A pretty odd line-up of titles, but that is precisely what's on Madam Rani Suppiah's resume.
The 36-year-old graduate student at NIE and part-time English lecturer at SIM, NIE and NTU recently opened her own Indian food stall called SpiceNRice in Food R Us coffee shop along East Coast Road.
She poured in between $10,000 and $20,000 of her own savings to open the stall, and runs in tandem with her work at the university.
But it's a juggling act she willingly does to pursue her twin passions of food and education.
Said Madam Suppiah: 'I have always wanted to start my own business but thought it would be something related to education.
'Then I realised that food was a big part of my life... I wanted to nurture both passions.'
A typical day begins at the coffee shop where she prepares food and serves her customers.
Her day ends with lesson preparations and PhD assignments.
This is Madam Suppiah's schedule for three days a week.
She spends another three days of her week lecturing.
Surprise
Said one of Madam Suppiah's students, NIE undergraduate Aisha Farhana, 21: 'I was really surprised when I heard about Ms Rani's new business venture.
'It is unique for a tutor to become a hawker.'
Madam Suppiah's boss in school, Dr Genice Ngg, head of English Language and Literature programmes at SIM University, said that her talents and ability to juggle so many things at once make her 'a good model for our working adult students at SIM University'.
Just three weeks old, Madam Suppiah's stall already has its share of repeat customers.
One of them is her colleague of three years, Mrs Christine Pelly, 52.
Said Mrs Pelly in an e-mail to The New Paper: 'She is a passionate entrepreneur in every sense of the word.
'She is taking an exciting risk with something she has a passion for and giving it her best shot.'
Growing up in a family of food enthusiasts, Madam Suppiah said that cooking is in her blood.
By 12, she was already whipping up dishes such as fried rice and soup.
'Family gatherings are not centered around special occasions, such as birthdays, but rather around food.
'We would meet up just to try each other's dishes,' said Madam Suppiah.
On how she manages her busy life, she said: 'The more things I take on, the better I manage my time.
'What used to take me five hours now takes me three.'
Her family has been crucial in encouraging Madam Suppiah to follow her dream.
Quoting the popular song, she said that her mother and husband have been 'the wind beneath my wings.'
Said Madam Suppiah: 'My mother was really my source of inspiration.
'When I had doubts about this business venture, she encouraged and assured me.'
Her mother, 63-year-old cancer survivor Madam Solochana Davi, spends 12 to 16 hours a day helping Madam Suppiah out at the stall.
Madam Davi said that she likes running the business and never feels tired while on the job.
She said: 'I feel tired only when I get home and rest. It is boring at home. I would rather be here than be at home doing nothing.'
She added: 'I am proud of her and so are her brothers.'
Her friends said that Madam Suppiah's jobs seem to complement rather than contradict each other.
Said Mrs Pelly: 'Her unconventional experiences are bound to provide rich anecdotes that will enliven her classes in meaningful ways.'
Madam Suppiah also said that her background in education has made her more pragmatic.
This helped her to calculate her risks better and to make the decision of not opening a restaurant instead.
'A hawker stall was a more viable option,' said Madam Suppiah.
'My research skills also help in my creation of dishes. I look at what was being done in cook books and food blogs and think about how to make it different.
For example, the vegetarian transformed Korean and Italian recipes for beef dishes into tofu dishes.
She said: 'When you have knowledge in a different field, you bring a different perspective to the business. I push myself to think of creative solutions and to think out of the box.'
Said Dr Ngg: 'It is all about service. As a hawker, she feeds her customers, and as a tutor, she nourishes her students and satisfies their hunger for knowledge.'
Despite her education, MadamSuppiah still feels that she has a lot to learn from her fellow hawkers.
She said: 'I enjoy interacting with them and I have learnt a lot from them.'
It was a fellow hawker, Benny, owner of Benny's at Toa Payoh, who gave Madam Suppiah the idea of adding soup to her dishes 'so it becomes a complete meal'.
Madam Suppiah said of her jobs: 'It's about finding my groove in life. I wake up each day, ready and excited to face challenges. How many people can say that?'
Asked why she took up this new job as a hawker when she already has a comfortable job as a university lecturer, Madam Suppiah replied: 'Why can't I have it all?
This article was first published in The New Paper on Feb 3, 2008.
