Bacolod, Lee, and Javier awarded UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair

Professors Mary Ann Bacolod and Aldrin Lee and Assoc. Prof. Jem Javier have been awarded the UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair for the January to December 2025 cycle.

Prof. Bacolod was primarily awarded on the basis of her work “On the Translatability of Filipino Modals and its Impact on Disaster Communication,” a chapter of the book “Translation Studies in the Philippines: Navigating a Multilingual Archipelago” edited by Dr. Riccardo Moratto of Shanghai International Studies University and Prof. Bacolod and published by Routledge. Assoc. Prof. Javier was also primarily awarded based on a book chapter in the same book entitled “The Biblical, the Moral, and the Legal: Juxtaposing Filipino/Tagalog Translations of Biblical Passages and Local Views on Sex, Gender, and Sexuality” co-authord by Assoc. Prof. Madilene Landicho of the UPD Department of Anthropology.

Prof. Lee was primarily awarded on the basis of his work “A Parellel Corpus-Based Comparative Analysis of Korean and Tagalog Negation” co-written with Dr. Ji-Yeon Jeon of Kangwon National university and Dr. Jung Hee Lee of Kyung Hee University and project convener of the Korean-Foreign Language Parallel Corpus Project.

The UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chairs and Faculty Grants have been given to faculty members every cycle since 2008. It recognizes the importance of advanced degrees, research, and mentoring in the overall advancement of teaching in the University. 

Prof. Lee and Assoc. Prof. Javier have also been awarded in 2024. 

Padayon!