About Me

I am a doctoral student of Linguistic Anthropology with a minor in Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona. I am interested in how various modalities, such as spoken language and gesture can give us insight into a speaker's cognitive representation of the phenomenal world.

I am also interested in film (both producing and enjoying), technology, historical and contemporary Los Angeles, urban landscape, semiosis, Engrish (Hinglish, Chinglish, etc.), social memory and deixis. I am currently studying Ilocano and Tagalog. I am preparing for fieldwork in the Philippines where I hope to do dissertation research.

Check out the tabs above for additional information on current research, CV(.pdf), contact details and other information.

In other news:

As the newly installed webmaster for the Arizona Anthropologist , I have given the journal's website a facelift. We are now accepting submissions for 2011 Issue(s).

I am also currently working on documentary on the Bataan War (WWII Philippine guerrilla contingent against Japanese forces) with associate OJ Baclig at hopeboatfilms.com. This is due out sometime in 2011-12.