Curriculum Vitae

DR. FOONG SOON SENG

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of English
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • ssfoong

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • Phd in English Literature, (ENGLISH LITERATURE)
    Universiti Malaya (um)
  • M.A. (Linguistics & English Language Studies), (LINGUISTICS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES)
    Universiti Sains Malaysia (usm)
  • B.A. (Hons) in English Language & Literature Studies, (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDIES)
    Universiti Sains Malaysia (usm)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES


  • Committee Members
    08 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2026 (Department)
  • Coordinator
    04 Feb 2025 - 31 Dec 2026 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Coordinator
    04 Feb 2025 - 31 Dec 2026 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Coordinator
    01 Oct 2024 - 01 Mar 2026 (Department)
  • A member of the Curriculum Review 2025 committee, for Bachelor of Arts (BA) programme.
    01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025 (Department)

RESEARCH PROJECT


University
  1. 2025 - 2027, University Grant
    Snap! Action! Seeing Sustainability: Exploring Children's Perspectives on Sustainable Healthcare Practices in Malaysia ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2025 - 2026, University Grant
    Mapping the Urban (Haunted) Space in Hanna Alkaf's the Weight of Our Sky: A Reader Response Study ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED


ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Cultural Stigma of a Disordered Mind: (Re)Defining Gila in Hanna Alkaf s The Weight of Our Sky, International Conference on Humanities in Asia Pacific (ICHAP) 2025, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) (International) (16 Oct 2025 - 17 Oct 2025)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
  1. Rethinking Assessments in the 21st Century English Literature Classroom, 2025 Stallion Conference on Language and Literature Assessment, Mariana Marcos State University, Philippines (International) (16 Aug 2025 - 16 Aug 2025)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES


Evaluation
  1. (2025) Reviewer Board Member, International, (Reviewer)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2025) A Judge for The Short Story Writing Competition, National, (Resource Person)