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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Starting Date in USM: 09 February 2006

prema@usm.my

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B Sc (HONS), MATEMATIK
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM) (MALAYSIA)
M P A, PENTADBIRAN AWAM
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) (MALAYSIA)
PhD, KAEDAH-KAEDAH PENYELIDIKAN
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) (MALAYSIA)

BIOGRAPHY

Premalatha Karupiah is an associate professor of sociology at the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. She specializes in teaching research methodology and statistics. Her research focuses on beauty culture, sartorial studies, femininity, Tamil movies, and issues related to minority women in Malaysia. In 2022, she co-edited a book titled 'A Kaleidoscope of Malaysian Indian Women's Lived Experiences: Gender-Ethni

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My work focuses on the meaning of femininity and how it influences the experiences of minority women in Malaysia. I also explore the portrayal of gender in Tamil movies.