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Dr Carissa Foo is a Senior Lecturer in the humanities at NUS College, National University of Singapore. She serves as coordinator of the creative practice programme and co-coordinator of Global Narratives. A literary scholar and fiction writer, she earned her Ph.D. from Durham University, where her research examined twentieth-century women’s writing in dialogue with spatial theory and queer studies. Her work explores narratives of women’s lived experience and feminine modes of navigation in inhospitable worlds. Prior to her current role, she was a Lecturer in the humanities at Yale-NUS College and held tutoring positions at Durham University in modern drama, the novel, and survey of English literature.
Dr Foo is the inaugural recipient of the Georgette Chen Fellowship at NUS College in recognition of her contributions to creative programming. She has received the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award and Annual Teaching Excellence Award from NUS College and the National University of Singapore, as well as a Yale-NUS Teaching Award. Her publications include the literary novel Almost A Love Story (Epigram Books) and an article on familial tendencies in Singaporean queer politics in Sexuality & Culture. She maintains an active profile as an educator and writer focused on creative practice and literary scholarship.
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