RCCAH research fellows launch books, publish research papers
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WIGLEY, John Jack G.
WIGLEY, John Jack G.
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Prof. John Jack G. Wigley, PhD
Department of Literature | Faculty of Arts and Letters | Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities
Academic Qualifications
Research Highlights
Research Interests
Academic Qualifications
Degrees
- Doctor of Philosophy in Literature,(Cum Laude), University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines, 2012
- Master of Arts in Literature, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines, 2004
- Bachelor of Arts in English, Holy Angel University – Pampanga, 1989
Research Highlights
- Currently working on a collection of short stories in Filipino, tentatively titled Hantong: Mga Kuwento, which is targeted to get published as a book in 2018
Research Interests
- Creative Writing
- Nonfiction
- Teaching of Literature
- Philippine Literatures
- World Literatures
- Pop Culture
- Feminism
- Film and Literature
- Cultural Studies
Courses Handled
Major Recognitions
Professional Activities
Courses Handled
Major Recognitions
- Finalist, Best Book in Nonfiction Prose in Filipino for Lait Chronicles, National Book Awards, September 2017
- Finalist, Gawad San Alberto Magno (Best Creative / Artistic Work), Dangal ng UST Awards for Lait Chronicles, March 15, 2017
- Most Outstanding Teacher in the Basic Sciences, UST Department of Occupational Therapy, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 & 2016
- Most Outstanding Teacher in the Basic Sciences, UST Department of Speech-Language Pathology, 2014, 2016
- Most Outstanding Teacher in the Basic Sciences, UST Department of Physical Therapy, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
- Nominee, Most Outstanding Academic Staff Award, Rotaract Club of the UST College of Rehabilitation Sciences, UST, February 28, 2015
- Most Outstanding Faculty, College of Rehabilitation Sciences’ 40th Foundation Anniversary, CRS@40: Forty Years of Commitment, Resilience and Success. Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel, December 10, 2014
- Best Book (Gawad San Alberto Magno), Falling into the Manhole: A Memoir, 15th Dangal ng UST, March 5, 2014
- Finalist, 2013 Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award, Falling into the Manhole: A Memoir, December 6, 2013
Professional Activities
- Board Member, Filipinas Licensing Society, Inc. (FILCOLS), 2016-2018
- Board Member, Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines (ABAP), 2017-2018
- Chair, Committee on Programs and Projects, Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines (ABAP), 2017-2018
- Board Member, Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), 2015-2017
- Treasurer, Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), 2015-2017
- Member, Committee on Programs and Projects, Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), 2015-2017
- Member, Committee on Industry Grants, Book Development Association of the Philippines, 2015-2017
- Treasurer and Committee Chair on Membership, Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), 2013-2015
- Vice-President, Philippine Association of Scholarly and Academic Publishers (PASAP), 2013-2015
- Member, National Commission on Literary Arts, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
- Member, Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets and Playwrights, Essayists and Novelists)
- Member, Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL)
Additional Work Experience
- Director, UST Publishing House, June 15, 2012 – July 31, 2017
- Managing Editor, TOMAS 5th Anniversary Issue on Creative Nonfiction, August 2017
- Reviewer, Kritike Journal, July 2016
- Guest Literary Editor, Dapitan 2016: Cosmos
- Faculty Member, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, UST, November 1997 – November 2015
- Managing Editor, TOMAS Volume 2, Issue 5 – the Literary Journal of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, 1st Semester, 2014-2015
- Deputy Director, UST Publishing House, June 1, 2010 – June 14, 2012
- Officer-in-Charge, UST Publishing House, June 2008 – May 2009
- Associate Editor, Thomasian Yearbook, June 2008 – May 2009
- Assistant to the Director, UST Publishing House, June 2007 – May 2008
- Associate Editor, UNITAS, June 2007 – May 2009
- Coordinator for Languages and Literature, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, UST, June 2001 – May 2007
- Correspondent to Academia, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, UST, 2001 – 2008
- Correspondent to Academia, UST Publishing House, 2007 – 2009
- Board Director, Printing Industries Association of the Philippines, 2008 –2009
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
Published Book, Research and Creative Works:
- Author, Hantong: Mga Kuwento, (forthcoming)
- Author, Lait (pa more) Chronicles, Visprint Publishing, 2017
- Author, Lait Chronicles, Visprint Publishing, 2016
- Author, Home of the Ashfall: A Memoir, UST Publishing House, 2014
- Author, Falling into the Manhole: A Memoir, UST Publishing House, 2012
- Co-Author, Telling the Truth: The Art of Creative Nonfiction, C&E Publishing, Inc. (forthcoming)
- Co-Author, Wording the World: The Art of Creative Writing, C&E Publishing, Inc., 2017
- Co-Author, In Synch: Edith Tiempo Made Easy, UST Varsitarian, 2010
- Co-Author, Philippine Literatures: Texts, Themes, Approaches, UST Publishing House, 2009
Published Stories, Essays, Articles in Journals, Magazines, Books or Literary Folio:
- “Dalawang Manikin, Nabuhay!” Kathang Haka: The Big Book of Fake News, edited by Dean Francis Alfar, Nikki Alfar, and Louie Jon Sanchez (forthcoming)
- “Arriba, Viva Mexico!” Antolohiya ng Mga Lakbay-Sanaysay, edited by Eugene Evasco and Jack Alvarez (forthcoming)
- “Practical Arts,” Hayskul: Antolohiya ng Mga Personal na Sanaysay, edited by Rolando Tolentino, Joselito Delos Reyes, and Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin, Visprint, Inc. (forthcoming)
- “Batang Nog-nog,” Piglas: Antolohiya ng Mga Kuwentong Pambatang Pasaway, edited by Eugene Evasco and Segundo Matias, Jr., Lampara Books (forthcoming)
- “Bui Doi in the City of Angels,” Transcend: Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century, Books, Atbp., 2016
- “Foreword,” Dapitan 2016: Cosmos
- “American Visa,” LEAP+ Magazine of Asia Pacific Writers and Translators, 2015 APWT Conference, 2015
- “The Fancy Dancer,” Esquire Magazine Philippines, Vol. 3, No. 9, July 2014
- “The Grand CCP Performance,” Montage, the Literary Issue of the Varsitarian, Vol.12, 2014
- “The Fancy Dancer,” Esquire Philippines Magazine, Edited by Angelo R. Lacuesta, July 2014
- “American Visa,” Dapitan 2014 – the Literary Folio of The Flame, Edited by Carlomar A. Daoana, 2014
- “Mother’s Passing,” Tomas 3 – the Literary Journal of UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, April 2014
- “Bui Doi in the City of Angels,” Silliman University Journal, October 2013
- “The Queen City of the Angels,” FEU English and Literature Journal, Vol. 6, 2012
- “Bui Doi in the City of Angels,” Tomas 1 – the Literary Journal of UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, November 2012
- “Coping with a Sick Parent,” Dapitan – the Literary Folio of The Flame, Vol. I, No. 6. Edited by Eric Melendez, 2011
- “Woman’s Worn Wardrobe: Articulating the Female Clothes and Accessories in Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard’s Stories,” UNITAS, June 2009
- “Body Language: Interrogating the Female Body as Discourse in Literature and Media,” UNITAS, December 2008
- “From Waxing to Waning: Woman’s Psychosexual Development in the Short Fiction of Filipino American Filipino Writers,” UNITAS, December 2007
- “Fictionalized Bodies: The Representations of the Female Body in the Short Stories of Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard,” UNITAS, September 2004