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Professor of History, Literature, and the Arts
Faculty Suite J, Room 135
Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao
Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao received a BA with a double major in English and Cross-Cultural Ethnic Studies (Individual Major) from Oberlin College, an MA in Asian American Studies from UCLA, and a PhD in English from the University of Michigan. In his teaching and research, he focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to culture, society, and social change. He is the faculty sponsor of the Alpha Tau Rho chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society).
On sabbatical in Fall 2025 as Kritika Kultura Visiting Professor jointly affiliated with the Literary and Cultural Studies Programme (LCSP) at the Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines.
Degrees Awarded
Ph D, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
MA, University of California Los Angeles
BA, Oberlin College
Selected Publications
Cabusao, J.,Serrano , V., "Foreword to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition" of Delia D. Aguilar's _Toward a Nationalist Feminism_. Foreword co-authored with Dr. Vincenz Serrano, Editor-in-Chief of Kritika Kultura at Ateneo de Manila University. , Published by Gantala Press -- "a feminist small press based in Metro Manila, the Philippines. They work with women from peasant, labor, urban poor, indigenous, and migrant communities in producing literary anthologies, cookbooks, comics, and zines. A significant part of the proceeds from the sales of their books supports information and fundraising campaigns on food security and genuine land reform, gender equality and human rights, and national sovereignty." , 2024.
Yang , S.,Liu, D.,Cabusao, J. A., "Journeys of Three Asian American Teachers: Uplifting Asian American Experiences in the Classroom", Language Arts. Special themed issue: "Honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Communities, Voices, and Experiences." Published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), "Language Arts is the premier journal for the teaching of language arts, focusing primarily on issues concerning children of preschool through middle school age.", 2024.
Cabusao, J., “America Is in the Heart” and “Carlos Bulosan” in _The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies_ edited by Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, E.J.R. David, "Filipino Americans are one of the three largest Asian American groups in the United States... [y]et within the field of Asian American Studies, Filipino American history and culture have received comparatively less attention than have other ethnic groups. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies, the first on the topic of Filipino American Studies, offers a comprehensive survey of an emerging field, focusing on the Filipino diaspora in the United States as well as highlighting issues facing immigrant groups in general. It covers a broad range of topics and disciplines including activism and education, arts and humanities, health, history and historical figures, immigration, psychology, regional trends, and sociology and social issues." SAGE Publications, 2022.
Cabusao, J., "Toward a Critique-al Filipino Studies Approach: Class, Nation, Writer", Kritika Kultura (Forum Kritika in Honor of Edel E. Garcellano edited by Mary Grace R Concepcion and Maria Luisa Torres Reyes), Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, 2022.
Cabusao, J., “Selected Letters of Carlos Bulosan and Suggestions for Further Exploration” in Penguin Vitae edition of _America Is in the Heart_ by Carlos Bulosan with a foreword by Elaine Castillo and an introduction by E. San Juan, Jr., Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2022.
Cabusao, J., "Carlos Bulosan and Filipino Collective Memory: Teaching, Transgression, and Transformation", UNITAS Journal (first issue of the journal's centennial year), University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, 2022.
Cabusao, J., "Filipino Writing and Alter/native Voices: Traditions of Resistance in Kenneth E. Bauzon's _Capitalism, The American Empire, and Neoliberal Globalization_", UNITAS Journal. University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, 2021.
Cabusao, J., “Diasporic Blues Imagination: Filipino Becoming and African American Solidarity”, International Journal of Diaspora & Cultural Criticism (Special Issue: Diaspora and the Reorganization of Mobile Spaces), The Center for Asia & Diaspora, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, 2021.
Aguilar , D. D.,San Juan, E.,Siyam, F.,Penuela, M.,Veric, C. S.,Cabusao, J.,Viola, M., "A Conversation on ‘Filipinx’ and Its Vicissitudes" (An edited version titled "Problematizing The Name 'Filipinx': A Colloquy" appears in Countercurrents.org., Kerala, India.) A conversation with Freedom Siyam, May Penuela, Charlie Samuya Veric, Jeffrey Cabusao, Michael Viola, and Delia Aguilar, initiated by Delia D. Aguilar with the collaboration of E. San Juan, Jr. , Bulatlat News, Quezon City, Philippines, 2020.
