ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

University of the Philippines Los Baños

2F NCAS Building, Pedro Sandoval Ave., Los Baños, Laguna

+63906 359 5068 | cdsayuno1@up.edu.ph | csayuno@illinois.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associate

School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024-2025

Associate Professor of Communication, Media, and Children’s Literature (on leave)

Communication Division, Department of Humanities

College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños

University Artist 1 

University of the Philippines System 

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication

University of the Philippines Diliman, 2015–2022 (GWA: 1.3056)

Dissertation: “The Child as World Builder: Theorizing the Children’s Agentic Transmedia Engagement Through Creativity”

Master of Arts in Communication Arts (Major in Writing, Minor in Development Communication)

University of the Philippines Los Baños, 2012–2014 (GWA: 1.1500)

Thesis: “Languaging Child Empowerment in Palanca-Winning Short Stories for Children in English, 2010–2014: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis”

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication (Major in Journalism with Certificate in Information Systems Management)

Cavite State University 2006–2010 (GWA: 1.52, cum laude) 

Thesis: “Readiness and Capability of Cavite State University to Offer Other Majorships Under the BA Mass Communication Program: Basis for Curriculum Enhancement”

• Regular Member, National Research Council of the Philippines (Division VIII: Social Sciences)
• Member, Advisory Board, International Research for Children’s Literature
• Panel Chair, UPLB Research Ethics Board
• Associate Editor, Makiling Review: An International Journal of Humanities
• Member, International Research Society for Children’s Literature
• Assistant Secretary, Philippine Association for Communication and Media Researchers, Inc.
• Treasurer, Supling Sining, Inc.
• Managing Director, Asian Center of Education, Research, and Training for Innovation
• Member, Philippine Association of Communication Educators
• Member, Philippine Communication Society
• Member, Southeast Asian Media Studies Association
• Member, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment-ASEAN
• Reviewer, Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society

• Assistant Professor 6, Communication Division, DHUM, CAS, 2019 to 2022
• Assistant Professor 1, Communication Division, DHUM, CAS, 2016–2018 
• Instructor 3, English Division, DHUM, CAS, UPLB, 2014–2015 
• Interim Journal Editor, Climate, Disaster, and Development Journal, OML Center, Pasig City, October 2017 to January 2018
• Author/Literary Writer, Diwa Learning Systems, Inc., University Press of First Asia, September 2015 to present
• Brainstormer, Creative Development Group, TV5 Network, Inc., April to September 2015
• Media Monitor, Velocity Made Good, Inc., Alabang, Muntinlupa City, 2013–2014
• Copyeditor, SPi Global, Inc., Paranaque City, 2010–2013 
• English Instructor Associate, International Voice Online, Inc., Mandaluyong City, 2008

• Children’s Literature and Child Studies
• Writing Short Stories for Children
• Communication, Media, and Technology
• Communication Theory
• Communication Research
• Qualitative Research
• Discourse Analysis
• (Trans)Media Studies
• Philippine Cultural Dances

General Education and Service Courses

• College English (ENG 1)
• Critical Approaches to Communication (COMM 10)
• Writing of Scientific Papers (ENG 10)

Undergraduate Major Courses

• Language and Communication (COMA 101)
• Introduction to Discourse Analysis (COMA 103)
• Rhetoric (SPCM 101)
• Special Problems: Communication Dynamics in Social Media (COMA 190)
• Introduction to Research (COMA 192)
• Communication Arts Workshop: Journalistic and Media Writing (COMA 193)
• Communication Arts Workshop: Writing Stories for Children (COMA 193)
• Undergraduate Seminar (COMA 199)
• Undergraduate Thesis (COMA 200/Advisership)

Graduate Courses

• Discourse Analysis in Communication (COMA 202)
• Writing Children’s Literature (COMA 226)
• Graduate Thesis (COMA 300/Advisership)
• Psychology of Reading (LLE 202)

Teaching Assistantship

• Mapping Inequalities (IS 145) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign