Curriculum Vitae

Education

Jem earned his MA and PhD degrees in linguistics at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. He participated in Bahasa Malaysia training & research at the University of Malaya through the Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP).

Teaching Portfolio

As a faculty member of the UP Department of Linguistics, he has handled the following courses on Philippine linguistics, linguistics, general education, National Service Training Program, and Indonesian/Malaysian language:

  • Philippine Linguistics (LinggPil)
    • LinggPil 280: The Structure of a Philippine Language
    • LinggPil 285: Structural Comparison of Philippine Languages
    • LinggPil 245: Lexicography
    • LinggPil 345: Philippine Lexicography
  • Linguistics (Lingg) - Graduate level
    • Lingg 201: The Science of Linguistics
    • Lingg 206: Grammatical Analysis I
    • Lingg 207: Grammatical Analysis II
    • Lingg 225: Field Methods in Linguistics
    • Lingg 245: Lexicography
    • Lingg 299: Seminar in Linguistics
  • Linguistics - Undergraduate level
    • Lingg 110: Introduction to Linguistics
    • Lingg 115: Linguistic Analysis
    • Lingg 120: Reading and Writing Linguistic Research
    • Lingg 121: Linguistic Survey of the Philippines
    • Lingg 125: Introduction to Field Methods
    • Lingg 130: Structure of a Philippine Language
    • Lingg 140: Introduction to Grammatical Theories
    • Lingg 150: The Austronesian Language Family
    • Lingg 165: Phonological and Morphological Comparison of Philippine Languages
    • Lingg 166: Syntactic and Semantic Comparison of Philippine Languages
    • Lingg 180: Language Issues in the Philippines
    • Lingg 190: Structures of World's Languages
  • General Education
    • Lingg 1: You and Your Language
    • Soc Sci 1: Foundations of Social Science
  • National Service Training Program
    • LTS: Literacy Training Service
  • Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia (B Ind/Mal)
    • B Ind/Mal 10: Elementary Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia I
    • B Ind/Mal 11: Elementary Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia II
    • B Ind/Mal 12: Intermediate Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia I
    • B Ind/Mal 13: Intermediate Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia II
    • Lingg 132: Structure of Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia

For the list of courses that he is currently handling, click here.

Research

His essays have appeared in academic journals, such as The Archive, Asian Theatre Journal, Critical Stages: The IATC journal, Daluyan, Jati Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Manusya Journal of Humanities, and Social Science Diliman. His works have also been published in edited collections and anthologies, such as The Legacy of Consuelo J. Paz: A Festschrift, The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics, Salindaw: Varayti at Baryasyon ng Filipino, Springer's Digital Culture and Humanities Book Series, and Translation Studies in the Philippines: Navigating a Multilingual Archipelago (Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies series). For the full list of his publications, click here.

He has done linguistic and ethnographic fieldwork in different sites, such as Batanes, Batangas, Benguet, Bohol, Bulacan, Camarines Sur, Cebu, Ifugao, Iloilo, Kalinga, Kuala Lumpur, Marinduque, Metro Manila, Misamis Oriental, Palawan, Pampanga, Quezon, and Romblon.

His research outputs have been presented at different national and international conferences, symposia, and fora. For the full list of his presentations, click here. 

He served as Editor-in-Chief of The Archive, a journal dedicated to the study of Philippine languages and dialects, and the official publication of the UP Department of Linguistics. He has also been part of the editorial team and/or referee pool of several academic journals, such as Aklatan Bayan (UP Sentro ng Wikang Filipino Diliman), The Archive, Asia Pacific Higher Education Journal, Banwaan: The Philippine Journal of Folklore, CMU Journal of Science, Daluyan, Diliman Gender Review, Diwa E-journal, Hawai'i Journal of Humanities, Humanities Diliman, Jati Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Langkit: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Philippine Journal of Linguistics, Philippine Social Sciences Review, Plaridel: A Journal of Communication, Media, and Society, Social Science Diliman, and Southeastern Philippines Journal of Resarch and Development.

Among the academic organizations and honor societies that he has been a member of are the following: Asian Association for Lexicography, The Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society for the Social Sciences, Southeast Asian Studies Association in Southeast Asia, and Ugnayang Pang-Agham-Tao Anthropological Association of the Philippines. He is also an affiliate of the UP Diliman CSSP Folklore Studies Program, UP Diliman Tri-College PhD Philippine Studies Program, and UP Intelligent Systems Center.

Extension Service

He has been part of various academic activities with the aim of disseminating research on linguistics and the social sciences in the Philippines. Some of the conferences/symposia that he (co-)convened are the Philippine Linguistics Congress (2021), Consuelo J. Paz Lectures (2019 and 2021), Philippine Indigenous Languages Lecture Series (2019), Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (2019 and 2021), Pagpunla at Pag-ani: A National Conference to Commemorate the 70 Years of UP Diliman (2019), Sawikaan: Salita ng Taon 2018, and Pambansang Kumperensiya ng K'wentong Bayan (2017).

He served as Chair of the UP Department of Linguistics (2019-2022), Coordinator of the UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) Office of the Graduate Program (2023-2024), College Secretary of the UP CSSP (2024-2025), Deputy Director of the UP Diliman Information Office (2014-2018), Member of the UP CSSP Ethics Review Board (2022-2025), and Member of the UP Diliman COVID-19 Task Force (2020-2021). He has co-produced Tuko Chronicles, the official podcast of the UP CSSP Folklore Studies Program.

Grants & Awards

For his performance in teaching, research, and/or extension service, he was awarded the following: Gawad Sentro ng Wikang Filipino para sa Pinakamahusay na Artikulo, Gawad Tsanselor para sa Natatanging Mananaliksik sa Filipino, One UP Faculty Grant, One UP Professorial Chair, SEASREP Language Training and Research Grant, University of Shizuoka Visiting Fellowship, UP Diliman Centennial Faculty Grant, UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair, UP International Publication Award, UP PhD Incentive Award, and UP Research Dissemination Grant.