Educational Qualifications

2014                    
Doctor of Philosophy (English Language), National University of Singapore

2008                    
Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics), National University of Singapore

2005                    
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (English Language and Mathematics), Nanyang Technological University

2002                 
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology and General Mathematics), National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2023 – Present     
Lecturer, Core Learning, College of Interdisciplinary and Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2020 – Present     
Workshop Course-Developer and Instructor (Service Provider), Teaching and Learning Centre, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2018 – Present     
Examiner (Service Provider), International Baccalaureate® Organisation

2019 – 2023          
Adjunct Faculty, Centre for English Communication, Singapore Management University

2015 – 2019          
International Baccalaureate® Coordinator, Anglo-Chinese School Jakarta

2013 – 2015          
Teaching Consultant, Senior Manager, Centre for English Communication, Singapore Management University

2010 – 2013          
PhD Candidate / NUS Research Scholar, Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore

2005 – 2009          
Education Officer, Ministry of Education Singapore

Awards and Honours

2025                    
Singapore University of Social Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award       

2022                    
Singapore Management University Centre for English Communication Adjunct Teaching Award           

2012                    
National University of Singapore Graduate Students’ Teaching Award

2011                    
National University of Singapore Graduate Students’ Teaching Award

2010 - 2013         
National University of Singapore Research Scholarship (PhD)

Selected Publications

Wong, W. B. Discursive construction of legitimation and delegitimation: A comparative critical discourse analysis of a public debate over Singapore’s capital punishment. [Manuscript in preparation].

Wong, W. B. (2025). Representation of social actors in The Straits Times and The Independent Singapore: A comparative critical discourse analysis of the repeal of Section 377A in Singapore. Discourse & Communication, 19(2), 315-335.

Wong, W. B. (2016). Synthetic personalisation of Barack Obama at the 2008 US Democratic National Convention: A social semiotic multimodal analysis of a staged political context. Visual Communication, 15(4), 509-534.

More Information