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Jeconiah Dreisbach
Researcher | Academic | Editor | Consultant

Interdisciplinary social science researcher on the Philippine linguistic landscape with seven years of international experience
as an educator, journal editor, reviewer, and technical consultant. 

I built this website to offer free (pro bono) research consultancy and related services to educational institutions
in the Global South, most especially in Southeast Asia. 

Google Scholar Page     ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3761-9267      Scopus Author ID: 57216821531       Web of Science ResearcherID: J-6360-2017

Invite me for talks, seminars, engagements, and consultancies

Ethnography and qualitative research

  • Qualitative research methods
  • Ethnographic methods
  • Research ethics
  • Sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology-related topics

Research publication and productivity

  • Doing a literature review
  • Converting your thesis/dissertation into journal articles
  • Choosing a research journal to submit your papers
  • What are predatory journals, publishers, and conferences (and why you shouldn’t participate in it)

Research journal management

  • Establishing a research journal
  • Why open-access publishing is important in scientific advancement
  • Journal indexing (e.g. Philippine Citation Index, ASEAN Citation Index, Scopus, Web of Science)

Send an e-mail to: jecon[at]jecondreisbach.com

I was featured and/or interviewed by the following media organizations:

Current and former academic positions

Lecturer in Philippine Studies, Department of Filipino, De La Salle University (Manila, The Philippines, 2020-2024);
Instructor, Department of Social Sciences, De La Salle Araneta University (Malabon, The Philippines, 2018-2019)

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Current and former research positions

PhD researcher, IdentiCat research group, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona, 2020-Present); Visiting Doctoral Researcher, Department of International Studies, American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates, 2021-2023); Senior Researcher, Office of Research and Publications, Asian Institute of Management (The Philippines, 2019-2020)

External affiliations

Regular Member (Division of Social Sciences) - National Research Council of the Philippines; Honorary Fellow and Editorial Advisory Board Member, Bangsamoro Research and Legal Network;
Affiliate, Australian National University (ANU) Philippines Institute, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS) 

Currently serving as an editorial board member for the following journals:

Served as reviewer for some of the world’s top research journals:

  • Nature Communications (Nature)
  • International Journal of Communication (USC)
  • International Journal of the Sociology of Language (De Gruyter)
  • SAGE Open (SAGE)
  • Studies in English Language and Education (USK)
  • Medical Education Online (Routledge)
  • Harvard Public Health Review (now BCPH)

For the full list of my peer review history, visit my ORCID and WoS ResearcherID pages.

Education

PhD in Humanities and Communication

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona)

Rank 601-800 in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Specialization: Critical sociolinguistics of Filipino migration

Master of Arts in Philippine Studies - Language, Culture, Media

De La Salle University (Manila)

Rank 641-650 2025 QS World University Rankings 
Rank 1501+ 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 

Summer Schools &
Executive Education

  • Spanish and Catalan languages (2023) - Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Language Acquistion (2021) - Universität Potsdam
  • Global Politics (2017) - Center for Global Politics, Freie Universität Berlin

Book & Book Chapters

Telles, J.P., Ryan, J.C., Dreisbach, J.L. (Eds.) (2022). Environment, Media, and Popular Culture in Southeast Asia. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1130-9

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Select Journal Articles

Dreisbach, J.L. & Mendoza-Dreisbach, S. (2023). Prospects for the Expansion of Language Policies in the Bangsamoro Education Code. International Journal of Islamic Thought, 23, 50-55. https://doi.org/10.24035/ijit.23.2023.255  (Scopus Q2, WOS ESCI)

Gallego, M.K., Dreisbach, J., Manzano, D., Santiago, V.C., Tupas, R., & Zubiri, L.A. (2022). Counter-Babel: Reframing Linguistic Practices in Multilingual Philippines. The Archive: A Journal Dedicated to the Study of Philippine Languages and Dialects, 17, 113-153.

Policarpio, M.R., Dreisbach, J.L., Masalunga, A.G., & Demeterio, F.P.A. (2022). Generational and Sex Differences among Filipinos in Metro Manila in their Perceptions of the Attractiveness of the Light and Dark-Complexioned Male and Female Models. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 18(2), 255- 284. https://doi.org/10.21315/ijaps2022.18.2.11 (Scopus Q2, WOS ESCI)

Dreisbach, J.L., & Demeterio, F.P.A. (2021). Language use and preference in the multilingual context of Davao City, Philippines. Studies in English Language and Education, 8(1), 313-327. https://doi.org/10.24815/siele.v8i1.18454 (Scopus Q1 98th percentile)

Demetrio, F.P.A. & Dreisbach, J.L. (2017). Disentangling the Rubrico and Dolalas Hypotheses on the Davao Filipino Language. Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 5(2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1705.02.01 (Scopus Q4)

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Some webinars and podcasts where I spoke

 

 

Features of speaking engagements and publications: