Short Biography

Ma. Dorothy A. Mananghaya is a faculty member in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication Department at the FEU Institute of Technology. She obtained her Bachelor's degree at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines majoring in History and is currently completing her Master’s in Asian Studies (Northeast Asia – Japan) at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. Influenced by social and historical approaches, her research focuses on the labor and social conditions of marginalized communities in Japan, exploring how creative representations i.e., historical figures, cultural narratives, and other forms reveal resilience and transformation within broader social hierarchies and their transcultural encounters with Southeast Asia.