Academic & Expertise

	Distinguished Prof. Datuk Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin FASc (aka Shamsul A.B.) Fellow Academy of Science Malaysia UNESCO Chair @ UKM (Communication and Social Cohesion) KITA Founding Director Tel.: +603-89213680 E-mail: pghkita@ukm.edu.my (official); abshamsul@gmail.com (personal) Areas of Specialization: Politics, Culture and Economic Development; Ethnicity and Identity Formation; Muslim Modernization; Colonial Knowledge Empirical focus: Malaysia, the Malay World
	Prof. Dr. Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid Deputy Director Tel.: +603-89213612 E-mail: k_khalid@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Policy Analysis; Political Parties; Comparative Studies, Gender and Civil Societies
	Emeritus Prof. Datuk Dr. Teo Kok Seong Principal Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Utama Tel.: +603-89214641 E-mail: teokok@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Ethnolinguistics; Linguistic Anthropology; Peranakan Phenomenon; Nation Building; National Unity and Integration
	Prof. Dr. Supyan Hussin Principal Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Utama Tel.: +603-89214641 E-mail: supyan@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Language, Education and Technology
	Dr. Eric Olmedo Panal Principal Research Fellow & AnthropotekTM Director Felo Penyelidik Utama & Pengarah AnthropotekTM Tel.: +603-89214770 E-mail: ericjose.olmedo@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Social Anthropology; Sociology of Work; Food Anthropology
	Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal Yusoff* Principal Research Fellow & GMSN Project Leader Felo Penyelidik Utama & Ketua Projek GMSN Tel.: +603-89214774 E-mail: anisy@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Human Development (Democratic Governance, ICT for Development and Poverty Reduction) and Politics *Dipinjamkan ke Pusat Kepimpinan dan Pembaharuan (UMLEAD), Universiti Malaya (UM)
	Prof. Dr. Mansor Mohd. Noor Honorary Professor Profesor Kehormat E-mail: mansormohdnoor@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Ethnic Relations; Development and Political Sociology
	Prof. Dr. Ong Puay Liu Honorary Professor Profesor Kehormat Tel.: +603-89217681 E-mail: puayliu@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Anthropology of Development; Ethnic Studies; Community Development
	Prof. Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria Honorary Professor Profesor Kehormat Tel.: +6019-3810914 E-mail: denisonkitaukm@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities and Human Rights; Civil Society and Social Work; Public Policy Advocacy; Sustainable Development Goals
	Prof. Dr. James T. Collins Distinguished International Professor Profesor Antarabangsa Tersohor Tel.: +603-89214810 E-mail: jtcukm@yahoo.com Areas of Specialization: Linguistics; Languages of Maluku and Kalimantan; Malay Dialectology in Southeast Asia
	Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd. Sobhi Ishak Senior Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Kanan Tel.: +603-89214771 E-mail: msobhi@ukm.edu.my / msobhikita@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Malaysian Mass Media and New Media; Social Measurements and Modelling; Media, Culture, and Society (including Communication, Audience and Cultural Identity, Gender, Children and the Aged)
	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaini Othman Senior Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Kanan Tel.: +603-89217681 E-mail: znothman@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Political Identity and Ethnography; Nationalism; Security and Nation-State among Minority Communities in Sabah
	Dr. Pue Giok Hun Research Fellow & Strategic Communications Coordinator Felo Penyelidik & Penyelaras Komunikasi Strategik Tel.: +603-89217682 E-mail: ghpue@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Minority Ethnic Identity; Social Amalgamation (Mixed Race); Peranakan Phenomenon; Kelantan Peranakan Chinese community
	Dr. Ahmad Rizal Mohd. Yusof Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89213778 E-mail: army@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Digital Culture
	Dr. Nur Atiqah Tang Abdullah Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89214721 E-mail: atiqah@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Political sociology; Citizenship Studies
	Dr. Shazlin Amir Hamzah Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89214849 E-mail: shazlin@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Media Discourse; Media Writing; Advertising and Public Relations Management
	Dr. Chan Suet Kay Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89213696 E-mail: rachelchansuetkay@ ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Malaysian Chinese Identity, Cultural Capital, Popular Culture, Subculture, Globalisation
	Dr. Mohd Shaiful Ramze Endut Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89217681 E-mail: ramze@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Systems Theory; Memory Studies; Cultural Sociology; Cultural Trauma; Iranian Studies
	Dr. Noor Atika Shafinaz Nazri Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Tel.: +603-89214641 E-mail: atikashafinaz@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Migration, Civil Societies, Humanitarian Assistance & Middle East Conflict

Adjunct Fellows
	Dr. Mohd Faisal Mustaffa Guest Fellow Sarjana Tamu Tel.: +604-7331740 E-mail: faisalmustaffaphd@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Malaysian Mass Media, New Media (including communication and broadcasting especially among the Muslim Youth in Malaysia), Islamic Social Finance (Zakat, Waqf, Crowdfunding), Poverty Alleviation, The Poor Family Education
	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chang Peng Kee Associate Senior Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Kanan Bersekutu Tel.: +603-5629 5000 E-mail: PengKee.Chang@taylors.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Public Relations; Media Framing
	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazri Muslim Associate Senior Research Fellow Felo Penyelidik Kanan Bersekutu Tel.: +603-69146891 E-mail: nazrim@ukm.edu.my Areas of Specialization: Ethnic Relation and Sociology of Constitution
	Dr. Linda AÏnouche Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu WhatsApp: +1 (646) 7260704 E-mail: ainoucheproductions@gmail.com Areas of Specialization: Cultural Heritage, Gender & Ethnicity, Anthropology of Religion, Sustainable Tourism
	Dr. Mark Azavedo Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu Tel.: +66 (0)93 819 4165 E-mail: markazavedo@yahoo.co.uk Areas of Specialization: Management
	Dr. Gabriel Facal Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu Tel.: (033) 06-26-15-46-90 E-mail: facalgab@yahoo.fr Areas of Specialization: Social Anthropology
	Dr. David H.J. Neo Associate Fellow Felo Bersekutu Tel.: +6 011 2320-0552 E-mail: psychedelicnietz@yahoo.com Areas of Specialization: Cinema Studies

Visiting Fellows
	Dr. Andrew Carruthers Fulbright Visiting Fellow Felo Pelawat Fulbright (1 October 2022 - 31 July 2023) E-mail: acarru@sas.upenn.edu Areas of Specialization: Linguistic and Sociocultural Anthropology; Semiotics; Southeast Asian Studies; Nusantara Studies
	Datuk Seri Iskandar Mohd Kaus C-Suite Visiting Fellow Felo Pelawat C-Suite (5 September 2022 - 4 September 2023)