Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand 
why the old poets of China went so far
and high 
into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

EDUCATION

      • BSE Major in History, Philippine Normal University-Manila, 2002
      • MA Asian Studies, (Southeast Asian Studies), University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2008
      • MA Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 2012
      • Ph.D. International Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2016

COURSES TAUGHT

      • AS 201 Asia in Antiquity
      • AS 201 A Modern Asia
      • AS 210 Theories and Perspectives on Area Studies
      • AS 230 Seminar in Northeast Asia
      • AS 234 Special Problems in Northeast Asia (Social Welfare and Policy in East Asia)
      • AS 234 Special Problems in Northeast Asia (Globalization and Society in East Asia)
      • AS 234 Special Problems in Northeast Asia (Migration, Identity, and Citizenship in East Asia)
      • AS 234 Special Problems in Northeast Asia (Media, Minorities, and Everyday Marginality in East Asia)
      • AS 236.1 Social and Economic Development in Japan
      • AS 236.2 Politics and Governance of Japan
      • AS 236.3 Society and Culture in Japan
      • PS 212 Filipino Identities
      • PS 215 Special Topics in Socio-Cultural Studies (Global-Local Philippines)
      • PS 216 Filipino Diaspora
      • PS 268 Philippine Foreign Relations and East Asia
      • Life and Works of Jose Rizal (DLS-College of St. Benilde)
      • Philippine History (DLS-College of St. Benilde)
      • Introduction to Global Migration (Sophia University, Tokyo)