Dr Susan Leong
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
Susan is currently Lecturer in Media & Communication with QUT (Queensland University of Technology). Recently published journal articles and chapters include Sacred Cows and Crashing Boars: Ethno-religious Minorities and the Politics of Representation in Malaysia (2012) in Critical Asian Studies 44(1), No Longer Singaporean (2011) and Franchise Nations: the Future of Nations? (2009) in Continuum and Looking through the Corridor: Malaysia & the MSC (2008) in Overcoming Passion for Race in Malaysia Cultural Studies.She has two research strands that are linked by her interest in the implications and potentialities of new media for: ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia and Australia and; diaspora engagement strategies of China and India. She has published on the issues of ethnic minorities in Malaysia and Singapore, the Chinese and Indian diasporas as well as the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia.
Susan welcomes enquiries from postgraduates working on projects in the areas of media in Asia, the notion of the lived, non-users and technological zones.
Personal details
Discipline
Communication and Media Studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Curtin University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member, The Australian Sociological Association, TASA
- Member, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, AMIC
- Member, Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, CSAA
- Member, Asian-Australian Studies Research Network, AASRN
Teaching
I am Lecturer, Unit Co-ordinator of the following units that I designed:
2nd year, undergraduate units
Postgraduate unit
I also supervise postgraduates working on individual projects in the following units:
2nd year, undergraduate units
- KCB 206, New Media: Internet, Self and Beyond
- KCB207, Exploring New Media Worlds
Postgraduate unit
- KCP408, Exploring New Media Worlds
I also supervise postgraduates working on individual projects in the following units:
- DAN110, Architectural Theory and Research 1
- DAN220, Architectural Theory and Research 1
Experience
Susan has taught students from many different parts of the world and delivered units in various modes, from online teaching and face-to-face to distance education. The disciplines she has taught in include Internet Studies, Asian Media and New Media. Prior to academia, Susan has worked for many years in the advertising, marketing, retail, engineering and manufacturing industries. Earlier careers include graphic/web designer, creative director, copywriter, marketing communications executive, site co-ordinator, engineering associate and production supervisor.
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Selected publications
QUT ePrints
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