FASS Staff Profile

ASSOC PROF DR. WEE HUN STEPHEN LIM
DIRECTOR, COGEDULAB@NUS • COGEDULAB@CHULA
DEPARTMENT of PSYCHOLOGY

Appointment:
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Office:
AS4/B1-04
Email:
psylimwh@nus.edu.sg
Tel:
(65) 6516 3657
Fax:
(65) 6773 1843
Homepage:
http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/psylimwh
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Brief Introduction

  • "Prof Stephen is whom I would really call life changing." —PL4214 Evolutionary Psychology student (summertime of 2011)
  • "Great paper! I had actually given up on the idea that retrieval practice might in part be the explaining factor behind the teaching effect..." —Associate Editor of Applied Cognitive Psychology (18 April 2018)
  • "You have been very influential in how we [the Brunel Academy for Transformation of Teaching] are developing." —Vice-Provost (Education) of Brunel University London (3 June 2019)

Assoc Prof Dr. Stephen Lim's lab gained international prominence upon discovering and reporting retrieval effects in the learning-by-teaching (LBT) instructional strategy. Within three years, his retrieval hypothesis rose as one of the top three theories driving the entire field of LBT research. Dr. Lim advances a translational educational science at university-, national-, regional-, and international-levels, redefining the concept of teaching excellence and influencing educational practice and policy. Formerly Chair of the NUS Teaching Academy and subsequently Founding President of the Singapore National Academy of Higher Education, he mentors institutions in the Asian Universities Alliance network, and develops teaching academies around the globe.

Dr. Lim has a particular passion for the arts in higher education. Beyond an all-round talent for university administration, research, and education, he is an accomplished musician, as talked about in national news.


Teaching Areas

National University of Singapore

Undergraduate-level: PL1101E Introduction to Psychology (Team Teaching: Cognitive Psychology) ● PL2131 Research and Statistical Methods I ● PL3231 Independent Research Project ● PL3243 Sensation and Perception ● PL3281 Lab in Cognitive Psychology ● PL3281D Lab in Music Perception and Cognition ● PL3551 Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) ● PL4214 Evolutionary Psychology ● PL4401 Honours Thesis ● PL4660 Independent Study Module ● PL4880L Applying Cognitive Psychology to Learning & Instruction ● UIS371X Independent Study Module (University Scholars Programme) ● UIS471X Independent Study Module (University Scholars Programme)

Postgraduate-level: PL5660 Independent Study Module (Masters) ● PL6208 Empirical Research Project (Ph.D.) ● PL6215 Selected Applications in Psychology (Ph.D.) ● PL6660 Independent Study Module (Ph.D.) ● PLC5009 Research Proposal (Masters) ● PLC5010 Research Project (Masters)

 

Chulalongkorn University

Undergraduate-level: 2759281 Psychology of Instruction for Teacher ● 2759282 Psychological Measurement and Assessment Tools for Guidance

Postgraduate-level: 2759710 Psychology of Learning and Instruction (Masters) ● 2759611 Learning Psychology (Masters) ● 2755894 Doctoral Dissertation Seminar ● 2757701 Measurement and Psychometric Theory (Ph.D.) ● 2755782 Seminar in Research Design (Masters)

 

Silpakorn University

Postgraduate-level: 675714 Creative Thinking in Music (Ph.D.) ● 675721 Music Curriculum and Teaching in Higher Education (Ph.D.)


Current Research

Education is vital for flourishing—the ultimate goal of human life. Research at CogEduLab@NUS aims to improve educational processes and outcomes in the real world by rethinking how human cognition seems to work from an evolutionary perspective, and then designing, developing, and deploying often "counterintuitive" interventions. For one, when students teach from memory, they learn better. Our work has appeared in such top international journals as Educational Psychologist, Journal of Educational Psychology, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. At CogEduLab@CHULA, we focus on translating current findings by publishing short, accessible articles in lay language for schools and our wider Thai communities.

We welcome dialogues and potential collaborations on all things related to education.


Research Interests

  • Cognition and education
  • Psychology of music
  • The arts in higher education

Publications

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

  • (§co-authored with my students; *corresponding author)
  • §Wong, S. S. H., Lim, K. Y. L., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2023). To ask better questions, teach: Learning-by-teaching enhances research question generation more than retrieval practice and concept-mapping. Journal of Educational Psychology, 115(6), 798–812.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, & Lim, S. W. H.* (2023). Take notes, not photos: Mind-wandering mediates the impact of note-taking strategies on video-recorded lecture learning performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 29(1), 124–135.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, & Lim, S. W. H. (2022). Deliberate errors promote meaningful learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114(8), 1817–1831.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, & Lim, S. W. H. (2022). The derring effect: Deliberate errors enhance learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(1), 25–40.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, & Lim, S. W. H.* (2022). A mind-wandering account of the testing effect: Does context variation matter? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 29(1), 220–229.
  • §Lim, K. Y. L., Wong, S. S. H., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2021). The "silent teacher": Learning by teaching via writing a verbatim teaching script. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(6), 1492–1501.
  • §Obana, T., Lim, S. W. H., & Asplund, C. L.* (pre-print available on PsyArXiv). Surprise-induced deafness: Unexpected auditory stimuli capture attention to the detriment of subsequent detection.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, Chen, S., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2021). Learning melodic musical intervals: To block or to interleave? Psychology of Music, 49(4), 1027–1046.
  • §Loh, K. K.*, & Lim, S. W. H.* (2020). Positive associations between habitual media multitasking and creativity. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 1, 100015.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, Low, A. C. M., Kang, S. H. K., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2020). Learning music composers' styles: To block or to interleave? Journal of Research in Music Education, 68(2), 156–174.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, & Lim, S. W. H.* (2019). From JOLs to JOL+s: Directing learners' attention in retrieval practice to boost integrative argumentation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 25(4), 543–557.
  • §Wong, S. S. H., Ng, G. J. P., Tempel, T., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2019). Retrieval practice enhances analogical problem solving. The Journal of Experimental Education, 87(1), 128–138.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, & Lim, S. W. H. (2019). Prevention–Permission–Promotion: A review of approaches to errors in learning. Educational Psychologist, 54(1), 1–19.
  • §Koh, A. W. L., Lee, S. C., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2018). The learning benefits of teaching: A retrieval practice hypothesis. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32, 401–410.
  • §Tan, E. W. S., Lim, S. W. H.*, & Manalo, E. (2017). Global-local processing impacts academic risk taking. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(12), 2434–2444.
  • §Wong, S. S. H.*, & Lim, S. W. H. (2017). Mental imagery boosts music compositional creativity. PLoS ONE, 12(3):e0174009.
  • §Loh, K. K., Tan, B. Z. H., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2016). Media multitasking predicts video-recorded lecture learning performance through mind wandering tendencies. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 943–947.
  • §Wong, S. S. H., Lim, S. W. H.*, & Quinlan, K. M. (2016). Integrity in and beyond contemporary higher education: What does it mean to university students? Frontiers in Psychology: Educational Psychology, 7:1094.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2016). The influence of orthographic neighborhood density and word frequency on visual word recognition: Insights from RT distributional analyses. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 7:401.
  • §Yong, P. Z., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2016). Observing the testing effect using Coursera video-recorded lectures: A preliminary study. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 6:2064.
  • §Lim, S. W. H.*, Ng, G. J. P., & Wong, G. Q. H. (2015). Learning psychological research and statistical concepts using retrieval-based practice. Frontiers in Psychology: Educational Psychology, 6:1484.
  • §Lim, S. W. H.*, Yuen, A. Y. L., & Tong, E. M. W. (2015). Global-local visual processing impacts risk taking behaviors, but only at first. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 6:1257.
  • §Yap, J. Y., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2013). Media multitasking predicts unitary versus splitting visual focal attention. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 25(7), 889–902.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Goh, W. D. (2013). Articulation effects in melody recognition memory. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66(9), 1774–1792.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Goh, W. D. (2012). Variability and recognition memory: Are there analogous indexical effects in music and speech? Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 24(5), 602–616.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Chua, F. K. (2008). Object substitution masking: When does mask preview work? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34(5), 1108–1115.

