Dr. Bok Guat Im

Profile

Academic Qualifications:

• Ph.D Sociology 2017, University of New South Wales
• Master of Social Science 2008, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
• B. Social Science (Hons.) 2001, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Research

Key Research Area:

• Social Identity
• Objectivity and Subjectivity
• Alienation
• Service Industry and Emotional Labour
• Adult learners

Research Grant：

• Principal Investigator: :Short Term Grant, USM: Sense of Belonging: Distance Education, RM24,998.00, 01/08/2018-31/10/2021
• Co-Investigator: FRGS, KPT: The Infodemiology and its impacts on youth and action and reaction on Covid-19: An Explorative study in Perlis and Selangor, RM66,398.00, 07/09/2021-06/09/2023

Publication

• Bok, G. I. (2021). Adult learners' challenges in distance learning: A case study in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Issues in Educational Research, 31(1), 19-36.
• Bok, G.I. (2019). Belonging in distance education: A preliminary review of students' perspectives, The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences
• Bok. G.I. and Ismail, K. (2018). Reimagining Women's Role in Gender-specific Policies, KANITA International Conference Procceedings on Gender Studies.
• Bok, G.I. (2018). Relations over the cosmetic counter: a space of identification, distance or hostility?, eBangi, 15/4.
• Bok, G.I. (2014). The Dislocation of Retail Beauty Workers: A Case Study. In Crafting Allure: Beauty, Culture and Identity (pp. 55-66). Brill
• Bok, G.I. (2012) Beauty Retail Workers: Consumerized and Alienated, International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research, 42:, 28-33.

Teaching

• JKA 215 Men and Environment
• JKA 218 Anthropological and Sociological Issues
• JKA 421e Research Proposal and Report Planning Methods

Supervision

Recognition