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WIGLEY, John Jack G.

WIGLEY, John Jack G.

Academic Qualifications

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Literature,(Cum Laude), University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines, 2012
  • Master of Arts in Literature,University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines, 2004
  • Bachelor of Arts in English,Holy Angel University – Pampanga, 1989

Research Highlights

  • Currently working on a collection of short stories in Filipino, tentatively titledHantong: Mga Kuwento, which is targeted to get published as a book in 2018

Research Interests

  • Creative Writing
  • Nonfiction
  • Teaching of Literature
  • Philippine Literatures
  • World Literatures
  • Pop Culture
  • Feminism
  • Film and Literature
  • Cultural Studies

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

  • Finalist, Best Book in Nonfiction Prose in Filipino forLait Chronicles, National Book Awards, September 2017
  • Finalist, Gawad San Alberto Magno (Best Creative / Artistic Work), Dangal ng UST Awards forLait Chronicles, March 15, 2017
  • Most Outstanding Teacher in the Basic Sciences, UST Department of Occupational Therapy, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 & 2016
  • Most Outstanding Teacher in the Basic Sciences, UST Department of Speech-Language Pathology, 2014, 2016
  • Most Outstanding Teacher in the Basic Sciences, UST Department of Physical Therapy, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
  • Nominee, Most Outstanding Academic Staff Award, Rotaract Club of the UST College of Rehabilitation Sciences, UST, February 28, 2015
  • Most Outstanding Faculty, College of Rehabilitation Sciences’ 40thFoundation Anniversary,CRS@40: Forty Years of Commitment, Resilience and Success. Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel, December 10, 2014
  • Best Book (Gawad San Alberto Magno),Falling into the Manhole: A Memoir, 15thDangal ng UST, March 5, 2014
  • Finalist, 2013 Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award,Falling into the Manhole: A Memoir, December 6, 2013

Professional Activities

  • Board Member, Filipinas Licensing Society, Inc. (FILCOLS), 2016-2018
  • Board Member, Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines (ABAP), 2017-2018
  • Chair, Committee on Programs and Projects, Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines (ABAP), 2017-2018
  • Board Member, Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), 2015-2017
  • Treasurer, Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), 2015-2017
  • Member, Committee on Programs and Projects, Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), 2015-2017
  • Member, Committee on Industry Grants, Book Development Association of the Philippines, 2015-2017
  • Treasurer and Committee Chair on Membership, Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), 2013-2015
  • Vice-President, Philippine Association of Scholarly and Academic Publishers (PASAP), 2013-2015
  • Member, National Commission on Literary Arts, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
  • Member, Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets and Playwrights, Essayists and Novelists)
  • Member, Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL)

Additional Work Experience

  • Director, UST Publishing House, June 15, 2012 – July 31, 2017
  • Managing Editor, TOMAS 5thAnniversary Issue on Creative Nonfiction, August 2017
  • Reviewer, Kritike Journal, July 2016
  • Guest Literary Editor, Dapitan 2016: Cosmos
  • Faculty Member, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, UST, November 1997 – November 2015
  • Managing Editor, TOMAS Volume 2, Issue 5 – the Literary Journal of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, 1stSemester, 2014-2015
  • Deputy Director, UST Publishing House, June 1, 2010 – June 14, 2012
  • Officer-in-Charge, UST Publishing House, June 2008 – May 2009
  • Associate Editor, Thomasian Yearbook, June 2008 – May 2009
  • Assistant to the Director, UST Publishing House, June 2007 – May 2008
  • Associate Editor, UNITAS, June 2007 – May 2009
  • Coordinator for Languages and Literature, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, UST, June 2001 – May 2007
  • Correspondent toAcademia, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, UST, 2001 – 2008
  • Correspondent toAcademia, UST Publishing House, 2007 – 2009
  • Board Director, Printing Industries Association of the Philippines, 2008 –2009

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Published Book, Research and Creative Works:

  • Author,Hantong: Mga Kuwento, (forthcoming)
  • Author,Lait (pa more) Chronicles, Visprint Publishing, 2017
  • Author,Lait Chronicles, Visprint Publishing, 2016
  • Author,Ƶ of the Ashfall: A Memoir, UST Publishing House, 2014
  • Author,Falling into the Manhole: A Memoir, UST Publishing House, 2012
  • Co-Author,Telling the Truth: The Art of Creative Nonfiction,C&E Publishing, Inc. (forthcoming)
  • Co-Author,Wording the World: The Art of Creative Writing, C&E Publishing, Inc., 2017
  • Co-Author,In Synch: Edith Tiempo Made Easy, UST Varsitarian, 2010
  • Co-Author,Philippine Literatures: Texts, Themes, Approaches,UST Publishing House, 2009

Published Stories, Essays, Articles in Journals, Magazines, Books or Literary Folio:

  • “Dalawang Manikin, Nabuhay!”Kathang Haka: The Big Book of Fake News,edited by Dean Francis Alfar, Nikki Alfar, and Louie Jon Sanchez (forthcoming)
  • “Arriba, Viva Mexico!”Antolohiya ng Mga Lakbay-Sanaysay,edited by Eugene Evasco and Jack Alvarez (forthcoming)
  • “Practical Arts,”Hayskul: Antolohiya ng Mga Personal na Sanaysay, edited by Rolando Tolentino, Joselito Delos Reyes, and Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin, Visprint, Inc. (forthcoming)
  • “Batang Nog-nog,”Piglas: Antolohiya ng Mga Kuwentong Pambatang Pasaway, edited by Eugene Evasco and Segundo Matias, Jr., Lampara Books (forthcoming)
  • “Bui Doi in the City of Angels,”Transcend: Experiencing Literature in the 21stCentury, Books, Atbp., 2016
  • “Foreword,” Dapitan 2016: Cosmos
  • “American Visa,” LEAP+ Magazine of Asia Pacific Writers and Translators, 2015 APWT Conference, 2015
  • “The Fancy Dancer,”Esquire Magazine Philippines, Vol. 3, No. 9, July 2014
  • “The Grand CCP Performance,”Montage,the Literary Issue of the Varsitarian, Vol.12, 2014
  • “The Fancy Dancer,” Esquire Philippines Magazine, Edited by Angelo R. Lacuesta, July 2014
  • “American Visa,”Dapitan 2014 –the Literary Folio ofThe Flame, Edited by Carlomar A. Daoana, 2014
  • “Mother’s Passing,”Tomas 3– the Literary Journal of UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, April 2014
  • “Bui Doi in the City of Angels,” Silliman University Journal, October 2013
  • “The Queen City of the Angels,”FEU English and Literature Journal, Vol. 6,2012
  • “Bui Doi in the City of Angels,”Tomas 1 –the Literary Journal of UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, November 2012
  • “Coping with a Sick Parent,”Dapitan –the Literary Folio ofThe Flame,Vol. I, No. 6.Edited by Eric Melendez, 2011
  • “Woman’s Worn Wardrobe: Articulating the Female Clothes and Accessories in Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard’s Stories,” UNITAS, June 2009
  • “Body Language: Interrogating the Female Body as Discourse in Literature and Media,” UNITAS, December 2008
  • “From Waxing to Waning: Woman’s Psychosexual Development in the Short Fiction of Filipino American Filipino Writers,” UNITAS, December 2007
  • “Fictionalized Bodies: The Representations of the Female Body in the Short Stories of Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard,” UNITAS, September 2004