Faculty Details

Ruth Mabanglo

facultyimage Professor of Filipino
Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
Spalding 459

(808) 956-6970
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Educational Background

B.A., University of the East, 1969
M.A., Philippine Normal University, 1980
Ph.D. (with honors), Manuel L. Quezon University, 1985 


Research / Teaching / Specializations

Filipino, Philippine literature, Philippine culture, Philippine drama and poetry, translation

 

Distinctions

Coordinator, Filipino and Philippine Literature Program, Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
City of Manila Special Award: Gawad Patnubay sa Sining, June 2006, (for Literary Arts) on the occasion of the 434th anniversary of the city
President, Council of Teachers of Soutseal Asian Languages (COTSEAL), 1999-2001
Board Member, Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), 1999
President, Hawaii Association of Language Teachers (HALT), 1998-1999
(UH) Presidential Citation for Meritorius Teaching, 1996
Hall of Fame, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, for the distinction of winning five first prizes in the annual award of the Literary Contest
First prize, Poetry (Filipino Division), "Bayan ng Lunggati, Bayan ng Pighati" (Land of Aspiration, Land of Lamentation), Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (CPMAL)

 

Courses Taught

FIL 101-102: Elementary Filipino
FIL 201-202: Intermediate Filipino
FIL 301-302: Advanced Filipino
FIL 415: (Translation)
FIL 461: Tagalog Literature
FIL 462: (Tagalog Folklore)
IP 363: Contemporary Philippine Literature in English
IP 396: Philippine Folk Literature in Translation
IP 435: The Novels of Jose Rizal

 

Recent Publications

Balada ni Lola Amonita and The Ballad of Lola Amonita in Nick Carbo and Eileen Tabios (Eds.), Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers. San Francisco, California: Aunt Lute Books, c2000. pp. 309-315

Metaphors of Protest: Anti-Colonial and Nationalistic Themes as Tradition in Tagalog Poetry, Literary Studies East and West, Volume 17 (Navigating Islands and Continents: Conversations and Constestations in and around the Pacific, Selected Essays). Honolulu: College of Languages Linguistics and Literature, University of Hawaii and the East-West Center, c2000. pp. 24-39

Anyaya ng Imperyalista/Invitation of the Imperialist, a bilingual collection of poems on diaspora. Quezon City, Philippines: University of the Philippines Press, 1998

Kung Di Man (If Not), a collection of love poems in Tagalog. Pasig, Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, Inc., 1994

Valeriano Hernandez-Peña: Ang Kasaysayan ng Magkaibigang Nena at Neneng--Pag-aaral, Pagpapakahulugan, Pagpapahalaga (The Story of Nena and Neneng Friendship--Analysis, Interpretation and Appreciation). Pasig, Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, Inc., 1993

Mga Abong Pangarap: Mga Dula, a collection of socio-political plays in Tagalog, Quezon City, Philippines: Kalikasan Press, 1991

Mga Liham ni Pinay (The Letters of Pinay), a collection of Tagalog feminist and political poems, Manila, Philippines: De La Salle University Press, c1990

Wika at Katauhang Babae: Mula Mito Hanggang Panahong Moderno (Language and Womans Individuality: From Myth to Modern Times) in Malay: Jornal ng Humanidades at Agham Panlipunan (Vol. IX, No. 1, 1990-91), De La Salle University Press