Current Positions

Professor (2008-present), Associate Professor (2004-2008) · Humanities & Media Studies, Pratt Institute, NY

Associate Professor (2004-2008) · Humanities & Media Studies, Pratt Institute, NY

Adjunct Professor (2008-present) · English and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY 

Selected Past Positions

Director and co-Founder (2012-2018) · Graduate Program in Media Studies, Pratt Institute, NY

Visiting Assistant Professor (2001-2003, 2005-2006) · History of Consciousness & Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Visiting Faculty (2003-2004) · Humanities Department, San Francisco State University, CA

Visiting Professor (1994-1996) · College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman

Selected Academic Service

Founder · The Economic Media Lab (2023-present)

Co-Editor · Social Text, with Jayna Brown and David Sartorius (2023-present)

Member · Economic Media Reading Group (2019-present)

Director · Pratt Graduate Program in Media Studies (2012-2018)

Program Co-Founder · Graduate Program in Media Studies (2011)

Member · Pratt HMS Chairs and Directors Committee (2013-2018)

Editorial Board · Unitas, Philippines (2017-present)

Member · Social Text Editorial Collective (2011-present)

Editorial Board · Triple C: Cognition, Capitalism, Communication, United Kingdom (2011-present)

Editorial Board · Plaridel, Philippines (2011-present)

Chair · Pratt GPMS Search Committee (2016-2017)

Member · Committee on Appointment, Reappointment and Tenure, Pratt Institute (2014-2015)

Research Cluster participant · Being With, a special issue of Social Text in memory of Jose Muñoz, Social Text 121, vol. 32, no. 4. (2014)

Chair · Pratt HMS Search Committee, Media Studies Search (2013-2014)

Reviewer · Historical Materialism and University of Chicago Press (2014)

Reviewer · UC Press, MIT Press (2013)

Chair · Pratt HMS Search Committee, Media Studies Search (2012-2013)

Member · Pratt GPMS Planning Committee (2009-2011)

Reviewer · Cultural Critique (2011)

Reviewer · Kritika Kultura (2011)

Chair · Pratt HMS Search Committee, Global Writing Search (2010-2011)

Consultant · Faculty Laptop Policy, Pratt IT Services (2010)

Co-founder and co-organizer · Diversity for Excellence, diversity student/faculty group at Pratt Institute (2010-2011)

Co-founder and co-organizer · Orbis Mediologicus, media studies group (2009-2010)

Member · SLAS Curriculum Committee (2008-2010)

Member · English and Humanities Search Committee (2007-2008)

Academic Coordinator · Freshman English (2007-2008)

Founder and organizer · Aesthetics and Politics Lecture Series (2007-present)

Reviewer · Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique (2007-present)

Reviewer · Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies (2007-present)

Academic Senator · Pratt Institute (2006-2008)

Member · Committee on Appointment, Reappointment and Tenure, Pratt Institute (2006-2007)

Curriculum Planner · Critical and Visual Studies, Pratt Institute (2006-present)

Panel Organizer/Chair · The American Effect, 94th Annual College Art Association Conference (24 Feb. 2006)

Consultant · Smart Classroom Project, SLAS, Pratt Institute (2004-2005)

Member · Judicial Committee, Pratt Institute (2004-2007)

Member · SLAS Curriculum Review Committee, Pratt Institute (2004-2005)

Participant · Provost’s Accreditation Initiative, Pratt Institute (2004)

Member · Senior Thesis Committee, Digital Media Course, Program in Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz (Spring 2003)

Directed Reading · Hisc 295A, University of California, Santa Cruz (Spring 2002)

Independent Study · Hisc 297A, University of California, Santa Cruz (Spring 2002)

Event Organizer · Culture Against War: Philippines on the Axis of Empire, University of California, Santa Cruz (6 Apr. 2002)

Member · Fulbright Applicant Screening Committee, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines (27-28 July 1999) Manila, Philippines (13-14 July 1999)

Speaker · Fulbright Pre-departure Orientation, Manila, Philippines (24 June 1999)

Member · Critical Forum, an interdisciplinary colloquium on Philippine politics and culture, University of the Philippines Diliman (1996)

Member · Thesis Defense Committee, St. Scholastica University, Manila (Feb. 1996)

Conference Organizer · New Metropolitan Forms, Duke University (7-9 Apr. 1994)

Editorial Collective Member · Polygraph, an international journal of culture and politics (1993-1995)

Panel Moderator · Seminar on the Americas, Duke University (Sept. 1993)

Programmer · University film venues, Screen/Society and Latin American Film Festival (1989-1992)

Co-founder with José Muñoz and Brian Selsky · Screen/Society, alternative film presentation group, Duke University (1989)