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Associate Professor Dr. Roselina Johari Bt Md. Khir

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Associate Professor Dr. Roselina Johari Bt Md. Khir, is a lecturer of Performing Arts (Drama) and Drama in Education in ASWARA and University Malaya. She is currently a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the School of Communications and Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong Malaysia, where she specializes in Entertainment Arts.

Her work at the University of Wollongong Malaysia is particularly renowned for its innovative approach to performance and interdisciplinary learning. Each year, Dr. Roselina supervises final-year students through public performances that highlight their academic progress. These performances have included a diverse range of productions such as Greek theatre combined with Malay traditional arts, historical plays incorporating silat and traditional Malay dances, a musical featuring Elvis Presley’s song, Japanese kyogen, and experimental plays. In addition to directing and curating these performances, Dr. Roselina teaches playwriting and scriptwriting, empowering students to develop their own creative works for the stage.

PhD (Kursi P. Ramlee at Akademi Seni dan Warisan Negara), 2016
Research Title: The Interaction Between the Young and Theatre Through the Musical People of the Forest

Master (University of Indiana, USA), 1976
Research Title: Malaysian Playwrights Writing in English

Bachelor (University of Malaya), 1971

Year Title
2023 BOOKS

Roselina M. K (2017) Kumpulan Drama Kanak-Kanak: Selendang Sakti. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Roselina Khir, Murina Pawanteh, (2023) Virtual and real-life experience of site -specific performance according to emotion and sense of presence. Impac Proceeding

2022 ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Lena Farida Hussain Chin, Roselina Johari Md. Khir, Nadhilah Suhaimi (2022) Tabuik: From Ritual Diaspora to Tourism Performance in Minang Pariaman.  International Journal of Academic Research, page 794-806.  ISSN 2222-6990:http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i1/15991

Roselina Khir, Murina Pawanteh, Ahmad S. Lajis, John Stephens (2022) Empowering Informal Learning and Soft-Skill Enrichment through an Arts -based Project of Animation among Secondary School students

2021 ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Murina P. Roselina JMK. (2021) Survival on the skin: Communicating Iban’s Cultural Identity through Tattoos Jurai sembah e-ISSN 2716-5523

2020 ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Roselina JMK, (2020) Developing Theatre for the Young in Malaysia: Benefits and Challenges. Jurai Sembah, vol 1(1) (18-24) e-ISSN 2716-5523

Roselina JMK, Murina, P., John, M (2020). Improving Oral Skills through Readers Theatre among Foreign Learners, Jurai Sembah, 1(1)

2019 ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Md. Khir, R, Pawanteh, M., Stephens, J., & Alhabshi SM, S. F. (2019). Puppetry as A Platform for Body Safety Awareness Campaign. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 6(10) 163-172. Copyright © Society for Science and Education, United Kingdom 163

2018 ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Roselina Johari Khir Johari, Lorraine Symanco (2018) Communication and Language Development in Early Childhood Education in Malaysia, Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies, Bloomsbury publication.

2017 CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Roselina Johari Md. Khir (2017) Creative Arts Research through Performance, in The Art of Creative Research, Adelina Asmawi (editor) Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Malaya Press, page 45-54.

Roselina Johari Khir (2017) Arts Education: Present and Future, in Education in Malaysia: Present and Future, eds. Moses S, Lorraine Symaco, Tee Yew Meng. Springer: Global

ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Roselina Johari Md. Khir, Murina Pawanteh, and John Stephens, Exploring How Young   Malaysians Experience Theatre (2017) Jurnal iJACH, Aswara Publications. Vol.4

2016 CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Roselina Johari Md. Khir (2016) Seni Teater Kanak-Kanak di Malaysia in Pengilmuan Seni dan Industri Kreatif, Baharudin Ahmad (editor), Kuala Lumpur: ASWARA muka surat 309-321

ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Prashena Prabankaran, Roselina Johari Md. Khir, (2016), The Use of Blogs to Improve Tertiary ESL students’ writing Abilities via Collaboration, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences: 1062-1074, Scorpus-cited publication (SCOPUS-Indexed)

2000 – 2015 BOOKS

Roselina M.K (2013) People of the Forest. Singapore: Trafford Publishers

Roselina M.K (2006) Drama Pentas Dunia. Kuala Lumpur: University Malaya Publication

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Roselina Johari Md Khir (2009) Teater Moden Malaysia dalam Apresiasi Seni Teater Malaysia, ed. Said Halim Said Nong, Kuala Lumpur: UM Press, muka surat 53-86

Roselina Khir (2008) English Drama in Malaysia in Encyclopedia of Malaysia: Performing Arts ed. Ghulam Sawar Yousof No.8110.