SHORTER ARTICLES/COMMENTS IN JOURNAL

  • Lee, L. N.^, Wong, S. S. H.^, & Lim, S. W. H.* (2015). Empowering psychology teaching assistants through a symposium. CDTL Brief, 18(1), 2–12. (^Both authors contributed equally to this work)
  • §Lim, S. W. H.*, & Gan, D. Z. Q. (2013). Using an innovative assessment method to promote lifelong learning among psychology undergraduate students. CDTL Brief, First Look (Nov/Dec 2013).
  • §Lim, S. W. H.*, & Yong, P. Z. (2013). Student perceptions of the use of technology in teaching: Towards a positive learning experience. CDTL Brief, 16(2), 12–18.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  • §Teo, D. W. H.*, & Lim, S. W. H. (2019). Active goal maintenance eliminates the belief bias effect: Implications for educational practice. Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C., USA.
  • §Tan, E. W. S., Lim, S. W. H.*, & Manalo, E. (2017). Global-local processing impacts academic risk taking. Poster presentation at the 2nd APS International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, Heng, A. Q. H., Nunes, L. D., & Karpicke, J. D. (2016). Does retrieval practice improve question generation? Poster presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Nunes, L. D.*, Karpicke, J. D., & Lim, S. W. H. (2016). Features of educational videos that create illusions of learning. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Zetzer, E. E., McLennan, C. T.*, Tuft, S. E., Lim, S. W. H., & Goh, W. D. (2016). Instrument changes affect music recognition the way talker changes affect word recognition. Oral presentation at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2016). Retrieval-based learning: Research, theory, and practice. Oral presentation at the Thailand National Conference on Psychology, Bangkok, Thailand.
    • Invited presentation by Department of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University
  • §Obana, T.*, Lim, S. W. H., & Asplund, C. L. (2015). Surprise-induced deafness: Investigating a bottleneck of stimulus-driven auditory attention. Poster presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • §Ng, G. J. P., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2015). Testing the testing effect beyond verbatim tests. Poster presentation at the 1st APS International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • §Yuen, A. Y. L., Lim, S. W. H.*, & Tong, E. M. W. (2015). Influence of visual perception on risk taking behaviours. Poster presentation at the 1st APS International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Christudason, A.*, Khambadkone, A. M., Lim, S. W. H., & Lakshminarayanan, S. (2014). Innovative assessment practices and the grade-free semester. Panel discussion at the 7th International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Singapore.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2014). Testing is learning: Re-assessing “assessment” in higher education today. Oral presentation at the 7th International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Singapore.
    • Invited presentation by National University of Singapore
  • §Tan, N. J. H.^, Wong, S. S. H.^, & Lim, S. W. H.* (2013). What we move to moves us: Biological rhythmicity predicts musical preferences. Poster presentation at the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Berlin, Germany; abstract published in M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 4025). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. (^Both authors contributed equally to this work)
  • §Chan, D. S., Chan, S., Lau, Y., Leow, Y. L., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2011). Effects of harmonic structure on phonological priming in vocal music. Oral presentation at the European Conference on Cognitive Science, Sofia, Bulgaria; paper published in B. Kokinov, A. Karmiloff-Smith, & N. J. Nersessian (Eds.), European Perspectives on Cognitive Science. New Bulgarian University Press.
  • §Loh, K. K., Poh, H. W., Tan, D. K. L., Yap, J. Y., & Lim, S. W. H.* (2011). Object substitution masking: Can we mask without a mask? Oral presentation at the European Conference on Cognitive Science, Sofia, Bulgaria; paper published in B. Kokinov, A. Karmiloff-Smith, & N. J. Nersessian (Eds.), European Perspectives on Cognitive Science. New Bulgarian University Press.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Lee, L. N. (2011). When (and why) might visual focal attention split? Oral presentation at the European Conference on Cognitive Science, Sofia, Bulgaria; paper published in B. Kokinov, A. Karmiloff-Smith, & N. J. Nersessian (Eds.), European Perspectives on Cognitive Science. New Bulgarian University Press.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Goh, W. D. (2010). Melody recognition: Effects of articulation format. Oral presentation at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, Oregon, USA; paper published in S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 423-428). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Yap, M. J. (2010). Distributional analyses in visual lexical decision: Orthographic neighborhood density and word frequency effects. Poster presentation at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, Oregon, USA; paper published in S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 700-705). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Goh, W. D. (2009). The function of timbre similarity in traditional timbre effects. Poster presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Goh, W. D. (2009). Timbre effects in melody recognition: Binding timbre characteristics and melody identity. Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Lim, S. W. H.*, & Chua, F. K. (2006). Object substitution masking: When does mask preview work? Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; paper published in R. Sun (Ed.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1687-1692). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

