james montilla doble
mx. lysander james montilla doble (he/they) jmontilladoble@up.edu.ph
mx. lysander james montilla doble (he/they) jmontilladoble@up.edu.ph
Biography
james (he/they/mx.) is a queer (bisexual, trans*, and gender non-conforming) graduate student and teaching fellow at the university of the philippines diliman department of psychology. his research interests revolve around metapsychology, issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and research ethics. james is also an lgbtqia+ rights activist. they were a sogiesc consultant of the up center for women's and gender studies, during which they convened the first philippine queer studies conference in 2020 and wrote the up diliman guidelines on affirming transgender and gender non-conforming students' names, pronouns, and titles (tgnc guidelines).
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (Social Psychology, minor in Sikolohiyang Pilipino), University of the Philippines Diliman (Academic Year 2018-2019 – present)
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Graduated Summa cum laude), Kalayaan College
Research and Publications
Puthillam, A., Montilla Doble, L. J., ... Kapoor, H. (2024). Guidelines to improve internationalization in the psychological sciences. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12847. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12847
Montilla Doble, L. J. (2022). Sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics: A primer. (B. N. Senga, & M. A. Villaceran, Eds.). UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. https://cws.up.edu.ph/?p=2441
Steltenpohl, C. N., Montilla Doble, L. J., ... Darda, K. (2021). Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science Global Engagement Task Force report. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1), 22968. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.22968
Montilla Doble, L. J., Sio, C. P., Clemente, J. A. R., & Domingo, P. R. C. (2020, December 3–4). The producibility crisis in Philippine psychology: A replication crisis in the making? [Conference poster presentation]. Interdisciplinary Meta-research & Open Science Conference (AIMOS 2020), Sydney, Australia. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/HGPZF
Montilla Doble, L. J. (2019, November 18–19). Sino ang trans pinoy? A baseline study on the experiences of Filipino transgender men in the Philippines [Conference presentation]. 11th National Conference of the Women and Gender Studies Association of the Philippines, Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines.
Teaching
Teaching Fellow, UP Diliman Department of Psychology (Academic Year 2023-2024 – present)
Lecturer, UP Diliman Department of Psychology (Academic Year 2018-2019 – Academic Year 2022-2023)
Courses Taught
Psych 101 (Introduction to Psychology)
Psych 105 (Introduction to Research in Psychology)
Soc Sci 1 (Foundations of Social Sciences; as Teaching Fellow under Asst. Prof. Charmaine P. Galano)
Advocacy
Member, Philippine Queer Studies Conference 2024 Technical Working Group and Programs Committee
Consultant, UP Rainbow Research Hub (under UP Diliman Office for the Advancement of Teaching; June 2023)
SOGIESC Consultant, UP Center for Women's and Gender Studies (UPCWGS; July 2019 – May 2021)
Graduate Student Representative, Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) Executive Committee (2021)
Member, Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) Global Engagement Task Force (2020–2021)
Punong Abala (Convenor), Philippine Queer Studies Conference 2020
Ambassador, Center for Open Science (COS)
Founding Member, South East Asian Network for Open Science (SEANOS)
Education and Research Committee Head, University of the Philippines Babaylan (UP Babaylan, Academic Year 2018-2019)
Media Interviews
Casal, C. (2019, October 14). ‘The end goal is for people to see us as full human beings’: A transgender round table discussion. CNN Philippines. Retrieved from http://cnnphilippines.com
Magsambol, B. (2019, June 21). #LabanHermie: U.P. community stands in solidarity with transwoman professor. Rappler. Retrieved from http://rappler.com
Aranas, S. (2018, July 19). Exploring mental health in the LGBT community, an interview. The Maine Concept. Retrieved from http://themaineconceptph.com
Cabato, R. (2018, June 26). 5 Filipino LGBTQ scientists and inventors you should know about. CNN Philippines. Retrieved from http://cnnphilippines.com
Casal, C. (2018, March 20). Equality bill rally: 'Hindi lang naman LGBT people ang may SOGIE — everyone has SOGIE.' CNN Philippines. Retrieved from http://cnnphilippines.com