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Dr. Labor is a postdoctoral scholar at Aarhus University in Denmark.

Jonalou Labor, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Aarhus University

School of Culture and Society

Moesgård Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark

Associate Professor (on special detail)

Department of Communication Research

College of Mass Communication

University of the Philippines Diliman

Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Street, Diliman, Quezon City

Email: jslabor@up.edu.ph

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About Me

I am a postdoctoral fellow at Aarhus University School of Culture and Society, where I join a team of scholars who investigate "the social life of cryptocurrency." The international fellowship, awarded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, commences on March 2024. The project looks into the lived experiences of individuals from the global south, especially from the Philippines, Cuba, and Kenya. This project explores how cryptocurrencies have become part of the everyday informal economic practices in countries in marginalized countries, particularly the way crypto infiltrates the country’s financial and technological power. It asks what problems cryptocurrency solves for participants in these informal economies. It also explores the social practices around them, providing an understanding of the daily economic life, the social networks they weave, and the intermediaries present in this untraditional financial landscape.

 

I am also a full-time faculty member (on special detail) of the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Mass Communication (UP CMC), teaching undergraduate and graduate communication research and theory courses. I hold a Ph.D. in Communication. I am currently a UP Scientist 1 (2021 to 2023). 

 

I have been the Director of the  UP CMC Office of Research and Publication Director from 2020 to April 2024. In addition, at the UP CMC Department of Communication Research, I co-lead the Filipino Communication Experience Laboratory. I was the former Special Assistant to the UP System's Vice President for Public Affairs.

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I have contributed book chapters with Routledge and the Ateneo de Manila Press, edited an issue for the Plaridel Journal, and written chapters in an Anvil-awarded Communication Research primer. In addition, I have published journal articles and conference papers in the last seven years. I am on the editorial boards of communication, media, and society journals. I sit as the Editor-in-Chief (2021-present) of the PCS Review. I also served as Managing Editor of the Plaridel Journal of Communication, Media, and Society from 2020 to 2024. 

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Latest Achievements

Recent Publications

​Book Chapters

  • Labor, J. and Sayuno, C.M. (2024). Co-constructing the young Filipino gamer: Mobile communication and gaming experiences in the Philippines. In Yee, A. (Ed.) Mobile media and use among children and youth in Asia. Springer.

  • Labor, J. and San Pascual, M.R.S. (2023). Pakikipagkapwa in the LGBTQIA+ movement for the enactment of the SOGIE Equality Bill. In P.Pain (Ed.) Global LGBTQ activism: Social media, digital technologies, and protest mechanisms (pp.143-162). Routledge. 

  • Labor, J. & San Pascual, M. R. (2022). Online discourse framing LGBTQIA+ student activism in the Philippines. In P. Pain (Ed.), LGBTQ digital cultures: A global perspective (pp. 24–47). Routledge.

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Journal Articles

  • Solis, R.C., Labor, J., Samonte, C. & Cox, C. (forthcoming). Mediatization of Care for Gay PLHIV by Government and Civil Society Organizations in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Media Asia.

  • Labor, J., Samonte, C., & Guzman, E. (forthcoming). Engagements and Entanglements in LGBTQ+ Hashtag Activism: The Case of Online Pride Celebrations in the Philippines. Plaridel Journal of Communication, Media, and Society.

  • ​Anonuevo, R., Labor, J.S. & Digo, G. (forthcoming). Lived experiences of gay and bisexual teachers: The case of basic education teachers in rural Philippines. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences.

  • Labor, J. and Alcazaren, H. K.G. (forthcoming). Queered affordances: Gender expressions of Filipino TikTok content creator. Plaridel Journal of Communication, Media, and Society.

Awards and Recognitions

  • University of the Philippines Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair for 2024

  • Top Faculty Paper for 2024 with UPLB Asst. Prof. John Mervin Embate. International Communication Association Conference- LGBTQ Interest Group. 

  • Outstanding Teaching Award for 2023, University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication

  • University of the Philippines Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair for 2023

  • Sheila Cunnison Prize for 2023, Most Outstanding Publication Award from the Journal of Gender Studies 

  • Michael Haley Grant (2023) from the International Communication Association

  • One UP Professorial Chair Award in Communication Research 2022-2024

  • University of the Philippines Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair for 2022

  • University of the Philippines International Publication Award (2022)

  • Larry Gross Grant (2022) from the ICA LGBTQ Interest Group

  • Michael Haley Grant (2022) from the International Communication Association

  • University of the Philippines Scientist 1 (2021-2023)

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