Joseph Scalice

y family moved to Manila when I was six years old and I have now spent over half my life in the Philippines. My childhood in the midst of shantytowns, and several years as an adult spent in rural Central Luzon, for me imbue the Philippines with a powerful sense of home. Tagalog is a language in which I think and dream; I am as fluent in it as I am in English.

I began my university education at UC Berkeley somewhat late in life, at the age of twenty-seven, my worldview and commitments already substantively shaped by life. I worked in a garage in rural Tennessee, where I lived for five years in a cabin in the woods. I served as minister of a provincial church in a rice farming community in the Philippines. I taught ethnic studies at a public high school in Oakland, California.

My life and scholarship are dedicated to the cause of the oppressed, both to recovering their historically silenced voices and to seeing that the lessons of the past serve in the shaping of a better future.

I write poetry, enjoy public speaking, try to go backpacking for a week in the wilderness every year, and love to play chess.

I currently live in Edinburgh, while working as a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am father to three wonderful children.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of California, Berkeley (2009 — 2017)
• M.A. University of California, Berkeley (2006 — 2009)
• B.A. University of California, Berkeley (2003 — 2006)

Companies

• Visiting Fellow The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2021)
• Visiting Fellow The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2021)
• Graduate Student Instructor University of California, Berkeley (2006)
• Postdoctoral Researcher Nanyang Technological University (2019 — 2021)
• Lecturer University of California, Berkeley (2017 — 2019)
• Lecturer San Francisco State University (2018 — 2018)
• Ph.D candidate University of California, Berkeley (2009 — 2017)
• Undergraduate Student University of California, Berkeley (2003 — 2006)

Skills

• Research