Book Manuscript in Progress
Subjects of Empire: Modernity and Education in American Philippines
a history of the Philippine public school system during US colonial rule from 1898 to 1926
Edited Volume in Progress
Postcolonial Challenges in Education
a collection of theoretical and empirical studies from leading and emerging postcolonial scholars in education in the USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom
Sample Publications
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Border Crossing Subjectivities and Research: Through the Prism of Feminists of Color (2008)
Race Ethnicity and Education
Abstract: Drawing on my research experiences as a Filipino American historian, this article explores what Michel Foucault calls “subjectification,” the dialectial process of self-making and being-made, within the context of ethnic identities and transnational projects. Engaging the work of feminists of color in particular, it outlines three types of subject formations – compartmental, intersectional, and constitutive – that foreground the tensions between how I identified myself and how others perceived me. It also explores the dilemma of belonging as an insider/outsider researcher in communities that one affiliates with as well as my emerging recognition of homelessness as a liminal and productive space for self-construction. Ultimately it links and gives voice to three issues that are often treated separately: first, the ways in which subjectivities are shaped by self and others; second, the ways in which race and ethnicity are linked to other axes of difference; and, third, the analytical and methodological insights of undertaking research in communities that one calls home.
Putting Queer to Work: Examining Empire and Education (2006)
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Abstract: Using Stuart Hall's concept of articulation, which sutures seemingly incongruent analytics, this article juxtaposes queer theorizing and postcolonial projects in order to contribute to the examinations of empire, education and decolonization. It foregrounds the queer approaches of working within, through and beyond the framework of sexuality to investigate the themes of exclusion, normalization, and subject position and agency. It offers a review of the scholarly literature in queer, postcolonial and education studies, and engages the author's initial research formulations on Filipino/a schooling and United States imperialism in the early twentieth century. By interrogating and bringing together theoretical perspectives, empirical findings and political movements, the article aims to open discursive and structural spaces for revolutionary solidarities and interventions.
Disorienting Race and Education: Changing Paradigms on the Schooling of
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (2006)
Race Ethnicity and Education
Abstract: This introduction frames the state of the educational research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) within two contexts - historical and conceptual - in order to develop intellectual and political paradigms that address their specific needs and interests. The historical section illustrates how the varying political status of AAPIs as immigrants, citizens, aliens, colonized nationals, refugees, and racial minority has shaped educational policies and programs. The conceptual section categorizes the multiple ways of researching and teaching race into pan-ethnic, intersectional, comparative, and transnational frameworks. Situating and analyzing the work of the contributors in the special issue within historical and conceptual contexts demonstrates what the author considers as part and parcel of the overall project of 'disorienting'. |
