MICRO-BIO

• I finished my PhD in Museology at Hokkaido University, Japan, and my dissertation is on the engagement of the Ainu people in museums.

  I finished my PhD in Museology at Hokkaido University, Japan, and my dissertation is on the engagement of the Ainu people in museums. Less

EXPERIENCE

• National Museum of the Philippines

  • Senior Museum Researcher
  • Ethnology Division
  • Padre Burgos Avenue, Ermita
  • September 2021 to Present

• University of the Philippines Diliman

  • Researcher/Writer
  • Office of the President
  • January 2015 to March 2017

• University of the Philippines Diliman

  • Teaching/Research Assistant
  • Department of Political Science
  • June 2009 to December 2014

EDUCATION

• Hokkaido University

  • Graduate School of Letters, History and Area Studies Department, Museum Studies Lab
  • April 2017 to Present

  I was a research student for 1 year and I passed the entrance exam to pursue PhD program in this university. I am currently in my 2nd year in the program. My research focus is on Ainu people's participation in museums and exhibits about themselves. I am doing my main fieldwork at Nibutani, Hokkaido, Japan.

• University of the Philippines Diliman

  • Master of Arts in Asian Studies
  • June 2008 to June 2013

  I was working full time at my University as a Teaching/Research Assistant while doing my master's degree. I started doing volunteer works at the National Museum during this time as well. My major was Japan Studies, and during this time I continued my researches on Japanese minorities which led me to my master's thesis on Philippine Nikkeijin (Japanese-Filipino Children). A summarized version of my thesis is published, under the the title: Diverging Narratives: Lives and identities of Japanese-Filipino Children in the Philippines.

• International Christian University, Japan

  • One-Year regular student (exchange student program)
  • September 2004 to July 2005

  I studied Anthropology, and did some Japanese archaeology. During this time, I was introduced to minority issues and problems in Japan, and since then started to do researches on Japanese minorities. After a year, I went back to the Philippines to finish my undergraduate degree at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

• University of the Philippines Diliman

  • BA Anthropology
  • June 2002 to April 2007

  I graduated cum laude (with honors).

DISCIPLINES

• Museology/Museum Studies

• Asian Studies/Civilization

• Anthropology

Interests

• Identity

• Museum Representation

• Minority

• Indigenous People

Languages

• Japanese

• Filipino

• English

Links

• Publication