Educational Qualifications

2024
PhD (English, Linguistics, & Theatre Studies), National University of Singapore and (Digital Humanities), King’s College London, UK

2018
MA (English, Linguistics, & Theatre Studies), National University of Singapore

2015
BA (Hons.) (English, Linguistics, & Theatre Studies), National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2024 – Present
Lecturer, College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2024
Associate Faculty, College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2020 – 2024
Teaching Fellow, Tembusu College, National University of Singapore

2017 – 2020
Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Linguistics & Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore

2018 – 2019 
Research Associate, Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, National Institute of Education

Awards and Honours

2025 - 2026
Teaching & Learning Centre Teaching Grant, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2025
Excellence in Teaching Award, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2019 - 2024
Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore

2023
Travel Bursary, Theory, Culture & Society Summer School

2017 - 2018
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, National University of Singapore

Selected Publications

  • (Forthcoming) Tan, Cera Y.J. (2026) Automated Reason: Difference and Recursivity. Media Theory.
  • Review of Machine & Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking (2024) by Yuk Hui. (2025) Theory, Culture & Society Webreviews.
  • Tan, Cera Y.J. (2021) Transparency and Sovereignty in Contact-Tracing Networks. Media Art Study and Theory, 2:1, pp 51-77.
  • Tan, Cera Y.J. (2021) Circuit Breakers and Biopolitical Strategies. Cultural Politics, 17:1, pp. 80-91.
  • Lee, Chew Lee, Ong, Aloysius, and Tan, Cera Y.J. (2021) “Exploring Teachers’ Community-Based Learning: The Case of a Teachers’ Knowledge Building Community in Singapore.” Scaling Up ICT-based Innovations in Schools: The Singapore Experience. Editors David Hung and Dennis Kwek, pp. 229-244.

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