Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

Ms. Hema A/P Letchamanan


ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
(Role),(Level),(Duration)
  • Programme Director (Postgraduate Taught Programmes), School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, Taylor's University, 01/07/2021 to 31/12/2022
  • Senior Lecturer II, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, Taylor's University, 17/04/2017 to 31/12/2022
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(Qualification),(Institution)
  • Master of Science in Education, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom
  • Bachelor of Education (TESL), UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, United Kingdom
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
(Area)
  • Comparative and International Education
  • Sociology Of Education (Gender, Vulnerable communities, Refugees, Orang Asli, Urban poverty)
PUBLICATIONS
(Title of publication in APA style)
Article in Journals
2022
  • Kusumo, C.M.L., Letchamanan, H., Lee, S.E. and Gooi, L.J. (2022), "The Nest: post evaluation study on intentional learning space in public housing Malaysia", Archnet-IJAR, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-12-2021-0342
  • Abdullah, NSM. & Letchamanan, H. (2022). Meeting the Educational Needs of Every Child - A Malaysian Perspective. In G. Schweiger (Ed) The Global and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic (pp.215-230). Springer (e-book). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97982-9 (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
  • Abdullah, NSM. & Letchamanan, H. (2022). Epilogue: The View from Malaysia. In G. Schweiger (Ed) The Global and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic (pp.329-330). Springer (e-book). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97982-9 (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
  • Jannat, T. & Letchamanan, H. (2022). The Role of Safe Home in Accessing Education for the Children of Sex Workers in Bangladesh. Asia-Pacific Journal of Futures in Education and Society, 1(1), 77–95.
     
2021
  • Letchamanan, H., Abdullah, NSM. & Fadzil, K.S. (2021). Language Education for Orang Asli Children in Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 29(S3): 443 - 458. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.29.S3.23 (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
  • Rawi, R. & Letchamanan, H. (2021). Mediating culture and identity for Malay and Indian transgender youth in Asia. In R. Wills, M.d. Souza, J. Mata-McMahon, M.A. Bakar & C. Roux (Eds.). The Bloomsbury Handbook of Culture and Identity from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood: Perceptions and Implications (pp. 249–262). London: Bloomsbury Academic. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350157187.ch-20
2013
  • Letchamanan, H. (2013). Myanmar Rohingya Refugee in Malaysia, Education and Way Forward. Journal of International and Comparative Education (CRICE). 2(2), 86-97.
     
RESEARCH PROJECT
(Project title),(Role),(Duration),(Level)
  • Curriculum for Out-of-School Children & Youth Research Project (Phase I), Project Leader, 2021 (Private)
  • Curriculum for Out-of-school Children and Youth Research Project (Phase I), Project Leader, 2021 (Private)
  • Integrated Model for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for Community Resilience, Co-researcher, 2021 to 2025 (National)
  • Projek Baca Baca (Learning to Read, Reading to Learn), Project Leader, 2021 to 2022 (Private)
  • Projek Baca Baca *Learning to Read, Reading to Learn), Project Leader, 2021 (Private)
  • Towards a Theory of Situated Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy Practices: Case of the Temuan Community, Co-researcher, 2020 to 2022 (National)
  • Towards a Theory of Situated Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy Practices: Case of the Temuan Community, Co-researcher, 2020 to 2023 (National)
  • The Learning Space Research Project at PPR Lembah Subang 2, Co-researcher, 2019 to 2020 (Private)
  • Malaysia 100 Year Cities (M100YC) Programme, Co-researcher, 2018 to 2019 (Private)
  • Flagship: Liveable and Affordable Asian Cities; Subgroup: Rejuvenating forgotten waterfront settlements in Malaysia, with specific reference to the Royal Town of Klang. School of Education Research Project: The Urban Underclass Inclusive Education for Adolescents in the Royal Town of Klang, Project Leader, 2017 to 2020 (Taylor's University)
  • Rejuvenating forgotten waterfront settlements in Malaysia, with specific reference to the Royal Town of Klang, Co-researcher, 2017 to 2021 (Taylor's University)
SUPERVISION
(Title of Thesis),(Name of Candidates),(Academic Level),(Role)
ONGOING
  • OON CHONG LING  (Main Supervisor)
AWARDS AND STEWARDSHIP
(Name of Award/Stewardship),(Award Category),(Awarding Institution),(Year Awarded),(Type of Award)
  • International Carnival on E-Learning, Competition, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, 2023 (Best Poster Award)
  • International University Carnival on E-Learning (IUCEL 2022), Competition, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2022 (Best Poster Award)
  • Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Awards, Exhibition/Invention, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UITM), 2021 (Outstanding Innovation Award)
  • Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Awards, Exhibition/Invention, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UITM), 2021 (Gold Award)
COURSE ATTENDED
(Course Title),(Course Mode),(Date/Duration),(Level)
  • Flagship Project, Research, 17/05/2017 to 17/05/2017
  • [IP/UTLP]Taylor's Teaching and Learning Framework, Research, 08/05/2017 to 08/05/2017