PAPERS FOR SEMINAR, PUBLIC TALK, LECTURE

  • Lim, S. W. H. (2023, Jun 15). Back to basics in research and educational excellence. MER30th@EDUCU Pre-conference Workshop, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2023, Jan 24). Publishing educational research in top international journals. Visiting Professorship Public Lecture-cum-Workshop Series (Part II), Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2023, Jan 17). Translating educational research into classroom practice. Visiting Professorship Public Lecture-cum-Workshop Series (Part I), Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2022, Nov 15). The cognitive science of higher education at scale. Visiting Professorship Public Lecture, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2021, Apr 8). We have a vision for tomorrow. Outstanding Educator Award Public Lecture Series, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2019, Dec 24). The cognitive science of education. Visiting Professorship Public Lecture, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2019, Jul 27). If only our teachers and learners knew: Insights from cognitive science. Keynote Lecture for the 2019 Annual Academic Summit of PSB Academy, Singapore.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2019, Apr 13). Evidence-based pedagogies in higher education. Asian Universities Alliance Scholars' Public Lecture for the 2019 AUA Summit, Hong Kong.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2019, Jan 28). Applying cognitive psychology to education. Keynote Lecture for the 8th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, Singapore.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2018, Nov 16). The cognitive science of learning. Asian Universities Alliance Scholars' Public Lecture, Seoul National University, South Korea.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2015, Jan 27). Cognitive psychology in education. Visiting Scholar Research Lecture, Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge, England.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2014, Jul 17). What do we remember about a tune? Visiting Associate Professorship Research Lecture at the International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2011, Dec 14). Object substitution masking. JSPS Visiting Scholar Research Lecture at Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Japan.
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2009, Nov). Indexical effects in melody recognition memory. Visiting Scholar Research Lecture at the Music and Neuroimaging Lab, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

THESES/DISSERTATIONS

  • Lim, S. W. H. (2009). An investigation of surface characteristic effects in melody recognition. Ph.D. dissertation, National University of Singapore. [Study published in Journal of Cognitive Psychology and The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology]
  • Lim, S. W. H. (2005). Object substitution masking: When does mask preview work? Honours thesis, National University of Singapore. [Study published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance]

Other Information

Education

University Degrees

  • Ph.D. (Experimental Music Psychology), Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, 2005–2010.
  • B.Soc.Sci. (Hons.) (Psychology), Department of Psychology and University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore, 2001–2005.

University Certificates

Pre-University

  • Raffles Junior College, 1997–1998.
  • Raffles Institution, 1993–1996.

Key Appointments

Academic

  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, January 2017–present.
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, January 2012–December 2016.
  • Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, July 2010–December 2011.
  • Research Fellow, Perception Lab (Sponsor: Professor Dale Purves), Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, January 2010–April 2010.
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 2005–2009.
  • Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 2004–2006.

Administration

  • Founding President, Singapore National Academy of Higher Education, 9 October 2020–present.
  • Immediate Past Chair, NUS Teaching Academy, National University of Singapore, 1 July 2020–30 June 2022.
  • Chair, NUS Teaching Academy, National University of Singapore, 1 July 2018–30 June 2020.
  • Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee (FTEC), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 1 July 2018–30 June 2022.
  • Assistant Dean (External Relations and Student Life), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 1 January 2015–31 December 2016.
  • Deputy Commander, FASS Incident and Crisis Command, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 1 January 2015–31 July 2016.
  • Executive Council Member, NUS Teaching Academy, National University of Singapore, 1 July 2014–30 June 2018.
  • Deputy Chair, European Studies Steering Committee, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 17 January 2014–31 December 2014.
  • Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies – Office of Programmes), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 1 July 2013–31 December 2014.
  • Fellow, NUS Teaching Academy, National University of Singapore, 1 July 2013–30 June 2022.

Research

  • Founding Director, Cognition and Education Lab@CHULA, Department of Educational Research and Psychology, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, 28 November 2022–present.
  • Consulting Editor, Educational Psychology, 1 April 2022–31 March 2024.
  • Visiting Professor, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, 2019–2023.
  • Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Application of Learning Science and Educational Technology (ALSET), 23 January 2019–present.
  • AUA Scholar, Asian Universities Alliance, 12–23 November 2018.
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology: Educational Psychology, 12 October 2015–present.
  • Fulbright Researcher, Cognition and Learning Lab, Purdue University (Host: Associate Professor Jeffrey D. Karpicke), 15 May–14 August 2015.
  • Visiting Scholar, Oxford Learning Institute, University of Oxford (Host: Dr. Kathleen M. Quinlan), 2–10 February 2015.
  • Visiting Scholar, Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge (Host: Professor Usha Goswami), 2–30 January 2015.
  • Visiting Associate Professor, International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research (BRAMS) (Host: Professor Isabelle Peretz), McGill University–University of Montreal, 26 June–4 August 2014.
  • Founding Director, Cognition Lab@NUS (renamed Cognition and Education Lab@NUS since 1 May 2016), Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 31 July 2013–present.
  • JSPS Scientist, Vision Lab (Host: Associate Professor Hiroshi Ashida), Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Japan, December 2011.

Professional Qualifications

Music

  • Licentiate Diploma of the London College of Music (LLCM) in Piano Duet Performance (Approved, Upper Level—89 out of 100 marks), 21 August 2019.
  • Grade 7 in Violin, The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 2004.
  • Grade 8 in Pianoforte Duet (Invitation to High Scorers' Concert—92 out of 100 marks), Trinity College London, 2003.
  • Diploma of The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (DipABRSM) in Piano Performing, 2003.
  • Associate Diploma of Trinity College London (ATCL) in Piano Recital, 2002.
  • Teacher Grade of Yamaha Music Foundation Japan in Piano, 2000.
  • Grade 8 in Solo Piano, Trinity College London, 2000.
  • Teacher Grades of Yamaha Music Foundation Japan in Fundamentals, 1997; 1999.
  • Grade 8 in Theory of Music, Trinity College London, 1996.
  • Teacher Grades of Yamaha Music Foundation Japan in Electone, 1995; 1998.

Languages

  • Certificate of Proficiency in the Thai Language (Intermediate Level), Centre for Language Studies, National University of Singapore, 3 December 2015.
  • Certificate of Proficiency in the Japanese Language (Advanced Level), Centre for Language Studies, National University of Singapore, 3 December 2015.
  • Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level 2, The Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, 1997.

