Educational Qualifications

2024
Doctor of Education (Leadership & Innovation), New York University

2017
Master of Tri-Sector Collaboration, Singapore Management University

2003
Bachelor of Arts (Southeast Asian Studies & Theatre Studies), National University of Singapore

 

Academic and Professional Experience

Cynthia Chang-Huda’s work focuses on experiential and community-engaged higher education, examining the systematic integration of experiential learning and service-learning in university curricula, with particular attention to the roles, positionality and professional conditions of practice educators and community partners in co-producing knowledge.

 

2022 – Present
Assistant Dean (Experiential Learning), College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

 

2023 – Present
Senior Lecturer (Experiential Learning), College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

 

2022
Assistant Director, Centre for Experiential Learning, College of Lifelong & Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

 

2020 – 2022
Associate Faculty (Experiential Learning), Singapore University of Social Sciences

 

2014 – 2023
Head, Office of Service-Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

 

2010 – 2014
Teaching Faculty (Creativity, Action, Service), School of the Arts, Singapore

 

2006 – 2008
Programme Head (Leadership Development), Raffles Institution, Singapore

 

2006
Researcher & Public Education Coordinator, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

 

2004 – 2005
Manager (Youth Expedition Project), Singapore International Foundation

 

 

Awards and Honours

2024 – 2026
Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1 on “Development of a Framework for Assessment of Organisational Social Impact”, Co-Principal Investigator

 

2023 – 2024
Ngee Ann Kongsi Community Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

 

2019
Professional Associate (Leadership Programs), East-West Center, Hawai’i
(Funded by the United States Department of State)

 

2018
Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow, East-West Center, Hawai’i
(Funded by the United States Department of State)

 

2018
Governor George R. Ariyoshi Scholar
(Funded by the Hawai’i Pacific Rim Society)

 

2002
Singapore International Foundation-ASEAN Student Fellowship
(Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore)

Selected Publications

  • Chang-Huda, C., Ng, J., & Loh, P. (2024). Reflections on deconstructing reciprocity: Dialogues with community partners on the reality of campus-community power dynamics. Transform: The Journal of Engaged Scholarship, 8, 77–93.
  • Chang-Huda, C. (2024). Holistic education: Supporting practitioners to integrate experiential learning in a university core curriculum. Unpublished doctoral problem of practice, New York University.
  • Chang, C., & Yap, M. S. (2017). Service-Learning: Appreciating the community as co-educator. In The Heart of Learning (pp. 171–182). Singapore University of Social Sciences.
  • Chang, C. (2015). You should hold up the sky of the land where you live. In Singapore: Insights from the Inside (pp. 51–55). Singapore International Foundation.

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