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Curriculum Vitae ARNISSON ANDRE C. ORTEGA University of the Philippines Population Institute College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Diliman, Quezon City Telefax: (632)920-5402 Email: [email protected] Professional Experience Assistant Professor, Population Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman 2012 - to date Affiliate Faculty, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines, Diliman 2012 – to date Instructor, Department of Geography, University of Washington, Seattle 2011 - 2012 Geography Consultant, Center for Social Science Research, University of Washington, Seattle 2009-2010 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Washington, Seattle 2007-2008 Associate Instructor, Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington 2006-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines, Diliman 2005-2006 Instructor, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines, Diliman 2002-2005 Education Ph.D. in Geography, University of Washington, Seattle (Department of Geography) 2007 - 2011 Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Davies Withers Dissertation: “Building the Filipino Dream: Real Estate Boom, Gated Communities and the Production of Urban Space.” M.A. Demography, University of the Philippines, Diliman (Population Institute) 2001 - 2004 Advisor: Dr. Nimfa B. Ogena Thesis: "Migration and Solid Waste Disposal in Metro Manila." B.S. Geography, University of the Philippines, Diliman (Department of Geography) 1997 - 2001 Magna Cum Laude Selected Honors, Awards and Scholarship Grants Received (a) Scholarship Grants & Fellowships Fulbright Scholarship Grant, Ph.D. Geography program, University of Washington, Seattle 2007- 2011 Fellow, University of Washington Center for Demography and Ecology 2009- 2011 U.P. Population Institute Fellowship, M.A. Demography 2001-2002 University of the Philippines, Diliman Arnisson Andre C. Ortega Curriculum Vitae (b) Research, Travel and Other Grants Fulbright Southeast Asia Supplementary Doctoral Grant 2010 University of Washington Department of Geography Graduate Student Travel Grant 2008-2010 Covered travel expenses to the Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers Intel Cultural Politics of Technology Consumption Summer Research Award 2009 Covered pre-dissertation field work in the Philippines from July – Sept. 2009 Cornell University Southeast Asian Graduate Student Conference 2008 Travel Grant Award, “Unpacking Manila’s Desakota: Tying Filipino Migration and the Secondary Circuits of Capital in Residential Spaces” presented at the 11th Southeast Asian Graduate Student Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York on October 26, 2008 University of Colorado Institute of Behavioral Science Travel Grant 2008 Environmental Demography Summer Short Course. Sponsored by the University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, Colorado. July 16-18, 2008. Tom and Mary Kay Gething Endowment for University of Washington Graduate Students 2008 Travel Award, “Migration and Housing Development in the Manila Mega-Urban Region” presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, Massachusetts, April 19, 2008. University of the Philippines Conference Presentation Grant, “The Spatial Dimensions of the 2006 Changing Migration Dynamics of the Manila Mega-Urban Region (MUR)” and “International Filipino Migration Flows and the Aging Developed World” presented at the 2nd National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS-2), Tarlac State University, Tarlac City, Philippines, February 24-25, 2006. Philippine Social Science Council Conference Grant, "Spatial Patterns of Population 2005 Deconcentration in Metro Manila" presented at the International Conference on Asia Scholar 4 in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, August 20-24, 2005. University of the Philippines Thesis Grant for M. A. Demography Thesis 2003 - 2004 "Migration and Solid Waste Disposal in Metro Manila." (c) Awards The Edward Ullman Award for Best Dissertation of 2012, University of Washington, Seattle. June 2012 2nd Place, Best Graduate Student Paper, Asian Specialty Group of the Association April 15-19, 2009 American Geographers, for the paper, 'Bahay' and 'Bayanihan' in Manila's Extramuros: Situating the Geographies of the Habiting Within a Neoliberal Context. Paper Presented at the 105th Association of American Geographers Conference in Las Vegas Graduate Student Academic Recognition Award, Geography Dep’t. Annual Awards Banquet 2007 Indiana University, Bloomington Magna Cum Laude, B.S. Geography, University of the Philippines, Diliman 2001 Gawad Chanselor Best Undergraduate Student in the Social Sciences and Law 2001 University of the Philippines, Diliman College Leadership Recognition, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy 2001 