Jessie Teng

Jessie Teng is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for English Language Communications (CELC) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where she has been teaching since January 1997. She concurrently serves as a Residential Fellow at Tembusu College, NUS.

• Affiliations: CELC (Primary appointment), Tembusu College (Residential Fellow)
• Past roles: Resident Fellow at Sheares Hall (AY2000/01–AY2011/12), Associate Director at CELC (AY2012/13–AY2019/20)

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Biology (NUS)
• Master of Education (University of Sheffield)
• Master of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies (NUS/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
• PhD in Sociolinguistics (NUS/FASS)

Research Interests: Focuses on sociolinguistics, particularly in Southeast Asian contexts, and pedagogical approaches to language education. Her work bridges biology education, cross-cultural communication, and interdisciplinary academic writing.