PUAN SHAZLIN AMIR HAMZAH
Three years of research experience and ten years of teaching with most of it spent in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia while the first three years were at Universiti Tun Abdul Razak. Earlier employments include experiences as an account executive, content development executive and sales and marketing executives in advertising and marketing organizations.
Appointments:
Present: Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2010 – present).
Past: Lecturer, School of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2006-2010), Lecturer, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), Kelana Jaya, Kuala Lumpur (2003-2006), Content Development Executive, Crest Health Online (M) Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur (2001-2003), Account Executive, OgilvyInteractive Worldwide, Kuala Lumpur (2000).
Education: Secondary at Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (1987-1991), first two years of BA at The Mid-Western Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA), Center for Preparatory Education/ITM (PPP/ITM) (1995), BA (Major: advertising, Minor: marketing) at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (1996-1998), Master of Mass Communication at Universiti Teknologi MARA (2001-2004).
Award received: Australia Malaysia Institute Fellowship Award 2007-2008.
Research experience:
- (2012) Social Cohesion through the Concept of 1R + 3r in Education. Research code: LRGS/BU/2011/UKM/CMN/01. Joint researcher.
- (2012) Applied Arts of the Indigenous Communities of Malaysia-Canada. Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), UKM. Joint researcher.
- (2010) Program Penjelmaan 1Malaysia. Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), UKM. Joint researcher.
- (2010) Ethnic relations module implementation program. External grant, Research code: RE-002-2010. Joint researcher.
- (2008) The dissemination of the notion of a nation through branding: En route the experience of Malaysia vis a vis Australia. Australia-Malaysia Institute Fellowship grant, 2007-08. Main researcher.
Selected conference presentations:
- (2013) Sivapalan Selvadurai, Shazlin Amir Hamzah, Ong Puay Liu, Marsitah Mohd Radzi, Badariah Saibeh & Ong Puay Hoon. The evolution of formal education in Peninsular Malaysiaduring the colonial period. Paper published in CD Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social, Development and Environmental Studies (PPSPP 2013), UKM Bangi.
- (2012) Branding Malaysia: Re-conceptualizing the concept of nation branding for a post-colonial state. The Conference on Social Sciences Postgraduate National Seminar 2012 (SSPNS 2012), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang.
- (2012) Rethinking the Malaysian popular music genre: A look at what we have been singing.The 8th International Malaysia Studies Conference (MSC8) Transition and Transformation: State, Market and Culture in a Period of Rapid Change. FSSK, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
- (2010) Being “Malaysian” in television ads: A look at the representation of a plural society. International conference on “Rethinking realities, reexamining pluralism: Future landscapes for pluralism in democratic societies”. 14-15 Dec, 2010. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
- (2010) Shazlin A. Hamzah and Shamsul A. B. Songs of the state and state of the songs: A way of advertising and branding state interest in Malaysia. Conference on ‘The beat goes on: Popular music in twentieth century Southeast Asia‘, organized by KITLV, Jakarta.
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