Art

  • Certificate of Completion in Introduction to Japanese Pastel Nagomi Art, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 28 June 2019.
  • Certificate of Completion in Introduction to Art as Therapy, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 2013.

Others

  • LCCI in Bookkeeping (Merit), 9 July 2019.
  • Certificate in CBT for Depression (94 out of 100 marks), Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 12 June 2019.
  • Certificate of Completion in the CEA Real Estate Salesperson Course (57 hours), Real Centre Network, 14 August 2021; Pioneer Training & Consultancy Pte Ltd, 29 April 2018.

Professional Activities

Music

  • Invited Jury, Yamaha Thailand Music Festival, Yamaha Music School Thailand, 2023.
  • Invited Jury, Yamaha Thailand Music Festival, Yamaha Music School Thailand, 2022.
  • Invited Adjudicator, The Happy Music Festival (Singapore)—Piano Categories, 2021.
  • Electone Soloist, Music Research Symposium, Institute of High Performing Computing, A*STAR, 2 February 2018.
  • YST Electone Orchestra Player, Performers(') Present Symposium, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, 29 October 2016.
  • Composer, National Day Parade Singapore, 1997.

Counselling and Psychological Services

  • National Service Paracounsellor, Singapore Police Force, 2007–2009.
  • National Service Psychological Support Officer, Singapore Police Force, 2007–2009.

Awards

Teaching

Research and Research Supervision

Others

  • Best Pianist Award (Popular Category–95.9 out of 100 marks), The Happy Pianist Festival, The Happy Pianist, 18 December 2020.
  • Inaugural FASS Inspiring Mentor Award 2018, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 31 January 2019.
  • Finalist Award, Yamaha Electone Concours, Osaka Japan, 2 December 2017.
  • Asia-Pacific Electone Festival Silver Prize (Senior Section), Yamaha Music Foundation Japan, 15 October 2017.
  • National Japanese Speech Contest Singapore (Open Category – Finals), Third Prize, The Japanese Association, 9 July 2017. 
  • Yamaha Electone Festival Grand Prix Award (Senior Section), Yamaha Music Foundation Japan, 24 June 2017.
  • Supportive Staff Award, NUS Sports Awards, National University of Singapore, 25 September 2015.
  • University Rising Star, Office of the Provost, National University of Singapore, October 2013.
  • Featured in Noteworthy Alumni Achievements, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore, 2013.
  • Listed in Who's Who in Social Sciences Higher Education, 2012.
  • Listed in 30th Pearl Anniversary Edition of Who's Who in the World, 2012.
  • Dean's List, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 2002–2005.
  • Commissioner of Police Commendation, Singapore Police Force, 2000.
  • Best Trainee Award, Police Academy, Singapore Police Force, 1999.
  • International Japanese Speech Competition (Overseas Scholar Category) Second Prize, Tokyo Japan, 1997.
  • National Japanese Speech Contest Singapore (Senior High School Category), President’s Cup (First Prize), The Japanese Association, 1997.
  • Singapore Electone Festival Distinguished Award, Yamaha Music Foundation Japan, 1996 (Junior Section); 1998 (Senior Section); 2000 (Senior Section).
  • International Olympics Art Competition Silver Medal, Seoul Korea, 1988.

Scholarships

  • University Staff Sponsorship, National University of Singapore, 2005–2009.
  • University Graduate Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore, 2005 [Offered and declined].
  • University Merit Scholarship (Psychology, NUS), Jurong GRC Singapore, 2002–2005.
  • PSC-Monbusho Overseas Specialist Award (Japan; Japanese Language and Literature), Public Service Commission (PSC) Singapore and Embassy of Japan, 2000 [Offered and declined].
  • PSC-MOE Local Teaching Scholarship (Chinese Language and Literature, Singapore), Ministry of Education (MOE) Singapore, 1999 [Offered and declined].
  • Language Elective Scholarship (Japanese, Raffles Junior College), MOE Singapore, 1997–1998.
  • Electone Performance Scholarship, Yamaha Music Foundation Japan, 1996–1998.
  • Juga Merit Scholarship (Japanese, MOE Language Centre), Juga Association Singapore, 1994.
  • Edusave Merit Scholarship for Independent Schools (Raffles Institution), MOE Singapore, 1993–1996.

Grant Support

  • CDTL Teaching Enhancement Grant, 2018–2021, S$4,400.00 (Role: Principal Investigator) [Offered and declined].
  • Psychology Blended Learning Grant, 2016–2017, S$10,500.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • FASS Heads & Deanery Research Support Scheme (HDRSS), 2016–2017, S$15,000.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • FASS Staff Research Support Scheme (SRSS), 2016–2017, S$5,000.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • Psychology Blended Learning Grant, 2015–2016, S$5,000.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • FASS Heads & Deanery Research Support Scheme (HDRSS), 2015–2016, S$15,000.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • FASS Heads & Deanery Research Support Scheme (HDRSS), 2014–2015, S$15,000.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • FASS Staff Research Support Scheme (SRSS), 2014–2015, S$5,000.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • FASS Heads & Deanery Research Support Scheme (HDRSS), 2013–2014, S$15,000.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • CDTL Teaching Enhancement Grant – Education Conference Grant, 2013, S$600.00 (Role: Principal Investigator).
  • CDTL Teaching Enhancement Grant – Education Conference Grant, 2012, S$2,000.00 (Role: Principal Investigator) [Offered and declined].

Student Mentorships [Accolades in parentheses]

Ph.D. theses

  • Takashi Obana (Co-supervisor: Dr. Christopher L. Asplund), 27 August 2014–31 May 2017. Currently, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE).
    • [Presented at Psychonomics 2015]
  • Wong Shi Hui Sarah, 18 April 2016–30 June 2020. Currently, Lecturer at Yale-NUS College.

Ph.D. thesis committees

  • Wong Chin Yi, 4 January 2019–present.
  • Li Ying, 24 January 2022–present.

Masters theses (Psychology Concurrent Degree Programme)

  • Elvis Tan Wei Siong, 19 June 2015–February 2017 (Valedictorian).
    • [First-Class Grade; Awarded 2016 SPS SRA Gold Medal; Published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology; Presented at ICPS 2017]
  • Lew Zhi Xin Rachael, 13 February 2018–November 2019.
  • Teo Wen Hao Dennis, 25 April 2018–April 2020.

