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Our Lecturers
Geetha Shantha Ram
Assistant Director, DAS Academy and Lecturer
Geetha joined the DAS in 2004 with a Master of Arts (English Studies) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English. Trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach at both the DAS and the Michigan Dyslexia Institute, she co-presented a paper at the 2008 Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators conference. An Associate Fellow with the Register of Educational Therapists (Asia), Geetha developed the ‘Essential Literacy Approach Manual’ and course as well as the Context and Educational Theory module for the MA (SpLD) and has been involved in training the Allied Educators since 2005. She has recently developed an ‘Essential Literacy Approach Manual’ for parents.
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June Siew
MA SpLD Course Leader and Lecturer
June joined the DAS in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from the National University of Singapore, and is trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach at the DAS. She is an Associate Fellow with the Register of Educational Therapists (Asia) and has been involved in training the Allied Educators since 2005. In addition to lecturing, June has contributed to the enhancement of the DAS curriculum such as the development of the Oracy Pack and developed the Literacy Approach module for the MA (SpLD). She has researched on constructivism and teaching for her Dissertation and is currently developing the Essential Literacy Approach Pre-school course.
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Professor Angela Fawcett
Advisor, DAS Academy and Visiting
Angela is now Emeritus professor at Swansea University, following her retirement in January 2011, and is Honorary professor at Sheffield University. She has been awarded a Leverulme Emeritus fellowship over the next 2 years from October 2011, to complete her research projects in Wales. She has recently been appointed special envoy to the world, by Dyslexia International, to promote e-learning for teacher
training in dyslexia across the 3rd world.
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Professor Martin Cortazzi
MA Dissertation Supervisor
Martin Cortazzi is a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK, where his research work involves educational linguistics and issues concerning cultural aspects of language learning and use. With a substantial background in teacher training and development for both primary teachers and teachers of EFL, EAL, and ESOL, Martin has conducted courses for kindergarten, primary, secondary and university teachers in many international contexts, including Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Cyprus, Norway, Hong Kong and China. He is visiting professor at a number of leading universities in China and has over a hundred publications, including Jin, L. & Cortazzi, M. (Eds.) (2011). Researching Chinese Learners: Skills, perceptions and intercultural adaptations, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Lee Albert
Lecturer
Albert joined the DAS in 2005 with a Bachelor of Accountancy and is trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach at the DAS. He is an Associate Fellow with the Register of Educational Therapists (Asia) and has completed his MA Dissertation looking at young left handed dyslexic learners in Singapore. In 2009, he presented at the 1st Dyslexia Conference on the use of Assistive Technology. The findings were gathered from the Essential Computer-Assisted Learning course that he conducted in collaboration with the Infocomm Accessibility Centre. Albert also developed the Information Technology to Facilitate Learning module for the MA (SpLD).
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Priscillia Shen
Lecturer
Priscillia joined the DAS in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from the National University of Singapore and is trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach at the DAS. She is also a qualified trainer with the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) by the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) and has been involved in training Allied Educators since 2010. Priscillia is a part of the team that is presently investigating the nature of the difficulties in learning Chinese, which lends itself to her MA Dissertation research on the visual perceptual aspect of dyslexia in the Chinese Language as well as the development of the future Chinese
remediation programme for dyslexic students.
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Kevin Smith
Senior Lecturer
Despite being diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of five, Kevin successfully achieved his Bachelor’s Degree in Law and History. To fulfil his keen interest to help others like him, Kevin also pursued his training in special education. He now holds a Masters Degree in Dyslexia Studies and a Postgraduate Diploma in Assessing Students with Specific Learning Differences (SpLD). Kevin is currently pursuing a PhD in Dyslexia Studies.
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Michelle Yap
Lecturer
Michelle joined the DAS in 2004 with a BA (Media Studies) from the University of Queensland and is trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach both at the DAS and the Michigan Dyslexia Institute. Michelle co-presented a paper at the 2008 Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE) conference and has conducted training for the Allied Educators since 2006. As part of the team that developed the Essential Literacy Approach (ELA), Michelle designed the ‘ELA’, ‘Picture’ and ‘Morpheme’ decks. As Associate Fellow with the Register of Educational Therapists (Asia), she has completed her MA Dissertation on teacher motivation at the DAS.
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Helen Driver
Associate Lecturer
Helen holds a Bachelors Degree in Speech Sciences (University College of London) and a Certificate from the College of Speech Therapists (London). She has more than 20 years experience as a speech therapist and has specialised in the areas of Dyslexia, Austism Spectrum, Stammering and Specific Language Impairment. Her expertise includes supporting the early development of literacy skills. Helen has developed a number of courses and workshops for DAS Academy and she looks forward to sharing her extensive knowledge with those who are interested in supporting children with speech and language impairments.
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Cherry Lin
Lecturer
Cherry joined the DAS in 2004 and holds a Masters Degree in Applied Linguistics from Nanyang Technological University and an Honours Degree in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore. With an interest in Linguistics and Language Teaching Methodology, Cherry has published an English Language curriculum-based Word Bank book. An Associate Fellow with the Register of Educational Therapists, she is trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach. She has also earned a Specialist Diploma in Counselling from Nanyang Polytechnic. Cherry has been involved in training the Allied Educators since 2005 and developed the Diagnostic Screening Assessment module for the MA.
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