Roselina Khir (2008), Malay Contemporary Drama in Encyclopedia of Malaysia: Performing Arts ed. Ghulam Sawar Yousof No.8118

ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Khairul Azhar Jamaludin, Norlidah Alias, Khairul Azhar Jamaludin, Norlidah Alias, Roselina Johari Mohd Khir & Dorothy DeWitt, 2014, The Effectiveness of Synthetic Phonics in Developing Early Reading Skills of Struggling Young ESL Readers in Gua Musang District in Malaysia.School Effectiveness and School Improvement Journal,

Khairul Azhar Jamaludin, Norlidah Alia, Roselina Johari, 2014, Research and Trends in the Studies of Phonological Knowledge and Reading Development: A Review on Selected Journals, The Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Science Volume 2, Issue 2

Roselina Johari Bt Md Khir, 2014, A Personal Take: Issues in Carrying Out Research in the Creative Industries, Jurnal Isu Dalam Pendidikan, Universiti Malaya, Vol 36

Rosman Ishak, Norlidah Alias, Mohd Nazri Abdul Rahman, Dorothy Dewitt & Roselina Johari bt Md Khir 2014, Retrospeksi Pakar Terhadap Pengajaran Bangsawan Di Sebuah Akademi Seni, Prosedia Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan-Dekan IPTA 2014

Roselina Johari Md. Khir, Seni Teater Kanak-Kanak: Amalan dan Sokongan, Persidangan Kebangsaan Pengilmuan Seni dan Industri Kreatif, (2014) Pusat Penyelidikan, Kecemerlangan dan Kesarjanaan Artistik

Roselina Johari Bt. Md. Khir, John Stephen, Tan Chuing Szuan, Loo Ke Sin. 2014, Learning through Dramatic Arts, Himpunan Abtsrak Persidangan Kebangsaan Kedua Prgram Pemindahan Ilmu (KTP02) page 1

Roselina Johari Bt. Md. Khir, John Stephen, Tan Chuing Szuan, Loo Ke Sin 2013, Putting Joy into Learning, Persidangan Kebangsaan Kedua Program Pemindahan Ilmu (KTP02) pg. 192 Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS

Roselina Johari Md. Khir, Shalini Fernandez, Siti Rohaini Kassim (2012) The use of Theatre as a Collective Enterprise in Dissemintating Literature to Children. Three case studies. British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences; 10-22

Roselina Johari Md. Khir, (2007) Directing the Three-Penny Opera for the Malaysian Stage, Tirai Panggung, Vol. 7. P 69-77, UM Publication

Roselina Johari, Siti Rohaini Kassim, Fenandez, S (2010) Addressing Literature for Malaysia through Popular Media, IJAS Conference, Salzburg, Austria, 30 May 3 June 2010. (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS

Research Grant

Year: 2023
Title: Conceptualising Site-Specific Performances in promoting Malaysian Cultural and Historical Heritage
Duration: 1 year
Sponsors/Grant: Global Funding Bid Seed Grant UOW (March 2023)

Year: 2016
Title: Promotion of 4 Essential Skills (4C’s) Beyond School through a Musical theatre Collaboration with Two Schools
Duration: 2 years
Sponsors/Grant KDU Research Grant (KDURG/2016/1/004

Year: 2020
Title: Service Learning@SULAM in IPTA towards a Proactive Multicultural Society for the 21st Century
Duration:  2 years
Sponsors/Grant: FRGS/1/2020/SSI0/UM/02/4)

Year: 2016
Title:  Art of Performing Science – Empowering Self-Learning and Passion for Discovery by Re-enacting Historical Development of Revolutionary Scientific Ideas Through Performing Arts.
Duration: 1 year
Sponsors/Grant:
University LiTer ADEC Grant

Year: 2013- 2016
Title: The Interaction of the Young through Musical Theatre
Duration: 3 years
Sponsors/Grant: Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Information Malaysia Grant

 

Consultancy Project / Workshop

Editorial Board of Tirai Panggung, (2020 -2026) International Journal Culture Centre, University Malaya

Invited Speaker at Forum Pembangunan Produksi Teater Dan Perkembangan Proses Kreatif Persembahan Teater Untuk Kanak-Kanak Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Sekolah (Rendah/Menengah)” (2023) JKKN Malacca

Workshop Siri 1 For Post-Graduate Students (Drama) on Academic Writing, Faculty of Creative Arts, University Malaya (October 2022)

Resource Expert for PhD research in Developing a Manual for sex education for pre- school children, UPSI, 2020

Panel of Evaluator for Final Year Project Bachelor of Performing Arts (Theatre) UPSI 2024-2025

Degree, Masters Research or PhD student supervision

2024
External Examiner for MA John Stephens Faculty of Creative Arts

2023
External Examiner for PhD Jiang lulu Faculty of Creative Arts
External Examiner for PhD Mohd Azly bin Zakaria, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

2022
External Examiner for Pelajar Sarjana Penyelidikan, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Sarjana Sastera (Teater dalam Pendidikan

Award for Cannes for Animation of People of the Forest.