Rate My Professor Cindarsatio (Chin) Damarhapsoro

Cindarsatio (Chin) Damarhapsoro serves as International Student Recruitment Co-ordinator in the Division of External Engagement at the University of Otago, based in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is part of the International Office team located in Room 1.50 of the Clocktower Building on Leith Street. His contact details include a direct dial number of +64 3 556 6449 and email at cindarsatio.damarhapsoro@otago.ac.nz. The International Office handles international student enquiries, marketing, recruitment, admissions, support services, visa compliance, global partnerships, and programme development to support the university's internationalisation efforts.

Damarhapsoro holds a Master of Education from Monash University, Faculty of Education. His academic work focuses on language policy and education in Indonesia. He co-authored the book chapter 'Bahasa Indonesia for national unity: An analysis of language policies and the use of national and local languages in education' with Anita Dewi, published in 2024 in Multiculturalism and multilingualism in education: Implications for curriculum, teacher preparation and pedagogical practice, edited by Leonardo Veliz (Brill, Language Learning and Multilingualism series, Volume 5, pp. 60-86). This publication explores national language policies and their impact on education. He has also contributed to analyses of Indonesia's national language policy in the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching through document review and interviews. Additional works include contributions on language education policies influencing multilingual classrooms in Indonesia and language policy and planning regarding diglossia in Indonesia.