Masters theses (Clinical Masters Programme)

  • Tan Yan Ling Michelle (Collaborator: Assoc Prof Eddie Tong), 19 September 2014–11 April 2016.

Student lab manager

  • Nicholas Lim Seng Yew, March 2017–June 2019.
  • Kagen Lim Yick Liang, July 2019–June 2020.

Research assistantship

  • Amanda Yeo, August 2010–July 2011.
  • Tan Wei Jie, August 2010–July 2011.
  • Chng Jia Hui, January 2014–April 2014.
  • Eri Sasaki, January 2014–April 2014.
  • Adalyn Heng Qiu Hui, May 2014–June 2014.
  • Ng Jun Peng Gavin, August 2014–December 2014.
  • Lee Sze Chi, December 2014–March 2016.
  • Chin Yen Chai, December 2014–March 2016.
  • Adalyn Heng Qiu Hui, January 2015–March 2016.
  • Wang Yushi, March 2015–July 2016.
  • Chan Tsin Damien, April 2016–March 2017.
  • Poh Hou Sheng, October 2016–July 2017.
  • Winston Tan Wen Jie, February 2017–April 2017.
  • Jeremy Tan Yang Jing, February 2017–April 2017.

Research internship @ NUSCogEduLab

  • Wang Yushi (National University of Singapore, Singapore), December 2014–March 2015.
  • Lena Heng (McGill University, Canada), May 2017–August 2017.
  • Mario Markho (University of Notre Dame, USA), May 2017–July 2017.
  • Euntaek Kim (University of Cambridge, England), July 2018–August 2018.
  • Yi-Ming Liu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), August 2018.

Postgraduate research projects

  • Gan Zheng Qiang Daniel, July 2012–April 2013.
    • [Presented at RPIC 2013; Awarded NUS CDTL Education Conference Grant; Published in NUS CDTL Brief, First Look]
  • Yuen Yew Lum Alexander (Co-supervisor: Assoc Prof Eddie Tong), January 2014–April 2014.
    • [Presented at ICPS 2015; Published in Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition]
  • Lee Sze Chi, June 2017–April 2018.

Honours theses [graded by one/two independent (anonymous) examiner(s)]

  • Gavin Wang Zhenxu, July 2010–April 2011.
  • Lau Ying, December 2010–October 2011.
    • [Presented at ICPSB 2012]
  • Lam Wing Mun, December 2010–October 2011.
    • [First-Class Grade; Best Psychology Thesis, Semester 1 of AY2011–2012; ICPSB 2012 Best Paper Certificate; NUS OURP 2012]
  • Dania Chan ShiHui, June 2011–April 2012.
    • [First-Class Grade]
  • Soh Wei Jie, June 2011–April 2012.
    • [First-Class Grade; Overall Best Psychology Thesis, AY2011–2012; SPS Overall Best Undergraduate Research Award 2012; Presented at CogSci 2013]
  • Yap Jit Yong, June 2011–April 2012.
    • [First-Class Grade; Presented at CogSci 2012; SPS Overall Best Undergraduate Research Award 2013; Published in Journal of Cognitive Psychology]
  • Tan Zhi Hui Benjamin, July 2013–April 2014.
    • [First-Class Grade; Presented at Science in Society 2013; Published in Computers in Human Behavior]
  • Yong Zhihao Paul, June 2013–April 2014.
    • [First-Class Grade; Presented at HICE 2014; SPS-ARUPS Student Research Award 2015; Published in Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition]
  • Adeline New (Co-supervisor: Assoc Prof Maria Kozhevnikov), January 2015–November 2015.
    • [First-Class Grade]
  • Aloysius Koh Wei Lun, August 2015–April 2016.
    • [First-Class Grade; Published in Applied Cognitive Psychology]
  • Adalyn Heng Qiu Hui, August 2015–April 2016.
    • [First-Class Grade; Overall Best Psychology Thesis, AY2015–2016; OURP 2016; Presented at Psychonomics 2016]
  • Chin Yen Chai, August 2015–April 2016.
    • [First-Class Grade]
  • Amanda Low Chern Min, January 2016–April 2017.
    • [First-Class Grade; Published in JRME]
  • Soh Wen Shi Micole, January 2016–April 2017.
    • [Published in JEP: Applied]
  • Chan Tsin Damien, July 2017–April 2018.
    • [First-Class Grade]
  • Poh Hou Sheng, July 2017–April 2018.
    • [First-Class Grade; Published in JEP: Applied]
  • Nicholas Lim Seng Yew, July 2018–April 2019.
    • [First-Class Grade; Published in JEP: Applied]
  • Chen Si, July 2018–April 2019.
    • [First-Class Grade; OURP 2019; Published in Psychology of Music]
  • Saun Tan Qi Han, January 2019–November 2019.
    • [First-Class Grade]
  • Titus Quek Wei Yang, July 2019–April 2020.
    • [First-Class Grade]
  • Wang Anyu, July 2019–April 2020.
    • [First-Class Grade; Published in JEP: Applied]
  • Lim Yick Liang Kagen, July 2019–April 2020.
    • [First-Class Grade; OURP 2020; Published in Journal of Educational Psychology]
  • Esther Clare Ng Xin Yi, 24 January 2023–present (with Dr. Sarah Wong).
  • Brittney Loke Zi Qing, 25 January 2023–present.

Independent research projects

  • Loh Kep Kee (Psychology), December 2010–April 2011.
    • [CBP 2012 Best Research Paper]
  • Seow Wei Qiang (University Scholars Programme–Life Sciences), December 2011–April 2012.
  • Jeong Eunkyung (University Scholars Programme–Psychology), May 2012–July 2012.
  • Wong Shi Hui Sarah (University Scholars Programme–Psychology), June 2012–November 2012.
  • Wong Qi Hao Gabriel (Psychology), January 2013–April 2013.
    • [Presented at RPIC 2013; Published in Frontiers in Psychology: Educational Psychology]
  • Yong Zhihao Paul (Psychology), June 2013–August 2013.
    • [Published in NUS CDTL Brief]
  • Aloysius Koh Wei Lun (Psychology), December 2014–February 2015.
  • Adalyn Heng Qiu Hui (University Scholars Programme–Psychology), December 2014–November 2015.
  • Amanda Low Chern Min (Psychology), August 2015–November 2015.
  • Wang Yushi (Psychology), August 2015–November 2015.
  • Elvis Tan Wei Siong (Psychology), January 2016–April 2016.
  • Gerard Christopher Yeo (Psychology), May 2016–November 2016.
  • Chan Tsin Damien (Psychology), July 2016–November 2016.
  • Jeremy Tan Yang Jing (Psychology), June 2017–November 2017.
  • Nicholas Lim Seng Yew (Psychology), January 2018–June 2018.
  • Lew Zhi Xin Rachael (Psychology), 13 February 2018–November 2018.
  • Lim Yick Liang Kagen (Psychology), 3 January 2019–April 2019.
  • Gabriel Lau RongYang (Psychology), 3 January 2019–April 2019.

