Our new Qualitative Research Journal (Q1 Scopus) article, co-authored with my dissertation advisee Rae Francis Quilantang, argues that reflexivity has always been relational and mediated. DOI: doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-... Message me for a copy if you encounter a paywall.

[New article | Disability & Society (Q1) | Early online] What if generative AI is not just a shortcut but a scaffold? Under what unequal conditions are scholars asked to think without assistance? Free e-prints: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PVCXE...

[New article | ACR (Scopus Q2) | OA] Our paper on ambivalent governance is out in Asian Communication Research. What happens when scandals produce visibility—but not accountability? We show how publics engage through patterned ambivalence, not disengagement. Link: doi.org/10.20879/acr...

New research note published in Social Transformations: Journal of the Global South, Vol. 13, Issue 1 (2025): “Negotiating Depletion and Endurance: Hiya, Tino, and Bait as Vernacular Grammars of Political Scandal in the Philippines.”  🔗 doi.org/10.13185/279...

[New article | Early online] My solo article, “Beyond Toolkits: Critical Autoethnography and a Relational Agenda for Discourse Studies in Media and Communication,” is now out in Discourse & Communication (SAGE, Q1 Scopus). 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1750... Message me if you hit a paywall.

[New article | Early online] Our article on male vulnerability, masculinity, and Philippine teleseryes is now out in Communication, Culture & Critique (ICA/ Oxford University Press). Free access for 30 days: tinyurl.com/4nek9cyb

Coming in 2028: I’ve signed with Anthem Press for my new book, Scandal Worlds, on trust, scandal, and political legitimacy in the Global South. Looking forward to the conversations this book will spark.

I am honored to share that Humanities Diliman (Q1) has published my article, which I coauthored with former UST students Paolo Alejandrino and Diana Igual. Proud of Paolo and Diana for this milestone. 💚 saliksik.upd.edu.ph/journal-issu...

Happy to share I’ve signed a new book contract with Routledge🎉 This is a more theoretical follow-up to Navigating Trust—part 2 of a planned 3-book arc on trust & scandals in the Global South.

Our new SSRN preprint is out: In Relation, Not Replacement. We push back against calls to ban generative AI in qualitative research by reframing reflexivity as relational, mediated, and plural. Download here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

I just published a new piece with @therealrw.bsky.social: “Cooking Outside the PhD.” researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/18/c... I wrote this for scholars whose research lives don’t fit the linear PhD–postdoc–tenure template.

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Photo by Webvilla on Unsplash. Most research development models assume that time, energy, and executive functioning are equally distributed across scholars. They aren’t. Especially not for early ca…

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A shiny new project ahead. Just signed with Vernon Press for "Scaffolding the Self: Neurodivergent Life, Care, and Relational Sovereignty in the Academy" (out 2027). This is my first full-length venture into neurodiversity scholarship!

Just out in International Journal of Communication: my article “Scandal as Constructivation.” It argues that scandals in Southeast Asia aren’t mere exposures—but performances of trust and legitimacy. A small proof that theory can grow from the local. ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

I’m inviting you to the opening of my book launch series on Sept 24, 3–5 PM PHT: “Trust, Scandal, and the State: A National Conversation on Journalism, Democracy, and Public Life.”

Navigating Trust is now available with @routledgebooks.bsky.social. Order now! tinyurl.com/NavigatingTr...

Out tomorrow: Navigating Trust (Routledge, 2025) — my book on journalism, health, and democracy in the Global South, told through the Dengvaxia vaccine scandal in the Philippines. Years in the making. Grateful for everyone who walked this road with me. Secure a copy now 🛒🛍️https://lnkd.in/gFNe9D78

Excited to share that my book, Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism, is now available for pre-order. Grateful for this endorsement from Prof. @swaisbord.bsky.social. 🔗 tinyurl.com/NavigatingTr... Ships after August 19, 2025.

My book, Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism, is now available for pre-order. Pre-order here: tinyurl.com/NavigatingTr... tinyurl.com/NavigatingTr... tinyurl.com/NavigatingTr...

Fresh off the press! My first solo Q1 article—and first in a top media and comms journal—is now live in @mcsjournal.bsky.social 💫 📝 Held in trust: Relational sovereignties and the affective life of communication 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0163...

📘 My book "Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism" drops Aug 19 via Routledge. Pre-order alerts now open: www.routledge.com/9781032848464 Hardback’s a bit pricey, I know—but great for keeps. Working on paperback/ebook options too. #TrustCultures #Dengvaxia #GlobalSouth

In the Philippines, “drug use” still brings to mind the adik. “Mental health” still echoes baliw. But what about those of us quietly relying on licit meds—like Ritalin—to survive academic life? This is my small contribution to that harder conversation. 📝 doi.org/10.31235/osf...

I am grateful to share that my solo article, "Held in Trust: Relational Sovereignties and the Affective Life of Communication," will appear in the Crosscurrents section of Media, Culture, and Society @mcsjournal.bsky.social #TrustCultures #GlobalSouthScholarship #RelationalSovereignty #AcademicLife

Read that recent viral post on “cognitive debt” and ChatGPT? The one based on the MIT Media Lab study showing how AI might impair memory, engagement, and learning? Well, here’s my take. Share around folks!

Rethinking “Cognitive Debt”: A Neurodivergent Response to MIT’s Brain-on-ChatGPT Study

In a widely circulated preprint titled “Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing,” researchers from MIT Media Lab argue that reliance on ChatG...

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Heard or read about that MIT study on cognitive decline and ChatGPT? This is my brief and preliminary response.

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This is my first attempt at joining the conversation here on LinkedIn. I respond to the recent MIT study on “cognitive debt” and ChatGPT use in writing. While the study raises important concerns, I o...

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Last day to express interest in my 12-week online course on qualitative data analysis with MAXQDA. Covers RTA + MCDA, starts July 5. Only 6 slots left. ₱2,000 (students) / ₱3,000 (professionals) Form: forms.gle/6poc432Ydudn... Details: drive.google.com/file/d/1u56d...

🆕 Preprint now out via SocArXiv: doi.org/10.31235/osf... This is the first paper from our Tiwala at Pagsunod (TaP) project. We argue that political trust in the Philippines is not pre-political or abstract—it’s moral, relational, and lived.

Reposting for visibility! My book, Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism, is in production with Routledge. It explores trust and crisis in the Philippines through the Dengvaxia scandal. Scan the QR code on the cover or sign up here for updates: forms.gle/TH9cBYgm3qTn...

Join my first online certificate course on qualitative data analysis with @maxqda.bsky.social ! 12 weeks, RTA + MCDA, rates: ₱2,000 (students) / ₱3,000 (professionals). Only 20 slots. Starts July 5. Forms close June 12. Form: forms.gle/6poc432Ydudn... Details: drive.google.com/file/d/1u56d...

My first book, "Navigating Trust, Journalism, and Health in the Age of Populism," is in production with Routledge. If you would like to receive updates and join the mailing list, please sign up here: forms.gle/jatqEJGeZGZn....

Just out: my OSF preprint Cognitive Scaffolds, Not Caves doi.org/10.31219/osf... Not a love letter to AI. Not a takedown either. It’s a neurodivergent scholar’s account of using ChatGPT to stay present, make sense, and write from the margins.