Clare Chan Suet Ching, PhD

Clare Chan Suet Ching completed her PhD in Music (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa in 2010; Master of Arts (Ethnomusicology) in 2002 and Bachelor of Arts (Music) in 1998 at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship (2005-2007), the Asia–Pacific Graduate Fellowship in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa  (2005-2007), the East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship (2008-2010) and the Sumi Makey Scholars Award for Arts and Humanities (2008) for her PhD studies. Her research interest includes issues of identity, nationalism, tourism, globalization and modernization in Chinese and Orang Asli (indigenous people) music in Malaysia. She won the Gold Medal Award for her research titled “Digitalization of Orang Asli Orang Asli folktales, original music and sound design: Sustaining and Internationalizing the Indigenous Culture of Malaysia” at the 2015 International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by the Institute of Higher Learning (PECIPTA2015). Clare is currently the Deputy Dean of Research and Graduate Studies (2011-) of the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia.