Czarina Aya-ay Saloma-Akpedonu is a Filipino sociologist who is the current dean of the School of Social Sciences at Ateneo de Manila University.[1]

Education

Saloma-Akpedonu has a bachelor's degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman, a master's degree from Peking University in China, and a doctorate (Dr. rer. soc.) from Bielefeld University in Germany.[1]

Books

Saloma-Akpedonu is the author of books including:

  • Possible Worlds in Impossible Spaces: Globality, Knowledge, Gender and Information Technology in the Philippines (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2006)[2]
  • Casa Boholana: Vintage Houses of Bohol (with Erik Akpedonu, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2011)[3]
  • Many Journeys, Many Voices: The Life and Times of Filipina Overseas Workers, 1960-2010 (with Edna Manlapaz and Yael Buencamino, 2015, Anvil Publishing [4]
  • Food Consumption in the City: Practices and Patterns in Urban Asia and the Pacific (edited volume with Marlyne Sahakian and Suren Erkman, Routledge, 2016)[5]


Recognition

The National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines named Saloma-Akpedonu an outstanding young scientist in 2007. She has also served as president of the Philippine Sociological Society and the Women's Studies Association of the Philippines.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina", Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ateneo de Manila University, 30 August 2012, retrieved 2020-09-23
  2. ↑ Lejano, Raul (January–December 2006), "Review of Possible Worlds in Impossible Spaces", Philippine Sociological Review, 54: 102–105, JSTOR 23898299
  3. ↑ Galang, Romeo B. Jr. (June 2014), "Review of Casa Boholana", Philippine Studies: Historical & Ethnographic Viewpoints, 62 (2): 279–283, doi:10.1353/phs.2014.0006, JSTOR 24672298, S2CID 144501363
  4. ↑ "Many Journeys, Many Voices: A Tribute to Filipina Overseas Workers by Edna Zapanta Manlapaz, Czarina Saloma, and Yael A. Buencamino". Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints. 63 (3): 428–429. 2015. doi:10.1353/phs.2015.0032.
  5. ↑ "Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific".
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