Undergraduate research opportunities

  • Tan Jun Hao Nicholas, July 2011–November 2011.
    • [Presented at CogSci 2013; SPS Best Undergraduate Group Research Award 2013]
  • Wong Shi Hui Sarah, July 2011–November 2011.
    • [Presented at CogSci 2013; SPS Best Undergraduate Group Research Award 2013]
  • Chong Yao Chung Eugene, July 2012–November 2012.
    • [Presented at RPIC 2013]
  • Joy Sim Shi En, July 2012–November 2012.
    • [Presented at RPIC 2013]
  • Aaron Ng Tze Zhong, July 2012–November 2012.
    • [Presented at RPIC 2013]
  • Zhang Zhenggang, December 2013–March 2014 (student withdrew mid-way from NUS).
  • Ng Jun Peng Gavin, May 2014–December 2014.
    • [Presented at ICPS 2015]
  • Amanda Low Chern Min, December 2014–April 2015.
  • Chin Yen Chai, December 2014–April 2015.
  • Aloysius Koh Wei Lun, August 2015–November 2015.
  • Wang Yushi, January 2016–April 2016.
  • Quek Qian Yi, January 2017–April 2017.
  • Winston Tan Wen Jie, June 2017–November 2017.
  • Nicholas Lim Seng Yew, July 2017–November 2017.
  • Wong Pei Yi, July 2017–November 2017.
  • Gan Ying Ling Victoria, January 2018–April 2018.
  • Lim Yick Liang Kagen, 27 July 2018–December 2018.
  • Sean Toh Han Yang, 2 August 2018–December 2018.
  • Gabriel Lau RongYang, 5 August 2018–December 2018.
  • Chua Jia Jie, 8 January 2019–April 2019.
  • Ryan Chua Qi Xian, 8 January 2020–April 2020 (with Dr. Sarah Wong). 
  • Lim Ting Yee, 18 January 2020–April 2020 (with Dr. Sarah Wong).
  • Liu Huiyi, 5 January 2021–April 2021 (with Dr. Sarah Wong).
  • Jenell Ong, 20 December 2021–April 2022 (with Dr. Sarah Wong).
  • Esther Clare Ng Xin Yi, 14 July 2022–November 2022 (with Dr. Sarah Wong).
  • Chan Jiamin Judith, 25 December 2022–April 2023 (with Dr. Sarah Wong).
  • Ng Li Yen, 9 July 2023–November 2023.

External research projects

  • Lin Fang Yi (NUS High School), 2009–2010.
    • [Presented at NUS High School Research Congress 2010]
  • Cally Owh (NUS High School), 2009–2010.
    • [Presented at NUS High School Research Congress 2010]
  • Divya Ramesh (NUS High School), 2009–2010.
    • [Presented at NUS High School Research Congress 2010]
  • Chow Dian Yi (Hwa Chong Institution–College), 2013.
    • [Presented at CogSci 2013]
  • Chow Kai Jin (Hwa Chong Institution–College), 2014.
    • [Presented at ACE 2015]

Stephen Lim Student Award Series

—Stephen Lim Sustained Critical Thinking Award—

The Stephen Lim Sustained Critical Thinking Award (SCTA) recognizes an NUS psychology undergraduate or concurrent degree programme student who has completed three or more academic modules under Dr. Stephen Lim's instruction since August 2010, and consistently demonstrated critical thinking excellence. In each year, usually no more than two SCTAs are conferred; the Award can be withheld if there are no truly deserving candidates.

The Stephen Lim SCTA honour roll is as follows:

  • Miss Dania Chan ShiHui (2012)
  • Mr Tan Zhi Hui Benjamin (2012)
  • Mr Tan Jun Hao Nicholas (2013)
  • Miss Wong Shi Hui Sarah (2013)
  • Mr Yong Zhihao Paul (2014)
  • Mr Ng Jun Peng Gavin (2015)
  • Miss Adalyn Heng Qiu Hui (2016)
  • Mr Elvis Tan Wei Siong (2017)
  • Miss Chen Si (2019)
  • Mr Lim Yick Liang Kagen (2020)

—Stephen Lim Outstanding Young Graduand Award—

The Stephen Lim Outstanding Young Graduand Award (OYGA) recognizes an academic descendant of Dr. Stephen Lim who has made remarkable progress in either academia or the industry within five years following his or her graduation from the National University of Singapore. This Award carries the highest honours from among the Stephen Lim student award series, and is conferred on an exceptional basis.

The Stephen Lim OYGA honour roll is as follows:

  • Ms Wong Shi Hui Sarah (2018) for outstanding achievements in academia

—Stephen Lim All-Round Excellence Award—

The Stephen Lim All-Round Excellence Award (AREA) recognizes a well-rounded NUS undergraduate or concurrent degree programme student under Dr. Stephen Lim's tutelage who has excelled in and beyond academic studies and research, demonstrating positive character development, influential resourcefulness and leadership, and a strong commitment to his or her community. This Award is conferred on an exceptional basis.

The Stephen Lim AREA honour roll is as follows:

  • Mr Aloysius Koh Wei Lun (2016)
  • Mr Elvis Tan Wei Siong (2017)
  • Mr Lim Yick Liang Kagen (2020)

Service

Regional/International-level

  • Speaker at AUA (Asian Universities Alliance) Scholars International Roundtable 2022, 7 April 2022.
  • Mentor to Cleveland State University Teaching Academy (USA), 2020–present.
  • Mentor to Seoul National University Teaching Academy (South Korea), 2020–present.
  • Mentor to Kyoto University Teaching Academy (Japan), 2020–present.
  • Mentor to Asian Music Conservatories, 2019–present.
  • Mentor to Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn Un iversity, 2019–present.
  • Mentor to AUA Universities, 2019–present.
  • AUA Scholar, Asian Universities Alliance Summit 2019, 13–14 April 2019.
  • Mentor to Brunel Academy for the Transformation of Teaching (England), 2018–present.
  • Mentor of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) Community Mentoring Program, 25 March 2015–December 2015.

