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Jeconiah Dreisbach is an independent interdisciplinary social scientist from the Philippines. He is finishing his PhD specializing in critical sociolinguistics at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona, where he is also part of the interdisciplinary research group Language, Culture and Identity in the Global Age (IdentiCat). As a sociolinguist and ethnographer, Jecon has five years of fieldwork experience investigating the sociolinguistics of migration and family language policies of Filipinos in the southern Philippines and the United Arab Emirates. As an interdisciplinary social scientist, he delved into the intersections of language, culture, and health among Filipinos. With roots in theoretical media studies, he has published works on Philippine popular culture as well. He co-edited the book Environment, Media, and Popular Culture in Southeast Asia (Springer, 2022). He also serves as a managing editor for Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism and an editorial board member for LLT Journal: A Journal on Language Teaching (Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia) and the Malaysian Journal of Media Studies (University of Malaya, Malaysia). 

Thesis Committee:

Joan Pujolar Cos, PhD
(Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)   
Main Supervisor 

Beatriz P. Lorente, PhD (Universität Bern)
Co-Supervisor       

Laavanya Kathiravelu, PhD (Nanyang Technological University)
Migration Studies Adviser

For a complete list of his publications, please visit Jecon’s Google Scholar page. 

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3761-9267
Scopus Author ID: 57216821531
Web of Science ResearcherID: J-6360-2017
UOC E-mail Address: jdreisbach[at]uoc[dot]edu

Dreisbach, J.L. (2022). Hi-res photo.

Bio en Català

Jeconiah Dreisbach és un científic social interdisciplinari i sociolingüista. Ell està estudiant a Doctorat en Humanitats i Comunicació a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya i especialitzo a la sociolingüística crític.

Bio en Español

Jeconiah Dreisbach es profesor lector de Estudios Filipinas para el Departamento de Lengua Filipina en la Universidad de La Salle Manila. Al mismo tiempo, él es doctorando en sociolingüística crítica en la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, donde también es miembro del grupo de investigación Llengua, cultura i identitat en l’era global (IdentiCat).