Uma Jayaraman

Uma studied English literature in Delhi University, India and was awarded the BA (hons.), MA and MPhil degrees. Subsequently, she pursued her doctorate in English Literature at the National University of Singapore as an MOE scholar, and was the recipient of the Maurice Baker prize (2013) for best thesis in English literature.

She has taught in India, Indonesia and Singapore since 1988 both at school and college levels. She has also had the opportunity to structure and teach a module for the postgraduate diploma programme at NIE, working with teachers that specialized in teaching English Literature. Additionally, Uma have co-taught modules on humanities with lecturers from MIT and the UOL programmes.

Her second area of specialization is teaching argumentative writing. Uma’s particular strengths in this regard are facilitating group discussions to promote peer learning, stretching student ability via one-to-one consultation, and last but not the least, providing timely and useful feedback on written work.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD National University of Singapore (2007 — 2012)
• Bachelor's, Master's, M.Phil Delhi University (1983 — 1992)

Companies

• Academic Writing, Centre for English Language and Communication National University of Singapore (2016)
• English Tutor, LCC Nanyang Technological University (2015 — 2015)
• Associate Faculty Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) (2008 — 2015)
• Postdoctoral Fellow Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (2014 — 2014)
• English Tutor National Institute of Education, Singapore (2011 — 2012)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant National University of Singapore (2007 — 2012)
• Senior lecturer Stansfield College (1999 — 2004)
• English Teacher Gandhi School, Jakarta (1993 — 1993)
• Lecturer, English Literature Delhi University (1988 — 1992)