook University, Singapore.

She intends to pursue a Phd in the field of Counselling Psychology in near future. Her personal interests and hobbies include learning Indian Classical music, reading, playing badminton, canoeing and bowling. 

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