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Ronald Baytan

Full Professor

Educational Background
AB in Literature
De La Salle University, Philippines

MA in Language and Literature major in English
De La Salle University, Philippines

PhD in English Studies
University of the Philippines- Diliman, Philippines

Ronald Baytan is full professor of literature at De La Salle University where he teaches Philippine literature, LGBTQIA+ studies, and creative writing.  He holds a Ph.D. in English Studies from the University of the Philippines Diliman.  He is one of the pioneers of LGBTQIA+ studies and teaching in the Philippines.  He was the first to teach Gay and Lesbian Literature at a Catholic university in the Philippines in 1995.  Most of his recent critical works focus on cinema, specifically queer/gay films in the country.  He is also interested in the study of auto/biographical narratives and Chinese identities vis-à-vis queerness.  A Palanca winner, he is the author of The Queen Sings the Blues: Poems, 1992 -2002 (Anvil, 2007) and The Queen Lives Alone: Personal Essays (UP Press, 2012).   He is the editor of Lit Matters: A Manual for Teaching Philippine Literature (Anvil, 2014).

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