Cecilia "Lia" Uy-Tioco

Graduate Lecturer

Cecilia “Lia” Uy-Tioco teaches at the Department of Communication and New Century College, and has also taught at the Cultural Studies Program. For six years she was also an Academic Advisor at New Century College. Lia is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in Cultural Studies. Her research interests include media studies, new media in the developing world, and globalization. Prior to pursuing a career in the academe, Lia held various positions in the publishing industry. In the Philippines, she was Managing Editor of Metro Working Mom magazine and Assistant Director of the Ateneo de Manila University Press. In New York City, she worked at BasicBooks/HarperCollins and The New Press.

Degrees

PhD Candidate, Cultural Studies, George Mason University

MA Media Studies, New School University, New York, NY, 2004

MA Publishing, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, New York, NY, 1996

Certificate in Publishing, Radcliffe Publishing Course, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1993

AB Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Humanities, Communication, and Legal Management, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines, 1992

Selected Publications

“Overseas Filipino Workers & Text Messaging: Reinventing Transnational Mothering,” Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. 21.2 (June 2007, pp. 253-365). [Peer-reviewed.] Also in Mobile Phone Cultures, ed. Gerard Goggin. London: Routledge, 2007.

Courses Taught

• COMM 302 Foundations of Mass Communication
• CULT 320 Globalization & Culture
• NCLC 102 Global Networks & Communities
• NCLC 110 Community of Learners
• NCLC 130 The Social World
• NCLC 375/475 Globalization & Media
• NCLC 475 New Media & Everyday Life
• NCLC 290/390/490 Experiential Learning Internship
• NCLC 391 Introduction to Integrative Studies
• NCLC 491 Senior Capstone
• HNRS 110 Introduction to Research (graduate teaching assistant)