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“Democracy, Morality, and Filipino Protest Potential: Data from the 2019 World Values Survey,” in Martial Law in the Philippines: Lessons and Legacies 1972-2022, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2023. Pp. 183-209.

“Survey Research And Philippine Sociological Practice” completed June 2021,  for the Handbook of Philippine Sociology, A Philippine Sociological Society Problication,  2023.

 “Bohol: A Resilient Religiosity.” In Sinag; Religiosity in Bohol, 2023.

“Theater after the Pandemic,” Paper presented in an online conference on theater in pandemic times, ISI Jogjakarta, Publication  2023.

“The Importance of Being in the Moment: Pandemic Lessons,” Papers of the International Theatre Schools Directors Conference (2020), Shanghai: Shanghai Theatre Academy, 2021. Pp. 77-84.

“Navigating our Well-Being in the Time of COVID-19,” Our Way Forward, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University, March 28, 2020.   https://Areté.ateneo.edu/connect/losing-and-regaining-happiness-in-the-time-of-covid-19

The Ten Mats of Sintang Dalisay, or How Romeo and Juliet Became Rashiddin and Jamila,” Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia, 10:1 (2020); pp.3-16.

(with Matthew Santamaria) “Localizing Shakespeare and Folk Performance: Romeo and Juliet, Sintang Dalisay and the Igal of the Sama Bajau in Southern Philippines, Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia, 10:1 (2020): 17-66.

 “Using Local Knowledge to Enhance Muslim-Christian Relations: Sintang Dalisay and The Igal of the Sama-Bajau in Southern Philippines,” in Ahmad Zuhairi Abdul Majid and A.S Hardy Shafii, Eds. Local Knowledge through the Integration of Design and Perspectives of Visual and Performing Arts. Penang, Malaysia:Universiti Sains Malaysia Press, 2020.

(with Guelan Varela Luarca) “Sintang Dalisay: Bersyong Pampitong Aktor at Tatlong Musikero” Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia 10:1 (2020): 105-130.

(with Guelan Varela Luarca and Matthew Santamaria) “Sintang Dalisay: A Performance Text for Seven Actors and Three Musicians.” Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia 10:1 (2020)”131-154.

(with Guelan Varela-Luarca) “Sintang Dalisay: A Play in Eleven Scenes”  Based on the awit of G.D. Roke and Rolando Tinio’s translation of Willima Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet,” in Glecy C. Atienza, Ed., Tipanan: Mga Aral ng Dula mula sa Unibersidad ng Pambansang Punung-Lungsod. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2020 Pp. 203-237.

(with Nicolo Ricardo Magno) “Bilibid Weeks: An Account of a Prison Theater in the Philippines,” Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia, 9:2 (2019), pp. 29-53. The article is a revised version of a paper presented at the Asian University Network-Culture and the Arts (AUN-CA) Conference, Vientiane, Laos, October 13-18

“Lysistrata ng Bakwit: Peace-Building via a Performance Project,” Research Report submitted to the CHED Salikha Grants Program and the National Commission of Culture and the Arts,” March 2019.

“Shakespeare at Bilibid: A Passport to Freedom.” Lifestyle.INQ, 2018 (https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/312866/shakespeare-at-bilibid-a-passport-to-freedom/).


“Shakespeare as Cultural Capital: Its Rise, Fall and Renaissance in Elite Education,” in Beatrice Li, Judy Ick, and Poonam Trivedi, eds.  Shakespeare’s Asian Journeys: Critical Encounters, Cultural Geographies and the Politics of Travel.  London: Routledge, 2017.   Pp. 159-183.

“Theatre and Nation in Contemporary Malaysia,” Report prepared for the Asian Public Intellectuals Program, Nippon Foundation, September 2014.  Presented at the API Regional Conference, Hiroshima, Japan, November 2014 and at the Bridges to Southeast Asia Conference, Ateneo de Manila University, March 2015. published in Kritika Kultura, August 2017.

(with Melissa Maramara) “Voice and Body Training at Ateneo Theater Arts.” Paper prepared for the 8th Annual Asia-Pacific Bureau Festival of Theater Schools,” De La Salle College of the Arts, Singapore, Ap4il 6-11, 2015. Published in Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia 1:1-2 (October 2016).

“Using Local Knowledge to Enhance Muslim-Christian Relations: Sintang Dalisay and the Igal of the Sama-Bajau,” Local Wisdom: Universal Heritage — Conference Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Local Knowledge 2016. Penang, Malaysia, 2016.

(with Melissa Maramara) “Training Actors in the Ateneo Theater Arts Program: Negotiating Western Techniques in the Philippine Context.” Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia, 6:2 (2016), pp. 19-38.

“Problems of Representation in Intercultural Theater:  The Case of Sintang Dalisay.”  Paper prepared for the ALIA 2015 International Symposium, Asian League of Institutes of the Arts, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 27-29, 2015.

“To Our Own Selves Be True: Teaching Strategies for the Social Sciences,” Talk given to the School of Social Sciences, October 14, 2015.  Text appears in the website of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

(with Matthew Santamaria) “Reconfiguring Folk Performance for the Contemporary Stage: Sintang Dalisay and the Igal Of The Sama-Bajau.” Paper prepared for the SAC International Conference on the theme “Folk Performing Arts in ASEAN,” Sirindhorn Anthropology Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 4-6 September 2015.

“An Intercultural Romeo and Juliet: Not Lost in Translation” by Ricardo Abad (Philippines Senior Fellow Year 2013-2014) API Newsletter, Issue 28 (January – December 2014)

“The IPC Memoirs: Craft, Collegiality and Commitment,” IPC @5 0, edited by Cynthia Veneracion.  Quezon City: Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University.  Quezon City” Institute of Philippine Culture 2013.

“Ateneo Theater Arts Excel in Vietnam Theater Festival,” Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2013.

“Acting Lessons from Rolando and Ella,” Asian Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia, 2:2 (2012) pp. 1-7.

“Incredible Indian Theater: Impressions on the 13th National Theater Festival,” Loyola Schools Bulletin, 2011.

“Tanghalang Ateneo: Heroism of the Ensemble,” To Give and Not To Count the Cost, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2011

“Ateneo Shakespeare and National Identity,” Paper prepared for Magpakatao, A lecture Series Honoring the Ateneo Sesquicentennial sponsored by the School of Humanities, December 2009.

“Pinoy Shakespeare and Tanghalang Ateneo,” Paper presented to Tanghal, A National Theater Conference sponsored by the National Commission of Culture and the Arts, November 2009.

“College Theater and the Professional Life: Voices from Tanghalang Ateneo,” Loyola Schools Review (Humanities Edition) 8:1 (2009)  Also included is a copy of the speech “The Spider, The Tiger, and the Theater,” given at the Loyola School Award for the Arts ceremony, March 2009).

Appropriating Shakespeare and Resisting Colonialism: Reflections of A Stage Director,” in Hiroko Nagai and Tito Valiente, eds. Transnationalizing Culture in Asia: Dramas, Musics and Tourism, Manila: Japan Foundation and the Japanese Studies Program, Ateneo de Manila University, 2009.

(with Matthew Santamaria) “W(i)elding Brecht and Igal in The Caucasian Chalk Circle: From Conversations to Rich Collaborations in Directing and Choreography,* in Solelah Ishak, “The Performing Arts as Culture Industries in Asia,” University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, February 2008..

“The Clothes We Wear: A Sociological View,” Paper prepared the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, March 2007.