JOHN B. BENGAN

Rank:Associate Professor 2
Subjects taught:
CL 111 (The Short Story)
CW 110 (Fiction Workshop 1)
CW 111 (Fiction Workshop 2)
CL 185 (Literary Translation)
Arts 1 (Critical Perspectives in the Arts)

Publications:

1. Edited Ulirát: Best Contemporary Stories in Translation from the Philippines (2021)
2. Armor (2022)
3. Translated Dili Pwede Mogawas ug Ubang Mga Sugilanon / Can't Go Out and Other Stories (2022)
4. Contributed in the anthology titled Sigwa: Climate Fiction Anthology from the Philippines

Awards:

1. 23rd Madrigal Gonzalez Best First Book Award in English
2. Carlos PalancaMemorial Literary Awards
3. Won prizes from the Philippines Free Press Literary Awards
4. Recipient of a Ford Foundation International Fellowship

JHOANNA LYNN B. CRUZ

Rank: Professor 4
Position: Chair, Department of Humanities
UP Artist 1 (2019-2021, 2022-2024)
Subjects taught:
Arts 1 (Critical Perspective in the Arts)
CW100
CW140
CW141
CW150
CL130

Publications:

BOOKS WRITTEN: 1. Abi Nako, Or So I Thought (memoir). Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2020.
2. Women on Fire (eBook of stories). Master Publishing, October 2015
3. Heartwood (Poems). Davao City: Road Map Series, 2011
4. Women Loving. Stories and a Play. Pasig City: De La Salle University and Anvil Publications, Inc., 2010

BOOKS EDITED:

1. Tingle Anthology of Pinay Lesbian Writing (Editor). Pasig: Anvil Publishing, Inc., 2021.
2. Davao Harvest 3 Anthology (Co-editor). Davao City: University of the Philippines Mindanao, 2018.
3. Lilinaon Anthology (Co-editor). Davao City: University of the Philippines Mindanao, 2018.
4. Best of Dagmay 2: 2010 - 2012 Anthology (Co-editor). Davao City: Davao Writers Guild & NCCA, 2016.
5. Best of Dagmay 2007 - 2009 Anthology (Co-editor). Davao City: Davao Writers Guild & NCCA, 2011.

Awards:

1. UP Artist 1 (2019-2021)
2. "Halakata, Ms. D!" 2nd prize, Full-length Play in English, Carlos Palanca Memorial Literary Awards, 1999
3. "Sapay Koma" 3rd prize, Essay in English, Carlos Palanca Memorial Literary Awards
4. UP Mindanao Gawad Chanselor para sa Pinakamahusay na Guro (Junior Faculty), 2013
5. UP Mindanao Gawad Chanselor para sa Pinakamahusay na Guro (Senior Faculty), 2024

JEFFREY B. JAVIER

Rank:
Subjects taught:
Poetry (seminar)
Poetry I (workshop)
Poetry II (workshop)
Arts 1 (Critical Perspectives in the Arts)
Popular Literature
Research (Poetics)

Publications:
1. appeared in Likhaan, ISLE, English in Education
2. appeared in New Writing, eTropic, The Loch Raven Review
3. appeared in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
4. appeared in 聲韻詩刊 Voice and Verse Poetry Magazine
5. appeared in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
6. appeared in SOFTBLOW
7. appeared in Kabisdak.
8. anthologised in Davao Harvest
9. anthologised in Lilinaon: An Anthology of Young Writers
10. anthologised in Best of Dagmay.

FARAH AIMEE S. VIRADOR

Rank:Assistant Professor 3
Subjects taught:
1. Critical Approaches to Literature I and II
2. Folk Literature
3. Survey of Philippine Literature in English I and II
4. Philippine Arts and Culture
5. Critical Perspectives in the Arts

Publications:

1. Of Alternative Histories The Hierarchy of Memories in Miguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado (2020) (https://unitasust.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/UNITAS-93-2-Virador-Of-Alternative-Histories.pdf)
2. Identity construction using English as lingua franca in an online English class (2019)
3. The dynamic construction of identity in the ELF intercultural communication in an online English classroom: A positioning perspective (2017)

GENEVIEVE J. QUINTERO

Rank:Associate Professor 7
Subjects taught:
Introduction to Shakespeare (ENG 23)
American Literature II (ENG 42)
SurveY of English Literature 2 (ENG 22)
Philippine Arts and Culture (PHILARTS 1)
Critical Perspectives in the ARTS (ARTS 1)

Publications:

Books:

1.Saftuk, Lingen, Katbut: Riddles, Songs, and Stories of the Blaan of Brgy. Pag-asa Mlang, North Cotabato (NCCA)
2. Hullubaton: Pagtatagpi-tagpi ng Dawot ng mga Mandaya. Mga Pag-aaral sa Epikong-bayan ng Filipinas (NCCA)
3. The Mandaya Dawot: Gambong, Sadya, Dilam (NCCA)
4. The Popular Indigenous Games of the Mandaya and the Mansaka (UP Mindanao)
5. When Gods Cry and Other Stories, Three Folktales Inspired by the Blaan of Mlang North Cotabato (NCCA)


Journal Articles:

1. TRANSLINGUALISM ACROSS LANGUAGES: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGES INTERACTION (Education. Innovation. Diversity. Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Latvia)
2. Animals as Representations of Female Domestic Roles in selected fables from the Philippines and South Africa (Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, South Africa)
3. Oral Traditions: An aid in the implementation of the Mother-tongue Based Multi-lingual Education in the Philippine Basic Education program (International Review of Education, Hamburg, Germany)
4. Finding my Writing Space: From Research to Storytelling (BRILL, The Netherlands)
5. When Gods Cry: Exploring Environmental Crisis Through Literature Inspired by the Indigenous People's Experience (David Publishing Company, USA)
6. Loom of Dreams (Kritika Kultura, Ateneo de Manila University)
7. Invocation (Banwa Literary Journal, UP Mindanao)
7. Light Breaks (BANWA Literary Journal)

Awards:

1. One UP Professorial Chair Award (2023)
2. One UP Professorial Chair Award (2018)
3. Recipient of Fulbright Fellowship at the Texas A and M University, USA,
4. Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Fellow

MARIA GLICERIA VALDEZ

Rank:
Subjects taught:
CL 150
CL 152
Eng 100
Eng 157
Arts 1
Phil Arts 1

Other Tasks: :

1. BAE Thesis Coordinator
2. LitSoc Adviser

Publications:

1. Contributor of Anthology of Pinay Lesbian Writing
2. Contributor if DX MACHINA 5: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
3. Contributor of A Special Issue of the Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature
4. Contributor of Plus/+, At Iba Plus, Maramihan: New Philippine Prose on Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities
5. Contributor of Press:100 Love Letters.
6. Sum of Her Parts (2021)