Cabusao, J., "Filipino American Literature" in _The Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature and Culture_ edited by Josephine Lee, Oxford University Press, 2020.
Cabusao, J., "Selected Letters of Carlos Bulosan and Suggestions for Further Exploration" in _America Is in the Heart_ by Carlos Bulosan with a foreword by Elaine Castillo and an introduction by E. San Juan, Jr., Penguin Classics Series. Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2019.
Cabusao, J., "Filipino American Literature" in _Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature_ , Oxford University Press, 2019.
Cabusao, J., "Teaching Roots, Gifting Wings: Vision and Practice in _Asian American Matters_", CUNY FORUM: Journal of the Asian American and Asian Research Institute, The City University of New York, 2019.
Cabusao, J. A.,Viola , M. J., "From Identity Formation to Social Transformation: A Dialogue on Filipino American Studies", UNITAS Journal, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines , 2018.
Cabusao, J., "Reading Carlos Bulosan/Documenting the Filipino Diaspora: An editorial introduction to _Writer in Exile/Writer in Revolt: Critical Perspectives on Carlos Bulosan_", Kritika Kultura (Forum Kritika on Critical Crossings: Hybridity's Fissures and Ruptures edited by Maria Luisa Torres Reyes), Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, 2018.
Cabusao, J., "Yearning in Carlos Bulosan: Toward a Queer Working Class Consciousness", International Journal of Diaspora & Cultural Criticism (Special issue on the Philippine Diaspora edited by Maria Luisa Torres Reyes), The Center for Asia & Diaspora, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, 2017.
Cabusao, J., editorial introduction to _Writer in Exile/Writer in Revolt: Critical Perspectives on Carlos Bulosan_, CUNY FORUM: Journal of the Asian American and Asian Research Institute, The City University of New York, 2016.
Alquizola, M.,Hiraybayashi , L. R.,Cabusao, J. A., "The Bulosan Files: Another Layer in an Ongoing Dialogue" in _Writer in Exile/Writer in Revolt: Critical Perspectives on Carlos Bulosan_, University Press of America, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Cabusao, J., _Writer in Exile/Writer in Revolt: Critical Perspectives on Carlos Bulosan_ (editor and contributor), "Divided into four major sections that explore Bulosan’s prolific literary output (novels, poems, short stories, essays, letters, and editorial work), the anthology opens with an introduction to the early stages of Bulosan criticism (1950s-1970s) and ends with recent work by senior scholars in Asian American Studies that suggests new directions for engaging multiple dimensions of Bulosan’s twin commitment to art and social change." University Press of America, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Cabusao, J., "Carlos Bulosan" in _Literature and Politics Today: The Political Nature of Modern Fiction, Poetry, and Drama_. Edited by M. Keith Booker , Greenwood Publishing Group, 2015.
Cabusao, J., "Ethnic Studies" in _Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice_. Edited by Sherwood Thompson , Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
Cabusao, J., _Forum Kritika: Reflections on Carlos Bulosan and Becoming Filipino_ (edited with introduction -- guest editor of special edition of peer reviewed essays), Kritika Kultura -- international refereed literary and cultural studies journal, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, 2014.
Cabusao, J., "Toward a Renewal of Critical Practice: Reflections on the Occupy Movement and Filipino Self Determination", Kritika Kultura, 2012.
Cabusao, J., "Decolonizing Knowledges: Asian American Studies, Carlos Bulosan, and Insurgent Filipino Diasporic Imagination", Kritika Kultura , 2011.
Cabusao, J., "The Social Responsibility of Filipino Intellectuals in the Age of Globalization and Empire: An Interview with E. San Juan, Jr. and Delia D. Aguilar", Cultural Logic , 2010.
Cabusao, J., "Another World is Possible: Cultural Studies and Critical Filipino Resistance" in _Philippine Studies: Have We Gone Beyond St. Louis?_. Edited by Priscelina Patajo-Legasto , University of the Philippines Press, 2009.
Cabusao, J., "Carlos Bulosan" in _The Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics: Censorship, Revolution, and Writing_. Edited by M. Keith Booker , Greenwood Publishing Group , 2005.
Cabusao, J., [Book Review] _Language Brokers: Children of Immigrants Translating Inequality and Belonging for Their Families_ by Hyeyoung Kwon. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2024., Journal of Working-Class Studies -- "peer reviewed journal that supports diverse explorations of working-class life. It is the journal of the Working-Class Studies Association.", 2024.
