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Jeconiah Dreisbach is a tenure-track Lecturer in Philippine Studies at the Department of Filipino of De La Salle University in Manila. Concurrently, 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), Lingin Journal of Linguistics (UPNVJT, Indonesia), the Malaysian Journal of Media Studies (University of Malaya, Malaysia), and Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities.
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 sa Filipino
Si Jeconiah Dreisbach ay Lektyurer sa Araling Filipino sa Departamento ng Filipino ng Pamantasang De La Salle Maynila. Kasalukuyan niyang tinatapos ang kanyang doktorado at nagpapakadalubhasa sa sosyolinggwistikang kritikal sa Universitat Oberta de Catalunya sa Barcelona, kung saan siya rin ay bahagi ng interdisiplinaryong grupo sa pananaliksik na Language, Culture and Identity in the Global Age (IdentiCat). Bilang sosyolinggwista at ethnographer, may limang taon na karasansan sa pagsasaliksik si Jecon sa sosyolinggwista ng migrasyon ay polisiyang pangwika na pampamilya ng mga Pilipino sa katimugang Pilipinas at United Arab Emirates. Bilang interdisiplinaryong mananaliksik sa agham panlipunan, pinag-aralan niya rin ang mga interseksyon ng wika, kultura, at kalusugan ng mga Pilipino. Dahil siya ay nakaugat sa mga teoretikal na araling pangmidya, nakapaglathala rin siya ng mga artikulo tungkol sa kulturang popular sa Pilipinas. Isa siya sa mga patnugot ng librong Environment, Media, and Popular Culture in Southeast Asia (Springer, 2022). Naninilbihan din siya bilang tagapamahalang patnugot ng Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism at miyembro ng patnugutan ng LLT Journal: A Journal on Language Teaching (Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia), Lingin Journal of Linguistics (UPNVJT, Indonesia), Malaysian Journal of Media Studies (University of Malaya, Malaysia), at Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities.
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).
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