CV

Education

• PhD in Asian, African, and Mediterranean Studies (University of Naples L'Orientale, Ongoing)
  Research Project: Multilingual Practices of Filipino Migrants in Campania, Italy
  Advisers: Antornia Soriente, Ph.D. and Francesca R. Moro, Ph.D.

• MA in Linguistics (University of the Philippines Diliman, 2018)
  Thesis: A Grammar of Iraya
  Adviser: Mary Ann G. Bacolod, Ph.D.

• BA in English Studies Major in Language (University of the Philippines Diliman, 2007)
  Thesis: The Functions of Code-Switching in Japanese-as-a-Foreign-Language Classes
  Adviser: Maria Corazon Castro, Ph.D.

Training

• EuroSEAS Masterclass 2025
  University of the Philippines Diliman, 15-17 July 2025

• International Summer School on Language Policy and Language Planning:
  Bilingual Minds and Translingual Practices in Multicultural Contexts
  University for Foreigners of Siena, 08-11 July 2025

• Next Generation Literacies Summer School 2024
  Linguistic Diversity, Education and Social Participation: Asia-Pacific and European Perspectives
  University of Hamburg, 26-30 August 2024

• Language Documentation Summer School 2024
  Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 15-19 July 2024

• Heritage Language Teacher Workshop
  UCLA National Heritage Language Resource Center,  08-11 June 2020
  
  

Teaching Positions

• Assistant Professor (Department of Linguistics, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2018-present)

• Adjunct Professor (Department of English & Comparative Literature, UP Diliman, 2019-2021)

• Instructor (Department of Linguistics, UP Diliman, 2013-2018)

• Lecturer (Department of Linguistics, UP Diliman, 2009-2013)

• Social Science Teacher (Centre for International Education, Cebu, 2007-2008)

Administrative Positions

• Quality Assurance Officer, UP Department of Linguistics (2018-2023)

• Head of Publicity and Science Communications Unit, UP Department of Linguistics (2018-2023)

• College Graduation Committee Representative, UP Department of Linguistics (2017-2023)

• Undergraduate Program Coordinator, UP Department of Linguistics (2018-2022)

• College Library Committee Representative, UP Department of Linguistics (2014-2019)

Honors & Grants

• Doctoral Fellowship Grant (University of the Philippines, 2023-2026)

• Next Generation EU - Piano Nazionale de Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) PhD Research Scholarship (2023-2026)

• One UP Faculty Grant for Teaching and Public Service (University of the Philippines, 2022-2024)

• One UP Faculty Grant for Teaching and Public Service (University of the Philippines, 2019-2021)

• Magna Cum Laude (University of the Philippines, 2007)

External Affiliations

• Lifetime Member, Linguistic Society of the Philippines

• Member, Association for Linguistic Typology (2024-2026)

• Member, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies  (2024-2025)

• Member, Asian Association for Lexicography (2023-2024)

• Member, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (2020-2023)

• Liaison Officer, The Lannang Archives  (2019-2024)