Dr Zifirdaus (Zi.) Adnan
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Indonesian Studies - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Biography
Dr. Adnan is a highly qualified and experienced language teacher, academic supervisor and researcher. He has taught English and Indonesian language and cultures for over 30 years in various institutions, both in Australia and Indonesia. He has won awards for teaching excellence, written 2 books, published multiple research papers and currently supervises 6 PhD students.
He has taught at various institutions including the RAAF School of Languages (Point Cook, VIC), the University of Melbourne and RMIT (Melbourne, VIC), from 1994 to 2001 at Murdoch University (Perth, WA), and at UNE (Armidale, NSW) since 2002.
At Murdoch University he was nominated for the Vice Chancellor's Teaching Award in 2000, and at UNE he won School Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching in 2011. He has taught cultural, language and politics units including Indonesian Contemporary Culture, Cultural expressions in Modern Asia, Indonesian Religious History, and Islam in Indonesia.
Previous to working in Australia, Dr Adnan’s career began in Indonesia with the Save the Children and Experiment in International Living Program, where he taught English and Western culture at the Galang Refugee Camp, as well as teaching at a highly prestigious private school in his hometown, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia.