Cabusao, J., [Book Review] _Sisa's Vengeance: Jose Rizal's Sexual Politics and Cultural Revolution_ by E. San Juan, Jr. Quezon City: Vibal Foundation, 2021., The Halo-Halo Review -- "Critical reviews, Introductions, and other engagements with the English-language works of Filipino authors in all genres." Edited by Eileen R. Tabios, 2024.
Cabusao, J., [Book Review] _Postcolonial Configurations: Dictatorship, the Racial Cold War, and Filipino America._ By Josen Masangkay Diaz. Duke University Press, 2023. , MELUS (Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States), 2023.
Cabusao, J., [Book Review] _The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl. _By Sarah D. Wald. University of Washington Press, 2016., Western American Literature, 2017.
Cabusao, J., [Book Review] _From Globalization to National Liberation: Essays of Three Decades_. By E. San Juan, Jr. The University of the Philippines Press, 2008., MELUS (Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States), 2010.
Cabusao, J., [Book Review] _The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons._ Eds. Abe Ignacio, Enrique de la Cruz, Jorge Emmanuel, Helen Toribio. T'Boli Publishing and Distribution, 2004., Amerasia Journal , 2006.
Cabusao, J., [Book Review] _Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers._ Edited with introductions by Nick Carbo and Eileen Tabios. Aunt Lute Books, 2001., Amerasia Journal , 2001.
Awards and Honors
President-Elect, Working-Class Studies Association (WCSA). "WCSA supports scholarship, teaching, and activism related to working-class life and cultures. Members are located in countries across the globe, and they include poets, scholars, activists, teachers, students, journalists, artists, small press publishers, and others interested in building the field of working-class studies. The association holds an annual conference and other events, promotes the field through a variety of awards, and publishes 'The Journal of Working-Class Studies.'", 2024
Co-Director Emeritus, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award Program (co-director: 2017-2023). "The specific purpose of this program is to support early career teachers of color (preK to university level) as they build accomplished teaching careers in literacy education. 'People of color' refers to historically underrepresented groups: African American, American Indian, Asian American, Latinx, and Pacific Islander.", 2023
Member, International Advisers, Makiling Review -- international peer-reviewed journal of humanities, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna Philippines, 2022
Member, International Board of Editors, Kritika Kultura journal of literary, cultural, and language studies, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, 2021
Merit Award. Bryant University, 2021
Faculty Award for Outstanding Service, College of Arts and Sciences. Bryant University , 2018
Inclusive Excellence Award, Contributing to Success. Bryant University, 2018
Merit Award. Bryant University, 2017
Summer Stipend. Bryant University , 2015
Merit Award. Bryant University , 2015
Faculty Sponsor, Alpha Tau Rho chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society, 2013
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award, 2011
Instructional Development Funding. Bryant University, 2010
Merit Award. Bryant University, 2009
Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship. Department of English, Kalamazoo College, 2006
Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship. Department of English, University of Michigan, 2004
Graduate Committee Spring/Summer Grant. Department of English, University of Michigan, 2001
First Year Summer Research Program Grant. University of Michigan, 2000
Rackham Merit Fellowship. University of Michigan, 1999
UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) M.A. Thesis Grant, 1998
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship. Asian American Studies M.A. Program, UCLA, 1997
Highest Honors in Cross-Cultural Ethnic Studies (individual major). Oberlin College, 1997
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Image Award. Oberlin College, 1996
Ronald E. McNair Scholar. Oberlin College, 1996
Wabash College Lilly Award. Four-Year Merit Scholarship (unable to accept), 1993
Teaching Interests
U.S. Ethnic Literatures, Media/Cultural Studies, Media Literacy, Literary and Critical Theory, Africana/Black Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Studies
Research Interests
20th Century U.S. Literature (Asian American and African American Literatures), Literary and Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Asian American Studies, Filipino American/Filipino Diasporic Studies, Women's Studies, Working Class Studies, Ethnic Studies
Professional Memberships
Critical Filipina and Filipino Studies Collective
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
East of California (EOC) Asian American Studies Network
Working Class Studies Association (WCSA)
Modern Language Association (MLA)