Dr HAH Sixian – NUS CELC

Hah Sixian

Lecturer

Contact Information

Telephone: 6601 2377
Email: sxhah@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #03-31 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

HAH Sixian is Lecturer at CELC. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Warwick, UK. Coming from a background in applied linguistics and education, her research interests lie in discourse analysis, social interactions, pragmatics, identity construction and higher education studies. She has published in Palgrave Communications, Studies in Higher Education and the Journal of Applied Linguistics & Professional Practice. She is also peer reviewer of several journals including Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Studies in Higher Education, and Language and Intercultural Communication.

Prior to joining CELC, she lectured on the University Town College Programme at Tembusu College, NUS. She also designed and delivered a new course UTC2116 The University Today offered on the UTCP. Prior to joining NUS, she did research on workplace literacy at NTU and have taught at junior college and primary schools in Singapore.

Recent Courses Taught and/or Coordinated

SP1541 Exploring Science Communication through Popular Science
UTC1102R Green Capitalism: A Critical Engagement
UTC/UTS2116 The University Today

Awards & Recognition

Residential Colleges Early Career Teaching Award AY2021/22

Editorial Board

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (HSS Communications) Collection: Social studies of academia: power and knowledge in research, science and higher education (Guest Editor)

Selected Publications (since 2019)

Hah, S. (2021, December 10) External factors influencing ECRs’ publication practices. Scholarly Peers. https://scholarlypeers.weebly.com/blog-posts/external-factors-influencing-ecrs-publication-practices
Hah, S. (2020). Valuation discourses and disciplinary positioning struggles of academic researchers—A case study of ‘maverick' academics. Palgrave Communications, 6(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0427-2
Hah, S. (2019). ‘Why did you become a linguist? Nobody reads your work!’–Academic struggles constructed through humour and laughter. Studies in Higher Education, 1-15.
Hah, S. (2019) Disciplinary positioning struggles: Perspectives from early career academics. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 12(2), 144-165.

Conference Papers

Hah, S. (2023). Constructions of community and diversity in college applicants’ admissions essays [Paper presentation]. In Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC) 2023, 7 December, National University of Singapore. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/hecc2023proceedings/constructions-of-community-and-diversity-in-college-applicants-admissions-essays/
Hah, S. (2019, Jun). "Why did you become a linguist? Nobody reads your work!"—Voicing and humour in interviews with academic researchers. [Paper presentation]16th International Pragmatics Conference, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.