Priscelina Patajo-Legasto

Priscelina Patajo-Legasto earned her B.A. English , M.A. Comparative Literature, and Ph.D. in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She is a Professor of Comparative Literature at the Department of English and Comparative Literature (DECL), [http://www.upd.edu.ph/~kal/College of Arts and Letters] , University of the Philippines Diliman. She teaches courses in literary, cultural, feminist, and Marxist theory and criticism; Philippine theater history; and postcolonial studies. She was the former Dean of the joint Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities and the Faculty of Science & Technology (1999-2002) at the [http://www.upou.org/ University of the Philippines Open University] . She previously held the positions of Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs, Director of the University of the Philippines System Information Office, and Director of the Office of Alumni Relations of the University of the Philippines System (2002-2005). She has edited or written for over twenty publications. She is a board member of the "Philippine Studies Association" and of the "Network of Outstanding Teachers and Educators" and edits the "Diliman Review".

She has won various awards for teaching including a national award (Metrobank Foundation Search for the Most Outstanding Teacher-College Level, 1998) and U.P. awards (Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Professor, 1996 and College of Arts and Letters Gawad Leopoldo Yabes for Outstanding Professor, 2001). Her research on theater—"Women and Contemporary Theater: ‘Usapang Babae’" and "Sarswelang Pangasinan" garnered the U.P. Gawad Chancellor for Best Research of 1994 and for Best Book in 1997, respectively. She also received the U.P. Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Researcher in 1997. "Filipiniana Reader" won the 1998 National Book Award (Anthology) from the Manila Critics’ Circle. Patajo-Legasto has received Fulbright fellowships as a Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor at Cornell University; University of California, Berkeley; New York University; University of California, Los Angeles; and University of Southern California.

Patajo-Legasto has a long list of projects and interests. She wants her teaching of literature, theater, and feminist and Marxist theory to have an impact on those studying the Philippines from the United States and elsewhere. The success of "Filipiniana Online" has been to bring high-level course work to Filipinos in remote locations in that country. The next course should also allow students from around the globe to engage with her and other scholars of Filipino culture. Online discussions took place via the "Filipiniana Cafe" , an electronic mail list for course participants to read and post to. Each section of the course was led by a Philippines expert in a given field—the literature section by U.P. Diliman Professor J. Neil Garcia, noted poet and literary theorist; the section on popular culture by Soledad Reyes, a prominent scholar from Ateneo de Manila University.

Awards and Honors

*Metrobank Foundation "Search for the Outstanding Teacher" (SOT) Winner, College Level
*National Book Award from the Manila Critics Circle
*Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship
*Fulbright Exchange Professorship
*Visiting Scholar, Cornell University
*Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
*Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
*Visiting Professor, New York University
*Visiting Professor, University of Southern California
*U.P. Diliman College of Arts and Letters Gawad Leopoldo Yabes for Outstanding Professor
*U.P. Gawad Chancellor Award for Outstanding Teacher (Professor level)
*U.P. Gawad Chancellor Awards for Outstanding Research
*U.P. Gawad Chancellor Award for Researcher of the Year

External links

* [http://www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/article.asp?parentid=32640 Philippines Without Borders by Angilee Shah, UCLA]
* [http://www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/events2005.asp UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies]
* [http://www.library.cornell.edu/Asia/acc/acc_may2000/PhilippinesRef.html Cornell University Library]
* [http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2004/08/31/OPED2004083117430.html Gemma Cruz Araneta]
* [http://www.inq7.net/opi/2003/nov/06/letter_5-1.htm U.P. alone holds the title to Arboretum, Philippine Daily Inquirer]
* [http://www.seamission.net/sub08.htm?page=bdview&no=108&startnum=20&rtsrh=&keyword= Korean Information Center for Southeast Asian Mission]
* [http://www.upou.org/glance/glance71.php Filipiniana Reader wins Philippine National Book Award]
* [http://millennium.ci.pleasanton.ca.us:90/kids/10,173,181/search/tPanitikan+(Ateneo+de+Manila+University)/tpanitikan+ateneo+de+manila+university/1,1,2,B/bibframe&FF=tpanitikan+ateneo+de+manila+university&2,,2 Sarswelang Pangasinan]
* [http://www.womenshistorynetwork.org/programme1.htm Women's History Network]
* [http://www.mindanews.com/culture/moonpath/asiapacific.shtml Asia Pacific Conference for Women in the Arts]
* [http://www.up.edu.ph/dil_rev_call4papers.htm Diliman Review]
* [http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003/Biography/ProfPriscelina.pdf National University of Singapore]
* [http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003/apru_PPT_Final/1Dec1630hrsAuditorium/Priscelina-Legasto.pdf Filipiniana Online]
* [http://www.isop.ucla.edu/bcir/uirs/showevent.asp?eventid=3788 Inscribing Gender into Philippine Theater Histories]
* [http://www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/showevent.asp?eventid=3545 Filipiniana Online: Philippine Culture, Identity Construction and Nation Formation]
* [http://www.mbfoundation.org.ph/prog_SOT1998.html Metrobank Foundation 1998 Search for Outstanding Teachers Awardees]