Arnisson Andre C. Ortega Curriculum Vitae University of the Philippines, Diliman Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society Recognition for Scholastic Excellence 2001 in the Social Sciences, University of the Philippines, Diliman Consistent University and College Scholar, University of the Philippines, Diliman 1997-2001 Montalban Businessmen & Professionals Association Awardee, Rodriguez, Rizal 2003 U.P. Presidential Scholarship Grant, B.S. Geography, University of the Philippines, Diliman 1998-2001 Conference Participation The 6th National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS-6) Dec. 3, 2010 University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Plenary Speech: “There are multiple alternatives: towards a geography of the future.” The 107th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle April 15, 2010 Paper Presenter. “Forgetting for the Future: New Cities, Old Lands and the Building of a Neoliberal Philippines.” The 107th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle April 14, 2010 Discussant. Population Specialty Group Plenary Session. The 106th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers April 14, 2010 Washington D.C., Session Chair and Organizer. “Desakota and Beyond: Interrogating Everyday Urban Geographies in Asia.” The 106th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers April 14, 2010 Washington D.C. Paper Presenter. “Real Estate's Rendering: 'Suburban' Usurpation and Manila's Neoliberal Extramuros.” Intel Cultures of Consumption Workshop, Intel AG1, Beaverton, Oregon Oct. 15-16, 2009 Paper Presenter. “The Philippine Neoliberal Real Estate: Dwelling and Transacting Homes, Communities and Places in Manila’s Extramuros.” The 105th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers April 16, 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada. Paper Presenter. “'Bahay' and 'Bayanihan' in Manila's Extramuros: Situating the Geographies of the Habiting Within a Neoliberal Context.” The 105th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers April 16, 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada. Organizer and Panelist. “'Our Cohort's Response: Graduate Students and the (Re)Theorization Project in Population Geography.” 1st Critical Demography Association Conference, State University of New York April 6 - 7, 2009 Albany. Paper Presenter. “Making Philippine Demography: Tying National Construction and Neo- Malthusian Post Colonialism in Knowledge Production.” 11th Southeast Asian Graduate Student Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca Oct. 26, 2008 New York. Paper Presenter. “Unpacking Manila’s Desakota: Tying Filipino Migration and the Secondary Circuits of Capital in Residential Spaces.” The 104th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston April 19, 2008 Massachusetts. Paper Presenter. “Migration and Housing Development in the Manila Mega-Urban Region, Philippines.” The 103rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers April 19, 2007 Arnisson Andre C. Ortega Curriculum Vitae San Francisco, California. Paper Presenter. “Trends and Patterns of Population Distribution and Urban Growth in the Manila Mega-Urban Region, Philippines.” Panelist. Session on “Immigrant Populations in Higher Education within the United States.” The 2nd National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS-2) Feb. 24 - 25, 2006 Tarlac State University, Tarlac City, Philippines. Paper Presenter: “The Spatial Dimensions of the Changing Migration Dynamics of the Manila Mega-Urban Region (MUR)” and “International Filipino Migration Flows and the Aging Developed World” The 4th International Conference on Asia Scholars (ICAS 4), Shanghai Aug. 20 - 24, 2005 People’s Republic of China. Paper Presenter: “Trends and Patterns of Population Deconcentration in Metro Manila.” The 1st National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS-1) April 29, 2005 University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Conference coordinator. 2005 Annual Scientific Conference on Population, “Urbanization and Sustainable Feb. 5, 2005 Development,” De La Salle University. Attendance. Regional Conference on Transnational Communities, Richmonde Hotel, Pasig City May 28 - 29, 2004 Attendance. University of the Philippines College of Social Sciences & Philosophy April 16 - 18, 2004 Faculty Conference, MMLC, Antipolo City, Philippines,. Departmental Presentation. 2004 Philippine Geographical Society Annual Assembly and Conference March 2004 University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Attendance. 2004 Annual Scientific Conference on Population, University of the Philippines, Diliman March 2004 Quezon City, Attendance. Geography State of the Arts Conference, University of the Philippines, Diliman Dec. 16, 2003 Quezon City, Philippines. Convener and paper presenter. The 3rd Philippine Studies Conference,