Educational Qualifications

  • 1972
    PhD, University of Minnesota, USA

  • 1966
    MA Sociology, University of Hawaii, USA

  • 1962
    BA Journalism, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2008 - Present
    Academic Advisor, SUSS

  • 2011 - Present
    Emeritus Professor, NTU

  • 2012 - 2016
    Director, UniSIM Centre for Chinese Studies, UniSIM

  • 1992 - 2010
    Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU

  • 2003 - 2006
    Member, NTU Council

  • 2003 - 2005
    (Founding) Interim Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, NTU

  • 1992 - 2003
    Founding Dean, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU

  • 1992 - 1996
    Director, Mass Communication Programme, NUS

  • 1990 - 1992
    Head, Mass Communication Department, NUS

  • 1986 - 1990
    Head, Sociology Department, NUS

  • 1986 - 1988
    Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, NUS

  • 1973 - 1995
    Professor (1991-1995); Associate Professor (1986-1990); Senior Lecturer (1978- 1985); Lecturer (1973-1978); University of Singapore / National University of Singapore

Selected Publications

Eddie Kuo and Brenda Chan. (2016)
Language. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and Straits Times Press

Eddie Kuo. (2016)
“Language, Culture and Identity: Challenges of Nation Building in Singapore” [in Chinese] 语言、文化和身份认同: 新加坡建国路上的挑战]. In Zhou Zhao-Cheng, Yow Cheun-Hao and Foo Tee “Tuan (eds) Half a Century of Singapore: Retrospect and Prospect [半世纪的新加坡: 回顾与前瞻]. Singapore: Singapore Society of Asian Studies, pp. 12-25.

Georgette Wang and Eddie Kuo. (2010).
The Asian communication debate: Culture-specificity, culturegenerality, and beyond. Asian Journal of Communication, 20(2).

Eddie Kuo and H. Chew. (2009).
Beyond ethnocentrism in communication theory: Towards a culture-centric approach. Asian Journal of Communication, 19(4), 422-437.

Kuo, E., & Lee, C. W. (2006).
Communication Education and Research in Singapore: Past, Present and Future. Kenneth Leong, James Kenny, and Paul Lee (eds.), Global Trends in Communication Education and Research. Cresskill, NJ, USA: Hampton Press, 2005, pp. 211-34.

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