Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
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Email: cmfajardo@up.edu.ph
Zeke is an Assistant Professor of Speech Communication. He earned his BA Communication (2007) and MA Speech Communication (2016) from the University of the Philippines. He is on study leave to pursue a PhD at the International Christian University in Japan under the Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Speech Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, University of the Philippines Baguio, Philippines
COURSES TAUGHT
Comm 10 (Critical Perspectives in Communication)
Comm 140 (Communication Theory)
Comm 199.2 (Thesis Proposal Writing)
SC 101 (Introduction to Speech Communication)
SC 104 (Nonverbal Communication)
SC 124 (Performance Art)
SC 136 (Rhetoric and Forms of Public Address)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Migration, Culture, and Communication
Performance Studies
Nonverbal Communication
Speech Communication
Listening
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Book Chapters
- Fajardo, C.E. (2021). Ang Tira Bakal bilang (kon)teskto ng katawang nagtatanghal. Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino.
- Fajardo, C.E. (2016). Paggalugad sa katawan ng Kristo gamit ang antropolohiya at komunikasyon. In L.C. Mendoza (Ed.), Social science teaching, research and practice: Consolidating lessons and charting directions, Vol. 2. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center.
Journal Articles
- Fajardo, C.E. (2016).Sakit ng loob at sakit ng labas: Isang pagsilip sa maikling kasaysayan at kontemporanyong kuwento ng pagtatanghal ng Tira Bakal sa lunsod ng San Fernando, Pampanga (1961-Kasalukuyan). Saliksik E-Journal 5 (2).
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
- Fajardo, C.E. “Paggalugad sa Katawan ng Kristo Gamit ang Komunikasyon at Antropolohiya” in A Conference on Social Science Teaching, Research, and Practice. Baguio: College of Social Sciences-Cordillera Studies Center, 2016.
Conference Presentations
- Fajardo, C.E. “Finding Foodways and Folkways: Exploring Food Discourse Within the Filipino Diaspora Community Culture in Japan.” The 29th Annual Philippine Studies Forum in Japan (APSFJ), Tsuru University, Yamanashi, Japan, 22-23 June 2024.
- Fajardo, C.E. “Exploring Filipino Indigenous in/and Migrant Narratives: an Analysis of “Dolores” through Sakit ng Loob and Sakit ng Labas.” The 28th Annual Philippine Studies Forum in Japan (APSFJ), Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University,Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 9-10 September 2023.
- Fajardo, C.E., Jaca, G., Tan, J.A.F., & Toring, R. “What’s next, MEXT?: (Auto)ethnographic Accounts of Filipino Scholars during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The 28th Annual Philippine Studies Forum in Japan (APSFJ), Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University,Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 9-10 September 2023.
- Fajardo, C.E. “Reng Manalbe: The Audience’s Perspective on the Tira Bakal Ritual-Performance in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga.” The Philippine Studies Association 2018 National Conference: The Reshaping of Philippine Studies: Contending viewpoints, voices, and knowledges, National Museum of Fine Arts Manila, 26-28 September 2018
- Fajardo, C.E. “Paggalugad sa Katawan ng Kristo Gamit ang Komunikasyon at Antropolohiya” in A Conference on Social Science Teaching, Research, and Practice. College of Social Sciences-Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio City, November 12-14, 2015.
- Fajardo, C.E. “A study on how students listen to their speech coach during speech choir rehearsals” in the 21st IAICS cum The 11th Biennial Conference of CAFIC, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, July 14-18, 2015
Short Communications
- Fajardo, C.E., Neth, I & Yuasa, H. “Dolores” [Documentary]. Film project in ITAsia 311 class (Media Ethnography: Filmmaking for Fieldwork), an audited course under professor and filmmaker, Dipesh Kharel, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo, Autumn 2022. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTreR8Xp9WT43uHXT-3XBCgyqYh7Gzt2/view
- Fajardo, C.E. “Dolores: Life Lessons and Learnings in Producing a Documentary” in Ti Similla 2023 January-March, pp.6,8-10. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://tisimilla.upb.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ti-Similia-January-March-2023-Issue_F.pdf
AWARDS, CITATIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- 2021 Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship Research Student Category, Government of Japan, October 2021-present
- 2022-2024 & 2019-2021 One U.P. Faculty Grant Award in Communication (Speech Communication) for Outstanding Teaching and Public Service in UP Baguio
- Gawad Julian Cruz Balmaseda 2017 para sa pinakamahusay na masteradong tesis
- “Ang Tira Bakal bilang (Kon) Teksto ng Katawang Nagtatanghal.” Conferred by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), 27 January 2017, Manila