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Faculty and Staff

 

Full-Time Faculty

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Ferdinand T. Cantular
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Department Chair, Associate Professor

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. in Language Studies
  • MA in English
  • MA in Pastoral Ministry/Theology
  • AB English
  • AB Philosophy
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Research on Literary and Linguistic studies, Creative and Technical Writing, Local and Indigenous Literature, Mindanaoan folklore and mythology, Osmosis of Theology, Philosophy and Literature, Linguistic Analysis in a Literary work, collection of books, shell collection, photography
RESEARCH
  • Man's Search for Meaning as Expressed in Herman Melville's Moby Dick
  • Theological Dimension in Six Filipino Poets in English
  • Morphological Borrowing: A Linguistic Ethnographic Study of Cagay-anon Sebuano Verb Affix Adaptation
 

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Ann Catherine T. Acenas
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Associate Professor

EDUCATION
  • Master in English Language Studies
  • BA Broadcast Communication
RESEARCH
  • Descriptive Study on Dubbing of Foreign Cartoons and its Implications and Effects to the Filipino Children's Viewing
  • Special Project: A Course in Advanced Speech Communication
 

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Cathelyn C. Adajar
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Associate Professor

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. Education (Complete Academic Requirements)
  • Ph.D. Sociology (15 units)
  • MA English
  • AB English Literature (Cum Laude)
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Humanities: Art, Aesthetics, & Society, Literary Criticism, Film Criticism, Speech Communication, Public Speaking, Philippine Literature in English, British Literature
RESEARCH
  • Themes in Selected Youth-Oriented Filipino Films of the 1990s
  • Film Adaptations of Grimms Fairy Tales
 

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Kleone S. Butaslac
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Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA Applied Linguistics
  • AB/BSE English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Language Learning and Teaching, Discourse Analysis, TESL, IM Development
RESEARCH
  • Apology Lexemes and Redressive Strategies in Campus
 

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Nancy P. Cocamas
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Assistant Professor

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. Sociology (Candidate)
  • MA Education - School Management
  • AB English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • American Literature, British Literature, Afro-Asian Literature, Philippine Literature, World Literature, World Drama, World Poetry, World Fiction, Myths/Legends/Folklore, Ethnic Literature, Language and Culture/Ethnolinguistics, Language and Society/Sociolinguistics, Language Teaching: Principles, Methods, and Techniques, Language Testing, Reading Remediation, Syllabus Construction, ELLT Materials Preparation and Evaluation, Advanced Grammar and Composition, Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Research Methods
RESEARCH
  • The Moro- Moro Play: Its Origin and Variations
  • The Strengths and Weaknesses of Evaluation Instruments in English One at Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City during Second Semester SY 1997-1998 and the First Semester SY 1998-1999
 

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Dennis P. Corbita
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Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA English
  • AB English Language and Literature Studies
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Humanities and Arts, Corporate Communication/Business English
RESEARCH
  • The Supernatural Characteristics in the Selected Filipino Horror films from 2004-2009
 

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Lilia A. Cotejar
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Associate Professor

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. ELL (Candidate)
  • MA English
  • BSE English
RESEARCH
  • The Woman Characters in the Short Stories of Selected Filipino Woman Writers
  • Gender, Class and Nationalism: Women's Triple Struggle in the Postcolonial Fiction of Selected Southeast Asian Women Writers
 

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Geraldine P. Eligan (On Leave)
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Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA English
  • MA Education major in Teaching English Communication Arts
  • AB English Language
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Intensive grammar, academic writing, research, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English as a Second Language (ESL), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC
RESEARCH
  • Affective Variables on Oral Communication Skills of Education Lower Classmen in Lourdes College, Cagayan de Oro City
  • Enculturation in the Semantic Variations of Compliment Responses in English among Cagayan de Oro and Singapore Women
 

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Rogelio F. Garcia Jr. (On Study Leave)
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Instructor

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. English (on-going)
  • MA English
  • AB English
RESEARCH
  • Analysis of Variance: A Reconstructional Study on Cagayan de Oro's Legends of Origin
  • Fighting from Fringes: Representations of Filipino Women in the Independent Films of Brillante Mendoza
 

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Mark E. Labuntog (On Secondment in Campion Institute, Yangon Myanmar)
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Associate Professor

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. Educational Management
  • MA English
  • AB English
 

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Jennifer Red E. Sabela
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Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA English
  • AB English
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Philippine Literature, Literatures of the World, Speech Communication, Children’s Literature, Academic Writing, The Tradition of Fiction, Advanced Expository Writing, Literary Research
RESEARCH
  • Image of Children and Themes in the Children’s Book Series of Grace D. Chong

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Saministrado, Maria Luisa S.
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Professor

EDUCATION
  • PhD English
  • PhD Educational Management
  • MA English
  • AB Philosophy/English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Literary Criticism, Critical Thinking and Writing, Short Stories, Novels, Cross-Cultural Communication
RESEARCH
  • Female Victimhood and Suicide in the Naturalistic NovelVerbal Interactions and Literature Classes: Implications on the Use of the Ignatian Paradigm to Teaching
 

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Lumin Christy Sario
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Instructor

EDUCATION
  • PhD Language Studies (6 units)
  • MA Education major in English Language Teaching
  • AB English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Linguistics, TESL, TEFL, TESOL, Bilingualism, Speech Communication, Business Communication, Registers of English, Academic Writing, Philippine Literature in English, Grammar and Composition, Structure of English
RESEARCH
  • The Writing Ability of Freshman College
 

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Hobart P. Savior
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Director, Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. in Language Studies
  • Master in English Language Studies
  • AB English
 

