"Patchwork Ethnography", co-authored by Associate Professor Gökçe Günel (@drgokcegunel) of Rice Anthropology and Dr Chika Watanabe (Chika Watanabe) of The University of Manchester is the second most downloaded article in AE/AES - Come join us at @amethno.bsky.social !! See the full text, #OpenAccess ⬇️ buff.ly/3A1xdpw

After previously serving as Acting Chair in holdover capacity, I am set to begin my role as full-time chair of Bienvenido S. Lim’s Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) on 1 Aug 2024. My 3-year term ends on 31 July 2027. I'd appreciate all kinds of support!

Recognition Rites in the UP College of Arts and Letters are always exciting and far from boring. First time to take on the role of introducing the batch of graduates from UP DSCTA. Our students enjoyed their special, well-earned moment on stage. I share their joy and relief! ❤️🫶

Report on our 2022 book talk on Vince Rafael’s “The Sovereign Trickster: Death and Laughter in the Age of Duterte” is out from UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies. View it here: cids.up.edu.ph/download/trick… My review essay on this important book is here: brill.com/view/journals/…

The lenses through which qualitative research makes sense of data

a good find for this professor of Speech Communication.

An official document came in the mail this morning confirming my administrative role in the DSCTA. Posting this to remind myself of this three-year commitment I accepted and promised to fulfill with dedication, clarity of mind, and good old hardwork. ❤️ #chairperson

in the first sem of AY 2024-2025, i declare the return of midterm and final examinations as part of my student assessments. my Contemporary Rhetorical Theories class will have these exams, after revamping my class syllabus from what it was the last time I taught it two years ago

Is there an essay that you would recommend to any undergrad majoring in History or those interested in Historical research? Just one, if you had to! I’ll pick Saidiya Hartman’s “Venus in Two Acts”. How about you?

Ready for a new semester at UP DSCTA and UP Diliman. It’s not going to be easy for sure. But hoping for everyday mercies and graces week by week. Let’s go, students! 😆

away from my work desk, in a departmental photoshoot, all spruced up and ready to smile before the camera. almost 15 years of being a UP faculty, in the UP DSCTA. here to learn, grow, and serve! ❤️😘

My essay, “An Archipelago of Aid: Embodied hungers and networks of civic support in the pandemic-stricken Philippines,” has been published in a special issue of Performance Research on the topic of Hunger. Performance Research You can access the article here: doi.org/10.1080/135281….

A fleeting yet meaningful encounter with Dr. Oscar T. Serquiña, Jr., PhD in Performance Studies Coordinator, at his office It's lovely seeing you again, Sir OJ!

This passage from Nick Joaquin came to mind while cooped up in my unit for 3 days bec. of the tropical storm that ravaged many parts of the country. So much devastation out there, but also so many others trying their best to piece together their life and those of others anew.

Happy to close this month the 65th Anniversary of my home institution, UP DSCTA, with Philippine Studies publishing my journal article on the early history of the disciplinary formation of speech communication at UP Diliman. You can access the article here: philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/…

Kimberlé Crenshaw emphasizes why the current attacks on diversity, equity & inclusion aren’t new, “Just like the fire seemed like the devastation came from nowhere, & they might think that what we're looking at right now came from nowhere. The conditions have been set for years.”

Joshua and I successfully surprised our very own Dr. Oscar Serquiña for a belated birthday fête 🥳 before we had a rigorous discussion and consultation about our ongoing research projects for Perf. Stud. 399 [Research]✨ we hope you had a blast with our humble surprise, Sir OJ🫶🏼

Thank you to the Task Force for Research Integrity of UP Diliman for this feature. Upholding research integrity means caring for others.

15 years of faculty service at UP Diliman as of June 2025. it’s been my first and only job since 2010. 😆 i think of all the people—colleagues, students, staff—who continue to believe in me and lend their support in various ways. ❤️🫶