Dazzelyn Zapata

Research Interests

• Indigenous peoples
• Igorot peoples of Mountain Province, Philippines
• Development
• Mobile phone use in marginalized settings
• Health meanings in marginalized settings
• Culture-centered approach

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD National University of Singapore (2010 — 2015)
• Master of Arts (M.A.) University of the Philippines (2002 — 2006)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) University of the Philippines (1995 — 1999)

Companies

• Associate Professor University of the Philippines Diliman (2021)
• News Correspondent GMA Network, Inc. (2015)
• Lecturer National University of Singapore (2015 — 2021)
• Postdoctoral Fellow on Science Communication National University of Singapore (2016 — 2016)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate National University of Singapore (2015 — 2015)
• PhD scholar / Tutor National University of Singapore (2010 — 2015)
• Divemaster Submariner Diving Center | PADI 5 Star Resort & IDC Center (2012 — 2013)
• Assistant Professor University of the Philippines (2007 — 2010)
• Instructor University of the Philippines (2002 — 2007)

Publications

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED

Dutta, M.J. and Zapata, D.B. (Eds.), (2019) Communicating for Social Change: Meaning, Power, and Resistance. Palgrave-McMillan, Singapore. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Dutta, M.J., Pitaloka, D., Zapata, D.B. (accepted, 2016) Negotiating transgender sex work, health and healing in Singapore: A culture-centered approach. In J. Drzewiecka & T. Nakayama (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Culture and Communication. New York: Peter Lang.

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

Zapata, D.B. (2017) Inayan/nga-ag and other indigenous codes: How the Applai and Bontok Igorot’s indigeneity found its way into the mobile world. Special issue New Media in Asia, Telematics and Informatics Journal.

Dutta, M., Comer, S., Teo, D., Luk, P., Lee, M., Zapata, D., Krishnaswamy, A., Kaur, S. (2017): Health Meanings among Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore: A Culture-Centered Approach, Health Communication

Dutta, M., & Rathina-Pandi, A., Zapata, DB, Mahtani, R., Falnikar, A., Tan, N., Thaker, J., Pitaloka, D., Dutta, U., Luk, P., Sun, K. (2019). Critical Health Communication Method as Embodied Practice of Resistance: Culturally Centering Structural Transformation Through Struggle for Voice. 4. 67. 10.3389/fcomm.2019.00067