Research Interest: Human-Animal Relations, Urban Sociology, Ethnography

Samantha is currently a master’s candidate in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. She obtained her bachelor’s degree, majoring in English Literature with an emphasis on independent research projects, jointly from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Australian National University (ANU). After graduation, she worked as a news editor and producer for CNA938 under Mediacorp, and then as a research assistant at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Social Lab, where she was involved in quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies.

Research:
For her master’s thesis, Samantha will adopt an ethnographic approach to study the phenomenon of stray/community cat feeding in Singapore. Broadly, she is interested in multispecies coexistence in urban settings, including how spaces are co-constructed and how discourses around animals’ embodied presence are managed and contested. While at IPS, Samantha undertook research relating to a range of topics, including race and religion, immigrant integration, disability services provision, and youth financial attitudes and behaviours, among others.