My name is Joshua, but you can call me Josh.
I am an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University. I have a PhD in sociocultural and linguistic anthropology from the University of Chicago. My primary research is about the public politics of language, race, and belonging in Singapore. This research was completed through affiliations with the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at Singapore University of Technology and Design (2017 and 2018–20) and National University of Singapore (2018–19).
My research has been funded by the Fulbright U.S. Student Researcher Program and the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund of the Reed Foundation. I have also received support from the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, UChicago Urban, and the Lichtstern Fund of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.
I’ve designed, taught, or co-taught courses in Ethnographic Methods, Linguistics, Global Studies, Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies, and Academic Writing at the University of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Beyond this, I’ve designed, led, and participated in mentoring and career education programs for polytechnic, undergraduate, and graduate students in the U.S. and Singapore. I’ve also led workshops and trainings in design thinking and graphic design for social scientists.
I’ve spent time living and working in the American Pacific Northwest and Midwest, as well as the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia. Linguistic anthropology is my intellectual specialization, but I have broad, interdisciplinary interests that enrich my work as a scholar of discourse.
Education
University of Chicago
2022 | PhD, Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology
2017 | Master of Arts, Anthropology
2013 | Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology
University of Nueva Caceres (Naga City, Philippines)
2007–8 | Student-at-Large (non-degree)