CAPILI, Jose Wendell P.

Professor

Ph.D. Literature, Screen and Theatre Studies, 2009, Australian National University
MPhil Social Anthropology, 1996, University of Cambridge
Dip. Japanese Language, Culture and Affairs, 1994, University of Tokyo
MA Comparative Literature, 1993, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Journalism, 1988, University of Santo Tomas

Research interests: comparative migration cultures and societies (Japan, Australia, Southeast Asia), creative writing studies, creative writing (creative nonfiction, poetry), comparative literature, Philippine Literature in English, fan culture, popular culture (Australia, East, and Southeast Asia, United States)

Email: jpcapili@up.edu.ph


CARDOSO, Alexandra May D.

Instructor

BA Creative Writing, 2016, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: playwriting, contemporary Philippine drama in English, multilingualism in theatrical scripts, translation and adaptation in theatre, feminism, post-colonialism, Waray and Cebuano literature

Email: adcardoso@up.edu.ph


CHAVES, Thomas David F.

Assistant Professor

MA Medical Sociology, Mahidol University
AB English Literature, Xavier University, Ateneo de Cagayan

Research interests: Literary translation, creative writing methodology, discourse analysis

Email: tfchaves@up.edu.ph


CRUZ, Conchitina R.

Professor

PhD in English, State University of New York (SUNY) Albany
MFA Writing, University of Pittsburgh
BA English Studies: Creative Writing, UP Diliman

Research interests: creative writing (poetry/essay), creative writing and cultural institutions/culture industries, zines and DIY publishing

Email: crcruz@up.edu.ph


FLORES, Emil Francis M.

Professor

Ph.D.English Studies: Creative Writing, 2009, University of the Philppines Diliman
MA English, 1997, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
BA English Studies: Creative Writing, 1992, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: Creative Writing: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Comics; Popular Literature: Comics, Speculative Fiction, Detective Fiction

Email: emflores@up.edu.ph


GARCIA, J. Neil C.

Professor

PhD English Studies: Creative Writing, University of the Philippines Diliman
MA Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Journalism, University of Santo Tomas

Research interests: Poetry, creative nonfiction, poetics, queer theory, translation studies, postcolonial studies, Philippine literature in English

Email:  jcgarcia1@up.edu.ph


GUERRERO, Sydney Paige P.

Assistant Professor

MLitt English Literature: Fantasy, 2022, University of Glasgow
BA Creative Writing, 2019, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: Speculative Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Philippine Literature in English, Popular Culture, Gender Studies

Email: spguerrero@up.edu.ph


KWE, Maria Francezca Theresa C.

Assistant Professor

MA Creative Writing, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Journalism, University of Santo Tomas

Email: mckwe@up.edu.ph


LAO, Christine V.

Assistant Professor

MA Creative Writing, 2015, University of the Philippines Diliman
Juris Doctor, 2000, University of the Philippines Diliman
AB Philosophy, 1995, Ateneo de Manila University

Research interests: Poetry and fiction, creative writing studies, law and literature, feminist stylistics and rhetoric, children’s books

Email: cvlao@up.edu.ph


LEE, Gabriela Alejandra D.

Assistant Professor

MA Literary Studies, 2008, National University of Singapore
BA English Studies: Creative Writing, 2005, University of the Philippines

Research interests: Children’s literature, science fiction and fantasy, speculative fiction in the Philippines, Philippine literature in English

Email: gdlee@up.edu.ph


LOS BAÑOS, Gerardo T.

Assistant Professor

MA English Studies: Creative Writing, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Communication: Journalism, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: Young adult literature, language editing

Email: gtlosbanos@up.edu.ph


LUMBA-TAJONERA, Sarah F.

Assistant Professor

MA Creative Writing, 2015, University of the Philippines Diliman
BSE major in English, minor in SPED, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: magical realism, the fairy tale genre, martial law fiction, humor in writing

Email: sflumbatajonera@up.edu.ph


MANALO, Paolo M.

Professor

PhD Creative Writing, University of St. Andrews
MA English Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA English Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: poetry, creative writing, cognitive poetics, ars poetica, Philippine literature

Email: pmmanalo2@up.edu.ph


QUINA, Francis Paolo M.

Assistant Professor

MA Creative Writing, 2017, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Creative Writing, 2006, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: creative writing, production of culture, book history, transmedia narratives, comics studies, digital humanities, Philippine literature in English

Email: fmquina@up.edu.ph


SANCHEZ, Anna Felicia C.

Assistant Professor

MA Creative Writing, 2009, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA English Studies: Creative Writing, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: The short story, the personal essay, speculative fiction, women’s writing, disability studies

Email: acsanchez@up.edu.ph


SUAREZ, Larissa Mae R. 

Assistant Professor

MA Creative Writing, 2022, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Journalism, 2010, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: Philippine fiction and creative nonfiction in English, creative writing pedagogy, research for creative practice

Email: lrsuarez@up.edu.ph


UMALI, Lakan 

Instructor

BA Anthropology, 2016, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: Mindanawon literatures, Philippine literature in English, non-realist literature

Email: ldumali3@up.edu.ph


VASQUEZ, Louyzza Maria Victoria

Assistant Professor

MA Creative Writing (UP Diliman)
BA English Studies: Creative Writing (UP Diliman)

Research interests: Creative writing as translation, bilingual poetry, humor in writing, protest poetry, Philippine literature

Email: lhvasquez@up.edu.ph


VILLACERAN, Marie Aubrey J.

Assistant Professor

PhD Sociology, 2016, La Trobe University
MA Creative Writing, University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Creative Writing, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research interests: Gender studies, arts-based research

Email: mjvillaceran@up.edu.ph