National-level

  • Moderator, Invited Panel Dialogue Series on "Empowering Youths and Their University Teachers in a Digital Age", Singapore National Academy of Higher Education, 1 December 2021.
  • Moderator, Fellows' Panel Dialogue Series on "Re(-)cogizing Teaching Excellence in Higher Education Today", Singapore National Academy of Higher Education, 7 December 2020.
  • Founding President of Singapore National Academy of Higher Education, 9 October 2020–present.
  • Reviewer of Ministry of Education Tertiary Education Research Fund (TRF) grant application, 2020–2021.
  • Invited Judge of 3 Minute Thesis Singapore 2018@NUS, 27 July 2018.
  • Mentor of Institute of Technical Education, November 2015–present.
  • Advisor of Action Research at St Andrew's Junior College, July 2012–June 2013.

University-level

  • Invited OEA Winner Speaker, Outstanding Educator Award Public Lecture Series for 2020, National University of Singapore, 8 April 2021.
  • Speaker (opening address), NUS Teaching Academy Teaching Mentoring Cluster Initiative on "Teaching Excellence and Promotion on the NUS Educator Track", NUS Business School and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 9 October 2019.
  • Speaker, University Deans' Meeting Visit on "NUS Teaching Academy and Teaching Mentoring", 23 July 2019.
  • Chair, NUS Teaching Academy New Fellows' Induction Ceremony cum 10th Anniversary Dinner, 31 May 2019.
  • Speaker, Academic Staff Orientation Talk on "Fostering a culture of teaching at the NUS", 2 May 2019.
  • Presenter, NUS Office of the Provost Quality of Education Retreat, 4 January 2019.
  • Speaker, Academic Staff Orientation Talk on "Fostering a culture of teaching at the NUS", 26 October 2018.
  • Chair, NUS Teaching Academy Roundtable Discussion with NUS Educator-in-Residence Professor Anthony Harland (University of Otago) on "Towards a peer teaching mentoring culture at the university", 21 September 2018.
  • Chair, NUS Teaching Academy Flipped Meeting on "Towards a teaching mentoring culture at the NUS", 13 September 2018.
  • Chair, Panel Discussion, 2018 NUS Teaching Academy Roadshow @ FASS, National University of Singapore, 2 March 2018.
  • Teaching Peer-reviewer (Faculty of Law), National University of Singapore, 11 September 2017.
  • Facilitator of the NUS Teaching Academy Teaching and Learning Club on "Making sense of structured informal curriculum at NUS", 13 May 2016.
  • Chair of the Asia-SoTL SIG (Small-group projects), Office of the Provost, 19 February 2016–13 February 2017.
  • Co-Chair of the NUS Teaching Academy Masterclass Speaker Series Discussion on “Holistic Higher Education”, 9 September 2015.
  • Host of the NUS Teaching Academy Masterclass Speaker (Prof. Anthony S. Bryk, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), 6–10 September 2015.
  • Chair of Session 15 (Day 2), 7th International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Singapore, 11 December 2014.
  • University Representative for U21 Early Career Researcher Workshop on "Interdisciplinary Education, Internationalization and the Rise of Virtual Learning Platforms", University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), 1 November 2014.
  • Host of Educator-in-Residence Dinner, 22 August 2014.
  • Speaker for NUS Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL) Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG) Talks 2014/1 on "Encouraging Lifelong Learning Among Psychology Undergraduate Students", 22 April 2014.
  • Representative of FASS Deanery at 85th Anniversary Resilience Run, 29 March 2014.
  • Facilitator of NUS CDTL Teaching Assistants Programme (TAP) workshop on "Micro Teaching Session", 27 February 2014.
  • Faculty Designate for NUS President's Lunch, 21 November 2013.
  • Host of Educator-in-Residence Dinner, 10 October 2013.
  • Panelist of NUS Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL) Postgraduate Students Series on "Planning and Managing Your Postgraduate Journey", 11 September 2013.
  • Facilitator of NUS CDTL Teaching Assistants Programme (TAP) workshop on "Leading Discussions and Seminars", 16 May 2013.
  • Member of Special Task Force [Chair: Vice-Provost (Education)], NUS Office of the Provost, May 2013.
  • Facilitator of NUS CDTL Professional Development Programme (Teaching) (PDP-T) workshop on "Small Group Teaching", 27 February 2013.
  • Facilitator of NUS CDTL PDP-T workshop on "Learning Outcomes", 7 August 2012.

