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Sheela Cheong

Sheela Cheong   
Sheela Cheong
    Title:  Sociology Graduate Program
    Type:  Graduate Student
    Email:  scheong@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-3516 Message
(831) 459-3518 Fax
    Office:  College 8, Rm. 124

Courses Taught 
UCSC
Teaching Assistant
Summer 2009: SOCY10, Issues/Problems in American Society
Summer 2009: SOCY126, Sociology of Sex
Winter 2009: AMST80E, U.S. Racial & Ethnic Histories Formations
Fall 2008: ANTH1, Introduction to Human Evolution

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
2007, Semester 2: SC2220, Gender Studies
2006, Semesters 1 & 2: SSA1201, Singapore Society

Research Focus 
Sociology of violence, cultural studies, gender studies, psychoanalysis, discipline, morality, social control, social justice

Education History 
Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology with Honours (1st class), National University of Singapore
Honours Thesis: Regulation & Resistance: Moral Education in Singapore

Master of Social Sciences in Sociology, National University of Singapore
Master's Thesis: The State of Discipline: BDSM & The Cultural Politics of Chinese Masculinity in Singapore

AWARDS
Placed on NUS Vice-Chancellor’s List
Placed on NUS Dean’s List: 5 of 7 semesters
Rosie Heng-Ko Poh Choo Gold Medal for Best Female Student
University Scholars’ Programme scholar
NUS Research Scholarship

Selected Publications 
Publications

(Forthcoming) Currently preparing for publication in Sexualities and Gender and Society two papers from my Master's thesis ‘The State of Discipline: BDSM and the Cultural Politics of Singaporean Chinese Masculinity’.

International Conferences / Internships

‘New Theoretical Perspectives in BDSM Sexuality’, at ‘Exploring Cultural Perspectives’, organized by The International Cultural Research Network and Ankara University (June 2008)

Internship at Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (Dec 2004 and Nov 2007 – June 2008)

‘Morality in BDSM’ at the University of Presov in Slovakia for ‘Moralities at the Turn of Centuries and Millenniums’ (Sept 2007)

‘Sado-masochism in Singapore’ at Asia Research Institute’s 2nd Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asia Studies (July 2007)

Presented paper at ‘Consuming Cultures: Change, Tradition and Choice in Asia and the Pacific’ United Nations University Global Seminar at University of Hawai’i at Manoa (May 2005)

Curriculum Vitae 
 
Sheela Cheong's Curriculum Vitae File Type:PDF (192.73 KB)