Rafael I. Santos

Areas of Interest

  • Media and technology education
  • Interlanguage/Second language pragmatics
  • Politeness studies
  • (Second) Language acquisition
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Stylistics
  • American drama
  • Applied linguistics

Rafael Santos teaches Purposive Communication and Media and Information Literacy. He is a PhD candidate in English Studies: Language at the University of the Philippines Diliman. In a span of more than 20 years, he has worked as a managing editor, print journalist, broadcaster, broadcast programming director, public affairs program host (cable TV & radio) in a US territory, news editor, broadcast strategist for a global media organization, and executive director of a school. 

Rafael received the ABS-CBN Bayaning Pilipino sa Asya-Pasipiko sa Taon ng Sentenaryo award for his advocacy work for overseas Filipino workers while employed as a journalist, and Ang Bagong Bayani Awards, both in 1999. Previously, he was conferred the Best All-Around Excellence in Reporting award by the US Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). While in the broadcast media in the Philippines, he was a member of the National Press Club and Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP). 

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Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605, Philippines

 

Contact

Phone: (632) 8637-0912 to 26
E-mail: [email protected]