Mylene T. De Guzman
Assistant Professor
Email: mtdeguzman1@up.edu.ph
Education:
M.S. Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman
B.S. Geography (cum laude), University of the Philippines Diliman
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:
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linked.com/in/mylenedeguzman