Faculty-level

  • Co-Chair, AY2023 NUS Scholarship Interviews Panel, 19 April 2023.
  • Chair, DEC (Department Evaluation Committee) for Promotion to Associate Professor (Educator Track), Department of Social Work, 6 July 2022–9 November 2022.
  • Panel Member, AY2022 ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship Interviews for CHS, 8 June 2022.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (Innova Junior College), 15 September 2016.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (Millennia Institute), 3 August 2016.
  • Reader, NUS Commencement 2016 (Ceremony C4), 8 July 2016.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (River Valley High School), 11 May 2016.
  • Representative for FASS Top Students Outreach Luncheon, 16 April 2016.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (Anderson Junior College), 29 January 2016.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (Ngee Ann Polytechnic), 17 November 2015.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (Global Indian International School), 6 October 2015.
  • Founding Chair, FASS Care and Connect Session, 16 September 2015.
  • Founder of FASS Joggers, 27 May 2015.
  • Selection Committee Member for the NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize, April to May 2015.
  • Speaker and Representative for FASS Top Students Outreach Masterclass Series and Luncheon, 18 April 2015.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (Jurong Junior College), 15 April 2015.
  • Co-founder of FASS Student Outreach Ambassador Scheme, 14 April 2015.
  • Founder of FASS Ensemble, 6 April 2015.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (Anglo-Chinese School–Independent), 4 March 2015.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (Tampines Junior College), 26 February 2015.
  • Co-Chair, Review Committee, FASS Celebrates SG50-NUS110, December 2014–December 2015.
  • Panelist of FASS Forward: Reading Articles & Writing Essays, 18 September 2014.
  • Representative of FASS in School Outreach (School of the Arts), 16 August 2014.
  • Resource Person for FASSforward! The Ultimate Research Challenge, 6 August 2014.
  • Ex-Officio Member, FASS Undergraduate Core Curriculum Revision Taskforce, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 July 2014–30 June 2015.
  • Speaker for FASS Open House on Multidisciplinary Minor Programmes, 17 May 2014.
  • Chair, FASS Grade-free Education Taskforce, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 2 May 2014–30 June 2015.
  • Selection Committee Member for the NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize, April to May 2014.
  • Speaker for Second FASS Teaching Seminar on "Enthusing Students in Small Group Teaching", 22 April 2014.
  • Representative of FASS Deanery at NUS Open House, 15 March 2014.
  • Speaker for FASS at NUS Open House on Multidisciplinary Minor Programmes, 15 March 2014.
  • Teaching Peer-reviewer (Department of Sociology), March 2014.
  • Chair of "My Cup of Tea - Chat with Dr Stephen Lim", 17 February 2014.
  • Panelist of FASS Forward to the Exams: Exam Tips & Strategies, 5 November 2013.
  • Host of FASS One Day Work Experience Programme, 11 October 2013.
  • Teaching Peer-reviewer (Department of Communications and New Media), October 2013.
  • Panelist of FASS Forward: Reading Articles & Writing Essays, 17 September 2013.
  • Host of "My FASS Family" Host Programme 2013, 25 August 2013–December 2016.
  • Representative of FASS Deanery at the NUS Alumnus Ambassador Tea cum Event 2013, 17 August 2013.
  • Representative of FASS Deanery at the 55th NUSSU Rag and Flag 2013, 7 August 2013.
  • Representative of FASS Deanery at the NUS Department of Chinese Studies and Chinese Library 60th Anniversary Exhibition, 6 August 2013.
  • Speaker at FASS Freshmen Orientation Talks on Multidisciplinary Minor Programmes (with invited student guest Mr. Yong Zhihao Paul), 31 July 2013.
  • Speaker at FASS Freshmen Orientation Talks on European Studies, 31 July 2013.
  • Representative of FASS Deanery at FASStrack Asia Farewell Dinner, 19 July 2013.
  • Acting Representative of FASS Deanery at FASS Open House, 18 May 2013.
  • Representative of Psychology at FASS Polytechnic Admissions Talk, 24 April 2013.
  • Chair of FASS Forward to the Exams - Sharing Session, 11 April 2013.
  • Panelist of FASS Forward to the Exams - Sharing Session, 24 October 2012.
  • Teaching Peer-reviewer (Department of Social Work), September 2012.
  • Representative of FASS in Junior College Outreach (Innova Junior College), 27 July 2012.
  • Representative at the NUS Open House, 17 March 2012.
  • Teaching Peer-reviewer (Department of Economics), March 2012.

Department-level

  • Member of Department Graduate Admissions Committee, July 2021–December 2021.
  • Member of Department Search Committee (Lecturers/Senior Lecturers for Clinical Psychology), April 2021–October 2021.
  • Representative for FASS e-Open House, 8 May 2020.
  • Representative for #DiscoverFASS, 20 April 2020.
  • Member of Department Search Committee (Lecturers/Senior Lecturers), September 2019–May 2020.
  • Member of Department Search Committee (Teaching Assistants), April–June 2019.
  • Chair of Psychology Brownbag Talk (Speaker: Gavin Jun Peng Ng, UIUC), 17 August 2018.
  • Representative of Psychology at NUS Commencement, 19 July 2018.
  • Representative of Psychology at NUS Open House, 10 March 2018.
  • Level-4000 Coordinator, 1 July 2017–30 June 2019.
  • Representative of Psychology at NUS Commencement, 10 July 2017.
  • Representative for FASS Top Students Outreach Luncheon, 22 April 2017.
  • Representative of Psychology at NUS Open House, 11 March 2017.
  • Chair of Psychology Blended Learning Taskforce, 10 June 2015–11 August 2017.
  • Chair of Psychology Brownbag Talk (Speaker: Sven-Amin Lembke, McGill University), 9 October 2014.
  • Vice-Chair of Psychology Alumni Relations and Fundraising Committee (Inaugural), 1 July 2014–30 June 2015.
  • Chair of Inaugural NUS Psychology Teaching Assistant Symposium 2014, 25 February 2014.
  • Member of Search Committee for FASS Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, January 2014.
  • Co-Chair of First-year Undergraduate Studies Task Force, August 2012–October 2012.
  • Deputy Director of Undergraduate Studies, July 2012–June 2013.
  • Deputy Chair of Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, July 2012–June 2013.
  • Member of Psychology Executive Committee, July 2012–June 2018.
  • Chair of Psychology Graduation Lunch 2012, June 2012–July 2012.
  • Teaching Peer-reviewer, March 2012–present.
  • Member of Search Committee for Teaching-Track Staff, August–November 2011; February–April 2012; April–May 2013.
  • Member of Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, July 2011–June 2012.
  • Coordinator for 1000-level Undergraduate Curriculum, July 2011–June 2013.
  • Coordinator for Student Exchange Programme (SEP), July 2010–June 2012; July 2013–June 2016; 1 January 2018–31 December 2020.
  • Coordinator for Non-graduating (NG) Students, July 2010–June 2012; July 2013–June 2016; 1 January 2018–31 December 2020.
  • Coordinator for University Scholars Programme (USP) Independent Study Modules, July 2010–June 2012; July 2013–June 2015.
  • Coordinator for Department Facebook, July 2010–June 2012.
  • Member of Publicity Committee, July 2010–June 2011.
  • Coordinator for Research Participant Programme, 2005–2006.

Community Services

  • Befriender, Befriending Programme, Community & Family Policy Branch, Rehabilitation & Reintegration Division, Singapore Prison Service, 2018–2023.
  • Co-Staff advisor, NUS Cat Café, National University of Singapore, 2010–present.
  • Overseas humanitarian worker, 2006–2009.
  • Associate helper, Member of Parliament Meet-the-People sessions, Jurong GRC Singapore, 2002–2005.

Language Proficiencies

English, Chinese, Japanese, and Thai.

Music Proficiencies

Classical Piano, Jazz Piano, Electone, Musicology, Theory, Composition, Improvisation, and basic Violin.

Leisure Activities

The arts—composing, arranging, and performing (mainly classical and jazz piano), drawing (western art), and writing (chinese literary works). Also, physical fitness activities—running and swimming (long-distance races).


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