ALBERTO PÉREZ PEREIRO
Lecturer
University Scholars Programme,
National University of Singapore
uspapp@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6516 5885
Brief Introduction
Dr Alberto Pérez Pereiro is a Lecturer in the University Scholars Programme (USP) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his BS in Languages and an MAT in Bilingual Education from Georgetown University, and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Arizona State University for ethnographic research conducted among Muslim communities in Cambodia. He has over ten years of experience deploying social science knowledge in development and educational projects for the US and Cambodian governments, as well as a number of local and international NGOs.
Teaching Modules @ USP
Dr Pereiro teaches in the domains of Writing and Critical Thinking, and Humanities and Social Sciences. He offers the following modules:
Research Interests
- Applied Anthropology & Cultural Heritage Management
- Linguistic Anthropology & Language Education
- Anthropology of Southeast Asia
- Anthropology of Religion
Title of Independent Study Modules (ISMs) Previously Supervised (for USP students)
- Techno-Orthography: The Typing of Thai Internet Users
- Effects of Covid-19 On Country Responses To Migrants
- Political Nature of Homes In Singapore: The Role of Private Homes In Social Care
- The Impacts of Language Policy in Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Divide