Currently, I am the Operations, New Media, and Curatorial Director for the Center of Art and Thought (CA+T), a nonprofit that facilitates the convergences of scholars, artists, writers, and the broader public by harnessing the power of new media and digital technologies and with the Filipino global diaspora as the organization’s point of departure. I manage everyday operations of the organization and CMS workflow and functionality; curate virtual and offline multidisciplinary and multiplatform exhibitions; research new media projects and implement solutions; generate relationships with artists, writers, and scholars; and manage publicity, fundraising, design and communications projects.
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I am interdisciplinary scholar of Asian American visual culture and art history, comparative race and ethnic studies, and queer cultural studies. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in the Program in American Culture.
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As a scholar, my research interests include: Asian American Visual Culture, Art History, and Criticism; Asian American and Filipino American Cultural and Historical Studies; Modern and Contemporary Art; History of Visual and Media Technologies (Photography, Film, New Media , and Digital Technologies); Queer Visual Culture and Queer Theory; and U.S. Cultural History: 1865 – Present (Race, Gender, Sexuality, and U.S. Empire).
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I am at currently at work on several articles for peer-reviewed journals and two book projects (both under advance contract with the University of Washington Press) that fall within the emerging field of contemporary Asian American visual culture studies and criticism.