Paulin Tay Straughan | |
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Nationality | Singaporean |
Occupation(s) | Dean of Students, Professor of Sociology (Practice) |
Title | Professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Virginia, National University of Singapore |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociology |
Sub-discipline | Sociology of the family,Medical Sociology,Sociology of ageing |
Institutions | Singapore Management University |
Paulin Tay Straughan (born 8 April 1963) is the dean of students at Singapore Management University (SMU),where she is also a professor of sociology (practice). [1]
She was an associate professor and vice-dean at the National University of Singapore from 1991 to 2017. [2]
Straughan was educated at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus and Catholic Junior College,before going on to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and statistics at the National University of Singapore. She then went on to the University of Virginia in the United States,where she earned a Master of Arts and a PhD in sociology.
From 2009 to 2012,Straughan served as a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP). [3] [4] She received the Public Administration Medal (Bronze),Prime Minister's Office in 2010. [5] On 24 August 2018,Straughan was appointed as one of the 86 Justice of Peace by President of Singapore,Halimah Yacob. [6]
Straughan has researched on cancer and fatalism,marriage,parenthood and ageing population,and public cleanliness in Singapore.
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