Susan Lee (Mugshot 2 Dec 2025)

Susan Lee

Lecturer

Contact Information

Telephone: 6601 3920
Email: elclmss@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #02-04 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

Susan LEE is a Lecturer in CELC. She has taught English communication for 20 years at institutions and with adult learners in the corporate environment. She is ACTA certified (WSQ Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment) and passionate in customising learning to engage skill application in contexts for presentation, interpersonal communication and negotiation. She has produced a Coursera module for the course, Effective Communication in the Globalised Workplace and co-developed an e-learning package on personal branding. Susan designs and facilitates workshops and modules on internship preparation, LinkedIn, online and face-to-face interview, networking, Professional Communication, Communicating Engineering, Communicating in the Information Age, and Business Communication. Susan is currently teaching a Critique and Expression Module developed from her passion in Film Adaptation.

Recent Courses Taught and/or Coordinated

  • RVX1003 Print to Screen: Analysing Film Adaptation
  • ES2007D Professional Communication
  • ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA)
  • ES1601 Professional and Academic Communication
  • ES2660 Communication in the Information Age
  • ES2331 Communicating Engineering

Awards and Recognition

  • CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2021/2022
  • Fellow, Ridge View Residential College. National University of Singapore. Singapore.

Grant Projects

2025-2026, Principal Investigator

What does a healthy, positive and realistic teacher-student relationship (TSR) in higher education (HE) look like? Uncovering the dynamics of teacher-student relationships that motivate learning and support teachers’ wellbeing in our classroom today. (TEG-LC).

Publications (since 2019)

  • Lee, S. (2025). What Assertive Communication Means for Gen Z and Why do they need the skills? International Journal of TESOL Studies, 7(3), 44-56. https://doi.org/10.58304/ijts.250215

Selected Presentations (since 2019)

  • Lee, S. Ong, C., Thompson, A. A. (2025, Dec. 10). Advancing the Quality of Educator-student Relationships Through Learning Communities: Ideas and Insights from an LC. Higher Education Conference in Singapore. National University of Singapore. Singapore.
  • Ismail, N., Lee, S., Sim, S. (2025, May 23). Mind the Gap: Managing Changing Workplace Expectations. 7th CELC Symposium. National University of Singapore. Singapore.
  • Lee, S. (2024, Oct. 15). Print to Screen: Analysing Film Adaptations – a Critique and Writing Course on the Process of Re-imagining Literature for Cinema. The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia 2024). Kyoto Research Park. Japan.
  • Lee, S. (2021, 5-6 July). Deliberate Learning and Practice: Enhancing Situated Learning Approach in Professional Communication Course [Paper Presentation]. ICALAHE 2021: International Conference on Authentic Learning Approaches in Higher Education, Singapore.

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