CV
Rina Garcia Chua, PhD
Born in Manila, Philippines
Lives and works in the unceded and currently occupied territories of the syilx Okanagan peoples.
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EDUCATION
2022 University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada
PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies
2014 De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
Master of Arts in Language and Literature, Major in Literature
2007 University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Bachelor of Secondary Education – Major in English
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2023-onwards University of British Columbia
Research Affiliate with the FEELed Lab (Feminist Environmental Lab)
2023-2024 University of British Columbia
Research Associate in Environmental Humanities and Migrant Ecologies
2023 Dartmouth College
Fellow in Environmental Humanities, “Affective Currents” Environmental Humanities Institute (Leslie Center for the Humanities)
2022-2023 Simon Fraser University
Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow in the Humanities
Project: “Fragmenting the West Coast”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of British Columbia, Sole Instructor
Communications in the Social Sciences (fall/winter 2024-2025)
Communications in the Humanities (winter 2025)
Interpersonal Communication: Personal and Professional Identity (winter 2024)
Studies in Composition, with focus on Sustainability (fall/winter 2023-2024)
Studies in Composition (Enhanced) (fall/winter 2022-2023)
University of British Columbia, Teaching Assistant
Cultural Studies (fall/winter 2021-2022)
Introduction to Literary Genres (summer 2020)
Postcolonial Literatures (fall 2019)
Anthropocene Literatures (fall/winter 2018-2019)
Film and Media Studies (winter 2017, fall/winter 2017-2018)
Art History (fall 2016)
University of Santo Tomas, Sole Instructor
Young Adult Literatures (2014-2016)
Comparative Mythology (2014-2016)
World Literatures (2014-2016)
Philippine Literatures (2010-2012, 2014-2016)
Classical European Literatures (2010-2012)
Introduction to Humanities (2010-2012)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2021-2022 Graduate Academic Assistant, Centre for Scholarly Communication, University of British Columbia
2019-2021 Graduate Research Assistant, Public Humanities Hub Okanagan, University of British Columbia
2018-2019 Graduate Research Assistant, Punk Pedagogy, University of British Columbia
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2023 Public Engagement Accelerator Fund, Memorial University
2023 Environmental Humanities Institute Fellow, Leslie Center for the Humanities, Dartmouth College
2022 Affiliated Symposium Funding Award, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
2022 Digital Humanities Innovation Lab (DHIL) Grant, Simon Fraser University
2021 University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia
2020 Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Graduate Scholarship, University of British Columbia
2020 Graduate Student Fund, Modern Language Association
2019 UBC Tuum Est Initiative Fund Award
2019 Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Research-Creation Fund, University of British Columbia
2018 Nominee, Best Anthology in English, Philippine National Book Awards
2018 University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia
2017 Graduate Student Travel Grant, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
2017 Graduate Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, University of British Columbia
2017 Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Travel Research Grant, University of British Columbia
2017 University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia
2016 Graduate Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, University of British Columbia
2016 University of British Columbia Graduate Scholarship
2016 Woodhaven Eco-Culture Centre Graduate Student Fellowship
2014 International Membership Grant, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
2012 Full University Scholarship Recipient, De La Salle University
SERVICE
To University
Graduate Student Committee, University of British Columbia, 2020-2021
Canada Research Chair Tier 2 Hiring Committee, University of British Columbia, 2020-2021
College of Graduate Studies Board, University of British Columbia, 2019-2020
Volunteer, alumniUBC, University of British Columbia, 2017-2019
Volunteer, Community Service Learning, University of British Columbia, 2019-2022
Student Leadership Committee, University of British Columbia, 2019
To Community
Associate Editor, Environmental Humanities, 2024-present
Board Member, poetry in Canada, 2023-present
Board Member, Inspired Word Café, 2024-present
Diversity Officer, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, 2019-2023
Associate Editor for Literary Studies, AKDA: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, and Performance, 2022-present
Co-Editor, The Goose: Journal of Arts, Environment, and Culture in Canada, 2022-2024
Poetry Editor, Tiger Moth Review, 2022-2023
Poetry Editor, The Goose: Journal of Arts, Environment, and Culture in Canada, 2019-2022
Committee Member, Anti-Racist and Equity Working Group (Canada) in the Environmental Humanities, 2021-2022
Committee Member (Conference), Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, 2021-2022