Prof. Cecilia Fe Sta. Maria-Abalos, PhD
Director, Office of Public Affairs
Professor of Speech Communication
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CECILIA FE STA. MARIA-ABALOS is a Professor of Speech Communication. She earned her PhD Development Communication from UP Los Baños.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Development Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
Master of Arts in Speech Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication, University of the Philippines College Baguio, Philippines
COURSES TAUGHT
SC 190 – Speech Communication Planning
COMM 10 – Critical Perspectives in Communication
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Space and spatiality
Development and poverty studies
Communication strategy
Monitoring and evaluation
Creative city
PUBLICATIONS
Books & Book Chapters
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2016). Nexus of Discourses in Risk Communication. In Resilience and Sustainability: Fourteen Narratives. Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio., pp. 123-134. ISBN: 978-971-92720-9-0.
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F., Flor, A. and A. Ciencia (Eds.). (2016). Resilience and Sustainability: Fourteen Narratives. Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio. ISBN: 978-971-92720-9-0
Journal Editorship
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2021). Southeast Asian Media Studies Journal. Special Issue: Communication Outbreaks. Vol. 3 (1) 2021.
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2020). International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development. Special Issue Title: Discourses on Biodiversity: An Asian Perspective. Vol.11(1) 2020.
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. and A. Flor. (2019). International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development. Special Issue Title: Vol. 10(4). 2019.
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2019). Southeast Asian Media Studies Journal. Special Issue editor. First Issue.
Journal Articles
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2021). Shifting Food Culture and Space: Narrative of Communities Living in Tributary Rivers of Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Walailak Journal of Social Science. Vol 14(5): 2021, September-October.
- Abalos, C.F., Baonan, Z. and C.L. Abansi. (2020). A Review of Biodiversity-Related Reports in the Cordillera Highlands, Northern Luzon Philippines. Journal of Nature Studies. Vol 19(2). 84-103.
- Sta Maria, C.F. (2018). Reading Space, Time and Body: Understanding Poverty Using Participatory Method. Sage Research Methods. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526459343Online: Available: http://methods.sagepub.com/case/reading-space-time-and-body-understanding-poverty-participatory-method?fromsearch=true.
- Sta Maria, C.F. (2016). Smell, Space and Othering. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies. Vol. 1 (2), pp. 73-86.
- Sta Maria, C.F. (2016). Monumentalizing the Urban and Concealing the Rural. socio,hu. Special Issue 2016 (English), pp. 62-81.
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2016). Social Mobilization Online: Re(Constructed) Identity, Communication. Media Watch: Journal of Communication. Vol. 7(1), pp. 5-18.
- Sta Maria, C.F. (2014). Narrative of the Pier. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development. Vol 5 (2), pp. 39-55.
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2011). Communicating the Culture of Consumerism: Spatiality of SM Mall, Baguio City. The Philippine Journal of Development Communication. Col. 4 (January-December 2011), pp. 1-16.
Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2016). My Body as the Space and Site for Reading the Discourse of the Filipino Woman. Third International Conference on Advances on Women’s Studies. 30-31 July 2016. Buffalo, New York. Canada: Unique. Pp. 100-106. ISBN: 978-0-9951985-8-6.
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2016). The Facebook Pages of Philippine Presidential Candidates 2016: Discourse on Network Society’s Political Voice and Legitimacy. 2nd World Conference on Media and Mass Communication. 21-22 April 2016. Bangkok, Thailand. The International Institute of Management. Pp. 1-12. ISSN: 2424-6778.
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2014). Talking Circle: When Grassroots Women Speak About Themselves, Their lives and their Roles as Advocates of Child Protection in their Community. Korea-ASEAN Cooperation Project (KACP). Uncovering Korea-ASEAN Women’s Lived Realities through Feminist Research. AAWS. Pp. 162-170.
Short Communications
- Sta Maria-Abalos, C.F. (2016). (Re)entering the Kitchen. In Hoy, Boy!: A Festschrift for Delfin Tolentino Jr. Baguio City, Philippines: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, pp. 151-166. ISBN: 978-621-95605-1-