Tabitha Espina, Ph.D.
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Tabitha Espina is Director of Writing and Assistant Professor of Writing Studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at University Washington Tacoma. She is a third-generation Filipina proudly born and raised on the island of Guåhan. She has published in College English, Race and Pedagogy Journal, Asian Studies, Humanities Diliman, the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies, Proa Publications, Pacific Asia Inquiry, and Micronesian Educator, as well as in collections from the Modern Language Association, University of Pittsburgh Press, Duke University Press, and University of California Davis Press. She has conducted advocacy and outreach with Humanities Washington, Oregon Humanities, Humanities Guåhan, the Humanities Center at Wesleyan University, and as a founding member of Filipinos for Guåhan. Her research interests include Transpacific Rhetorics, Decolonial Theories and Pedagogies, and Public Humanities.
“I is for Isla." Pluriversal Literacies: Tools for Perseverance and Livable Futures, edited by Ellen Cushman, Damián Baca, and Romeo García, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024, pp. 209-226.
“Toward the 21st Century Land-Grant Humanities Ph.D.: New Pathways for Access, Inclusion, and Public Engagement.” Co-authored with Todd Butler and Richard Snyder; contributed to theoretical framework and provided case studies. Chapter accepted for publication in the book, Mission Driven: Reimagining Graduate Education for a Thriving Humanities Ecosystem, Modern Language Association, 2023.
“Bringing a Burden to Bear: Resistance to Colonial Power in the Writing Classroom.” Writers: Craft and Context vol. 4, no. 1, 2023, pp. 27-31, University of Oklahoma.
“Bonds of Island Activism among CHamoru and Filipino Women on Guåhan.” Lead author, transcribed interviews, analyzed themes, developed narrative frame, and edited; co-authored with Josephine Ong. Okinawan Journal of Island Studies vol. 4, no. 2, May 2023, pp. 117-121, Research Institute for Island Studies at the University of the Ryukyus.
“The Halo Halo (‘Mix Mix’) Generation.” A Marianas Mosaic: Signs and Shifts in Contemporary Island Life, published by Proa Publications and the Marianas Humanities Council, 2023, pp. 85-110.
“Writing and Identity in Three Generations of Chamorritas and Filipinas on Guam.” Lead author, developed theoretical framework, created narrative, analyzed qualitative data, and edited; co- authored with Sharleen Santos-Bamba. A Marianas Mosaic: Signs and Shifts in Contemporary Island Life, published by Proa Publications and the Marianas Humanities Council, 2023.
“Ali’i and Asi’e’: Unsettling the Rhetorics of Filipinos on Guåhan." College English vol. 84, no. 1, Sep. 2021, pp. 100-120, National Council of Teachers of English.
“‘Memoria’ with a Friend of Mine: An Interview with Victor Villanueva." Composition Forum vol. 46, Spring 2021, Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition and Pennsylvania State University.
“Engaging Existing and Emergent Experiences: Narratives among Young Filipinas on Guam.” Race and Pedagogy Journal: Teaching and Learning for Justice vol. 3, no. 2, 2019, Race and Pedagogy Initiative and University of Puget Sound.
“Pacific Pilipina in the Ocean of Palouse." Asian Studies: Critical Perspectives on Asia vol. 53, no. 1, 2017, University of the Philippines Diliman.
“Palatable Experiences: Identity Formation in the Narratives of Three Generations of Filipinas on Guam.” Chapter included in the ebook, Reading Diasporas in the Pacific Rim: An Interdisciplinary Investigation, edited by Shona Hill and Shilinka Smith and published by the Institute of Interdisciplinary Inquiry, New Zealand, 2016.
“The Ube (‘Roots’) Generation: Identity Formation in the Narratives of First Generation Filipinas on Guam." Humanities Diliman: A Journal of Philippine Humanities vol. 13, no. 2, 2016, pp. 75-101.
“Departures." Local Voices Anthology, edited by Festival of the Pacific Literary Arts Committee, Guam Council for the Arts and Humanities, 2016.
“The Sapin Sapin Generation: Identity Formation in the Narratives of Second Generation Filipinas on Guam." Pacific Asia Inquiry vol. 5, no. 1, 2014, pp. 80-96.
"Revolt(ing) English: Textisms and Literacy for Adolescents." Micronesian Educator vol. 19, 2014, pp. 30-37.