Marie Aubrey Villaceran is a faculty member of the Department of English and Comparative Literature in the University of the Philippines, Diliman and the curricular coordinator of its Creative Writing program. She is also the Director of the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies and the Convenor of the Decolonial Studies Program under the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies. She has a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines and a PhD in Sociology from La Trobe University in Australia, where she is also an honorary research fellow. She has conducted research, training, and lectures on gender sensitivity; gender equality, disability, and social inclusion; gender dimensions of disaster risk reduction & disaster risk management; women local humanitarian leadership; and gender and the environment. She is currently involved in projects on arts-based social research methods.

Marie Aubrey J. Villaceran, PhD

Director, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies

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Marie Aubrey Villaceran is a faculty member of the Department of English and Comparative Literature in the University of the Philippines, Diliman and the curricular coordinator of its Creative Writing program. She is also the Director of the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies and the Convenor of the Decolonial Studies Program under the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies. She has a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines and a PhD in Sociology from La Trobe University in Australia, where she is also an honorary research fellow. She has conducted research, training, and lectures on gender sensitivity; gender equality, disability, and social inclusion; gender dimensions of disaster risk reduction & disaster risk management; women local humanitarian leadership; and gender and the environment. She is currently involved in projects on arts-based social research methods.