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Arlene J. Yandug
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Associate Professor

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. Creative Writing
  • MA English
  • AB English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • poetry, memory and literature, regional/local literature, poetry of place, ecocriticism, genre bending in children’s literature, art and society, Philippine literature in English, translation
RESEARCH
  • The Creative Production of Open Form Poems and Haiku
  • Remembering the South: Poems At Home With Mindanao and Elsewhere
  • The Regulation of Gender Relations Through Customary Laws in the Specific Contexts of Courtship, Marriage and Marital Conflicts as Reflected in the Agyo Epic
  • Sketching The Poetic Terrain of Philippine Women Poets
  • The Translation of Bisdak Humor in Adonis Durado’s Poetry: Foregrounding the Bilingual Reader’s Position
  • The Confessional Mode and Social Dimension in Cyril Wong’s Poetry
  • Home Hymn Hubad: Translation as Disentangling Locations of Ethnic Identities and Home Claims
  • Poestory: Liminality or The Poetics of the Threshold in Children’s Literature
 

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Aimee Abella-Faunillan
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Assistant Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA English
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Management
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Philippine Literature, Academic Writing, Literary Theory and Criticism, Literary Research, Postmodern Criticism, Creative Writing, The Novel, Literature and History, Creative Nonfiction
RESEARCH
  • Counter-Memory to Philippine Marcosian History: Arlene J. Chai's Eating Fire and Drinking Water as Historiographic Metafiction

 Part-Time Faculty 
 

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Luzviminda Binolhay
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Lecturer

EDUCATION

  • AB English
 

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Christine Gumalal
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Lecturer

EDUCATION
  • MA English (30 units)
  • AB English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Folklore, Gender Studies, Literary Criticism, Arts and Humanities  
RESEARCH
  • An Analysis of Variations of the Oro Lore in Cagayan de Oro City

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Andre Dominic T. Peralta
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Assistant Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA English (Candidate)
  • AB English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Academic Writing, Business Correspondence, English Grammar, Psychological Approaches in Literature
RESEARCH
  • Self-esteem and Oral Proficiency of English 3 StudentsSelf-esteem and Oral Proficiency of English 3
  • StudentsReligious Themes and Insights in Mindanaoan Folktales
 

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Bombei Samante
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Assistant Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA English Literature (Thesis Proposal)
  • AB English Literature
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Literature, Philosophy, Physics
RESEARCH
  • Moral Issues in Mindanao Stories

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Dr. Bernadette S. Tismo
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Professor

Full Profile

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. Language Education
  • MA English
  • AB English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Applied Linguistics, Structure of English, Corporate Communications, Advanced Grammar & Composition, Phonology & Phonetics, TESL, TESOL, British Literature, Romantic Movement, Shakespearean Tragedy, American Literature, Philippine Literature
RESEARCH
  • Imagery in the Bible
  • Language Power: A Critical Discourse Analysis in Academic Setting

Faculty Members
 

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Candy Grace Castañares
ccastañares@xu.edu.ph
Lecturer

EDUCATION
  • MA Communication Arts English (33 units)
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – Information Technology

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Maria Veronica Large
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Lecturer

EDUCATION
  • MA English (on-going)
  • Special Education Diploma Certificate
  • Professional Education Certificate of Completion
  • AB Developmental Communication
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Business Correspondence, Creative Writing, Theater Arts
RESEARCH
  • Co-Author/Editor of: In Late 1941 and Into The Fray by Carl Alan Large
  • Assistant Researcher: University Staff Performance Evaluation Tool
 

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Maria Luisa Manrique
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Lecturer

EDUCATION
  • MA Education major in Teaching English Communication Arts (Complete Academic Requirements)
  • BS Education major in English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Academic Writing, Language Research, Language and Society, Speech Communication, Business Correspondence, Call Center English, Applied Linguistics, Critical Theory
RESEARCH
  • Pleasure Reading and its Influence in Reading Comprehension

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Jenifer F. Nara
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Assistant Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA Education major in English
  • AB English Literature
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Philippine Literature, Philippine Literature in English, World Literature, Humanities, Language in Culture, Cebuano Language, Academic Writing, Business Correspondence, Advanced Grammar and Composition, Literary History of the Philippines, Teaching and Testing Literature, Literature in English, Children's Literature, Mindanao Folk Literature, Women's Literature, Teaching English as a Second Language
RESEARCH
  • Maranao Proverbs
  • The American Influences Reflected in the Short Stories of Filipino Writers in America: Complexities of Physical-Psychological Struggles

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April Jade A. Ramayan
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Assistant Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA English (Candidate)
  • AB English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Folklore, Philippine Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism, Literary Research, Postmodern and Postcolonial Literature, Speech Communication
RESEARCH
  • The Wakwak Tales of Initao Misamis Oriental
  • Gossip as History: The Alternative History of Negros Occidental in the Selected Short Stories of Rosario Cruz-Lucero

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Maria Estella V. Sanchez
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Assistant Instructor

EDUCATION
  • MA English (Candidate)
  • AB English
AREAS OF INTEREST
  • Academic Writing, Philippine Literature, Humanities, Art and Society, Film Criticism
RESEARCH
  • Critical Analysis of NVM Gonzalez’ Short Stories

 

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Hannah Eduave
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Administrative Staff

EDUCATION
  • MA units in School Administration (COC-PHINMA)
  • Diploma in Special Education (MUST)
  • BSBA Economics
 

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Edbert O. Galendez
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Speech Laboratory Technician

EDUCATION
  • 3-year Electronic Technology (Diploma)
  • Certificate in Business Communication
  • AB English (on-going)