The Philippines Studies Group (PSG) is one of six country committees of the Southeast Asia Council (SEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). PSG offers an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of scholarly ideas and the promotion of Philippine Studies.
The organization is headed by an Executive Secretary, also known as “country chair,” who is elected from the general membership to a three-year term, with the assistance of a Vice Executive Secretary, Treasurer, and Advisory Board made up of twelve members on staggered terms.
Executive Committee
- Chair (2024-26): Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez (UC Santa Cruz), gutierrezk(at)ucsc.edu
- Vice Chair (2024-25): Noah Theriault (Carnegie Mellon), noaht(at)cmu.edu
- Treasurer (2024-25): Maureen Justiniano (SNA International, supporting the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency), mcs.justiniano(at)gmail.com
- Secretary (2024-25): Bradley Cardozo (Cal State Long Beach),
bradley.cardozo(at)csulb.edu
Advisory Board, with term-end year
- Joshua Acosta (UC Berkeley), 2027
- Maria Carinnes Alejandria (U Brunei Darussalam), 2025
- Kerby Alvarez (UP Diliman), 2026
- Maria Ela L. Atienza (UP Diliman), 2025
- Paul Michael Atienza (Cal Poly Humboldt), 2027
- Jorge Bayona (Col México), 2026
- Patricia I. Dacudao (Ateneo de Manila), 2025
- Emmanuel David (CU Boulder), 2027
- Adrian De Leon (USC), 2026
- Ruth de Llobet (NYU Shanghai), 2025
- Nicolo Ludovice (HKU Sci Tech), 2027
- Alyssa Paredes (Michigan), 2026
- Mark John Sanchez (Vanderbilt), 2027
Standing committees
The 2024 PSG Conference Award Committee (formerly the Travel Award committee) includes Patricia Dacudao (chair), Kristian Karlo Saguin, and Gabriela Lee. The travel fund began in 2013 as an initiative of Lindy Aquino and Bernardita Churchill.
Each year, PSG designates one panel proposal for guaranteed acceptance into the conference program. The Designated Panel Selection Committee for the 2024 conference includes Paul Michael Atienza (chair), Ela Atienza, and Herb Fondevilla.
Every two years, a selection committee is formed by the Executive Secretary for the Grant Goodman Prize in Historical Studies. The 2023 committee members were Mina Roces (chair), Michael Cullinane, Vicente Rafael, and Megan Thomas.
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Past PSG chairs (in alphabetical order) include Belinda Aquino, Roger Bresnahan, Michael Cullinane, Jean Paul Dumont, James Eder, Donn Hart, John Larkin, Glenn May, Michael Onorato, Cheree Quizon, Paul Rodell, Susan D. Russell, Noah Theriault, Megan Thomas, Benito Vergara, Jr. and Robert Youngblood.
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