Academic Profile – Mylene T. De Guzman

    Mylene T. De Guzman

    Assistant Professor
    Email: mtdeguzman1@up.edu.ph

     


    Education:

    M.S. Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2016

    B.S. Geography (cum laude), University of the Philippines Diliman, 2008

    Specialization: Cultural Geography 

    Research Interests: Geographies of gender, labor geographies, emotional geographies, health geographies, digital geography

    Courses Taught: 

    • Geography 1 (Places and Landscapes in a Changing world)
    • Geography 119 (Geography of Movement)
    • Geography 131 (Geography of the Philippines)
    • Geography 145 (Geography of the Pacific) 
    • Geography 159 (Geography of Africa)
    • Geography 185 (Medical Geography)
    • Geography 192 (Field Methods in Geography)
    • Geography 199 (Seminar on Research in Geography)
    • SEA 30 (Asian Emporiums: Networks of Culture and Trade in Southeast Asia)

    Research Project:

    Title: Voices of Yolanda: Narratives of Risk and Coping among Survivors of Typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban, Leyte; Guiuan, Eastern Samar, and San Francisco, Cebu

    Duration: September 2014 – April 2015

    Short Description: This is a multi-sited study on the perception of risk and decisions to evacuate among people in communities that were affected by Typhoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda). The project was funded by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST – PCIEERD)

    Output: https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2016-0097

    Publication:

    De Guzman, M.T. (2020). The L Words – lesbian and labor: Physical and social health impacts of call center work on lesbian women in Quezon City, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Social Development. 13, 1-17.

    Dalisay, S.N. and De Guzman, M.T. (2016). Risk and culture: The case of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.  Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 25:5, 701-714, https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2016-0097

    Awards:

    Highly Commended Paper, 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. 

    Notable Information:

    Awardee, American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting Enrichment Funds Grant: April 2019
     
    Fellow, National University of Singapore (NUS) Asia Research Institute (ARI) Graduate Student Fellowship: 2015
     
    Awardee, University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), Queers w/o Borders International Travel Grant: October 2014
     
    Awardee, Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC) Research Award Program (RAP): June 2014
     
    Honor Graduate Eligibility, Civil Service Commission: 2008
     

    LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linked.com/in/mylenedeguzman