Academic & Expertise

	Distinguished Prof. Datuk Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin FASc (aka Shamsul A.B.) Fellow Academy of Science Malaysia UNESCO Chair on Social Practices in Intercultural Communication and Social Cohesion KITA Founding Director Felo Akademi Sains Malaysia Pemegang Kursi UNESCO dalam 'Social Practices on Intercultural Communication and Social Cohesion' Pengarah Pengasas KITA Tel.: +603-89213680 E-mail: pghkita@ukm.edu.my (official); abshamsul@gmail.com (personal) Areas of Specialization: Politics, Culture and Economic Development; Ethnicity and Identity Formation; Muslim Modernization; Colonial Knowledge Empirical focus: Malaysia, the Malay World
	Prof. Dr. Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid Deputy Director *Timbalan Pengarah* Tel.: +603-89213612 E-mail: k_khalid@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Policy Analysis; Political Parties; Comparative Studies, Gender and Civil Societies
	Emeritus Prof. Datuk Dr. Teo Kok Seong Principal Research Fellow *Felo Penyelidik Utama* Tel.: +603-89214641 E-mail: teokok@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Ethnolinguistics; Linguistic Anthropology; Peranakan Phenomenon; Nation Building; National Unity and Integration
	Prof. Dr. Supyan Hussin Principal Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Utama Tel.: +603-89214641 E-mail: supyan@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Language, Education and Technology
	Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal Yusoff* Principal Research Fellow & GMSN Project Leader Felo Penyelidik Utama & Ketua Projek GMSN Tel.: +603-89214774 E-mail: anisy@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Human Development (Democratic Governance, ICT for Development and Poverty Reduction) and Politics *Dipinjamkan ke Pusat Kepimpinan dan Pembaharuan (UMLEAD), Universiti Malaya (UM)
	Prof. Dr. Mansor Mohd. Noor Honorary Professor Profesor Kehormat E-mail: mansormohdnoor@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Ethnic Relations; Development and Political Sociology
	Prof. Dr. Ong Puay Liu Honorary Professor Profesor Kehormat Tel.: +603-89217681 E-mail: puayliu@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Anthropology of Development; Ethnic Studies; Community Development
	Prof. Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria Honorary Professor Profesor Kehormat Tel.: +6019-3810914 E-mail: denisonkitaukm@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities and Human Rights; Civil Society and Social Work; Public Policy Advocacy; Sustainable Development Goals
	Prof. Dr. James T. Collins Honorary Professor Profesor Kehormat Tel.: +603-89214810 E-mail: jtcukm@yahoo.com Areas of Specialization: Linguistics; Languages of Maluku and Kalimantan; Malay Dialectology in Southeast Asia
	Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd. Sobhi Ishak Senior Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Kanan Tel.: +603-89214771 E-mail: msobhi@ukm.edu.my / msobhikita@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Malaysian Mass Media and New Media; Social Measurements and Modelling; Media, Culture, and Society (including Communication, Audience and Cultural Identity, Gender, Children and the Aged)
	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaini Othman Senior Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Kanan Tel.: +603-89217681 E-mail: znothman@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Political Identity and Ethnography; Nationalism; Security and Nation-State among Minority Communities in Sabah
	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Rizal Mohd. Yusof Senior Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89213778 E-mail: army@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Digital Culture
	Dr. Pue Giok Hun Research Fellow & Strategic Communications Coordinator Felo Penyelidik & Penyelaras Komunikasi Strategik Tel.: +603-89217682 E-mail: ghpue@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Minority Ethnic Identity; Social Amalgamation (Mixed Race); Peranakan Phenomenon; Kelantan Peranakan Chinese community
	Dr. Nur Atiqah Tang Abdullah Research Fellow & Postgraduate Programme Coordinator Felo Penyelidik & Penyelaras Program Pengajian Siswazah Tel.: +603-89214721 E-mail: atiqah@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Political sociology; Citizenship Studies
	Dr. Shazlin Amir Hamzah Research Fellow & Head of Quality Assurance Felo Penyelidik & Ketua Jaminan Kualiti Tel.: +603-89214849 E-mail: shazlin@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Media Discourse; Media Writing; Advertising and Public Relations Management
	Dr. Chan Suet Kay Research Fellow Chief Editor of UKM Ethnic Studies Paper Series Managing Editor of Journal of Ethnic and Diversity Studies (JOEDS) Felo Penyelidik Ketua Editor Siri Kertas Kajian Etnik UKM Managing Editor, Journal of Ethnic and Diversity Studies (JOEDS) Tel.: +603-89213696 E-mail: rachelchansuetkay@ ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Malaysian Chinese Identity, Cultural Capital, Popular Culture, Subculture, Globalisation
	Dr. Mohd Shaiful Ramze Endut Research Fellow & GMSN Co-Coordinator Felo Penyelidik & Penyelaras Bersama GMSN Tel.: +603-89217681 E-mail: ramze@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Systems Theory; Memory Studies; Cultural Sociology; Cultural Trauma; Iranian Studies
	Dr. Noor Atika Shafinaz Nazri Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89214641 E-mail: atikashafinaz@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Refugee and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Civil Societies, Humanitarian Assistance & Middle East Conflict
	Dr. Nurul Akqmie Badrul Hisham Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89214641 E-mail: akqmiehisham@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Media Communication, Mediatization, Screen Studies and Intercultural Communication

Associate Fellows
	Prof. Dr. Nazri Muslim Associate Principal Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Utama Bersekutu Tel.: +603-69146891 E-mail: nazrim@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Ethnic Relation and Sociology of Constitution
	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chang Peng Kee Associate Senior Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Kanan Bersekutu Tel.: +603-5629 5000 E-mail: PengKee.Chang@taylors.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Public Relations; Media Framing
	Prof. Dr. Ishikawa Mayumi Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu E-mail: ishikawa@cgin.osaka-u.ac.jp Areas of Specialization: universities and globalization, transnational mobility of students and researchers, internationalization of higher education, ethnographic studies of Malaysian Borneo, science and education policy, power and the construction of knowledge
	Dr. Linda AÏnouche Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu WhatsApp: +1 (646) 7260704 E-mail: ainoucheproductions@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Cultural Heritage, Gender & Ethnicity, Anthropology of Religion, Sustainable Tourism
	Dr. Mark Azavedo Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu Tel.: +66 (0)93 819 4165 E-mail: markazavedo@yahoo.co.uk Areas of Specialization: Management
	Dr. Gabriel Facal Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu Tel.: (033) 06-26-15-46-90 E-mail: facalgab@yahoo.fr Areas of Specialization: Social Anthropology
	Dr. David H.J. Neo Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu Tel.: +6 011 2320-0552 E-mail: psychedelicnietz@yahoo.com Areas of Specialization: Cinema Studies
	Dr. Mohd Faisal Mustaffa Guest Fellow Sarjana Tamu Tel.: +604-7331740 E-mail: faisalmustaffaphd@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Malaysian Mass Media, New Media (including communication and broadcasting especially among the Muslim Youth in Malaysia), Islamic Social Finance (Zakat, Waqf, Crowdfunding), Poverty Alleviation, The Poor Family Education