Jeconiah Dreisbach
De La Salle University & Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Jeconiah Dreisbach is a tenure-track Lecturer in Philippine Studies at the Department of Filipino of De La Salle University in Manila. Concurrently, he is finishing his PhD specializing in critical sociolinguistics at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona, where he is also part of the interdisciplinary research group Language, Culture and Identity in the Global Age (IdentiCat).
As a sociolinguist and ethnographer, Jeconiah has five years of fieldwork experience investigating the sociolinguistics of migration and family language policies of Filipinos in the southern Philippines and the United Arab Emirates. As an interdisciplinary social scientist, he delved into the intersections of language, culture, and health among Filipinos. With roots in theoretical media studies, he has published works on Philippine popular culture as well. He co-edited the book Environment, Media, and Popular Culture in Southeast Asia (Springer, 2022).
He also serves as a managing editor for Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism and an editorial board member for LLT Journal: A Journal on Language Teaching (Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia), Lingin Journal of Linguistics (UPNVJT, Indonesia), the Malaysian Journal of Media Studies (University of Malaya, Malaysia), and Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. Jeconiah is an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Prior to his current positions, Jecon held teaching and research posts at De La Salle Araneta University and the Asian Institute of Management.
EDUCATION
Doctorat d’Humanitats i Comunicació (2020 – on-going)
PhD in Humanities and Communication
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Thesis Committee: Joan Pujolar Cos, PhD (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Beatriz P. Lorente, PhD (Universität Bern), Laavanya Kathiravelu, PhD (Nanyang Technological University)
Focus: Critical sociolinguistics of migration and ethnography of language policies
Master sa Sining sa Araling Filipino – Wika, Kultura, Midya
MA Philippine Studies – Language, Culture, Media
De La Salle University, Manila, The Philippines
Thesis (English Translation): Language Use and Attitudes of Cebuanos and Davaoeños from Generations X and Z on the Cebuano, Filipino, and English Languages
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Current Affiliations
Department of Filipino, De La Salle University
Tenure-track Lecturer in Philippine Studies (2023 – Present)
Assistant Professorial Lecturer (2020 – 2023)
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Research Group Member, Language, Culture and Identity in the Global Age (IdentiCat) (2020 – Present)
Past Affiliations
Visiting Doctoral Researcher, Department of International Studies
American University of Sharjah (2021 – 2023)
Senior Research Specialist, Office of Research and Publications
Asian Institute of Management (2019 – 2020)
College Instructor, Department of Social Sciences
De La Salle Araneta University (2018 – 2019)
PUBLICATIONS