Academic Interests
aka Writing Samples

Writing Samples
	Fractured Communities: Filipino Americans in San Diego and the Imperial Valley The Clash of Two Discourses: The Discourse of Philippine Values Contra the Discourse of Asian Values Milan Kundera: An Indictment Against Lightness An interview with Dr. Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz 05/02/97
Tribute and Special Interest Pages
	Michel Foucault Jacques Derrida Edward Said Milan Kundera Philip Roth
Cross Cultural Musings
	Deconstructing Asian Values Said contra Foucault
Featured PowerPoint Presentations
	Matrix.ppt Tibet.ppt Marcos.ppt Abu Sayyaf.ppt Introduction to Truth, Power/Knowledge and Discourse.ppt Film Noir: Hollywood Takes A Cynical Look At Itself (ppt), and Film Noir: Hollywood Takes A Cynical Look At Itself
Exploring Issues of Nationalism in the Asia Pacific
	Ferdinand Marcos, Martial Law and Human Rights - the Paper The Presentation Outline [with List of References] The Script
Modern Contra Postmodern
	The Betrayal of the Real: The Matrix - Riff or Rip-Off
Exploring Asian Cultural and Spiritual Traditions
	Tibet Chic: An Examination of The Social Construction of Tibet by the West Krishnamurti The Dalai Lama Thich Nhat Hanh
Exploring The Human Rights Question in Southeast Asia
	Taking Notice: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (in progress for Summer 2008) Obscuring by numbers: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge (in progress for Summer 2008)
Other Stuff
	Looking for a solution to the California Power Crisis in California: An Economic Perspective Tourette's Syndrome: An examination of dominant discourses and power relations in the the genetic controversy The Mission: The idealization of the guarani turns into a reinforcement of neo-imperialism, paternalism, and a sinister form of Otherness
The Archive
	The truth is out there..... Milan Kundera: an indictment against lightness Can and should we censor the Internet? Yvonne in Under the Volcano - an examination in Co-Dependence