HUANG SWEE LIAN, SHIRLENA
I am an Associate Professor of Geography at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. I received my B.A. (Hons., First Class) and M.A. in Geography from the National University of Singapore, and my Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Toronto. I was previously Head, Department of Geography (2004-2010) and Vice-Dean (Graduate Studies, FASS) (2011-2016).
My research focuses mainly on issues at the intersection of migration, gender and families (with a particular focus on care labour migration and transnational families within the Asia-Pacific region) as well as urbanisation and heritage conservation (particularly in Singapore). I am currently a Steering Committee member of the Migration Cluster, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. I sit on several editorial boards of journals including Gender, Place and Culture; Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography andSojourn as well as the book series Asian Cultural Studies: Transnational and Dialogic Approaches (by Rowman & Littlefield) and The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives (by Brill). I was Chair (2012-2016) of the Geography and Gender Commission of the International Geographical Union.
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