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Gene Segarra Navera

Deputy Director, Senior Lecturer

Contact Information

Telephone: 6516 6082
Email: elcgsn@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #02-17 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

Dr. Gene Segarra NAVERA is Senior Lecturer at CELC and a Fellow at the Tembusu College in the University Town.  He has over 20 years of experience in university teaching, research, and service.  Gene holds a PhD in English Language Studies from NUS, an MA in Speech Communication from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and a BA in Communication Arts from the University of the Philippines Los Baños.  Before coming to Singapore to pursue his doctorate, he taught writing and speech communication courses for eight and half years in UP Los Baños where he won the Outstanding Teacher Award for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2004. Gene teaches interdisciplinary seminar and content-based academic writing courses at the residential colleges and pursues research in the areas of rhetoric and public address, critical discourse studies, and writing and speech communication pedagogies.  He is the author of the book The Rhetoric of PNoy: Image, Myth, and Rhetorical Citizenship in Philippine Presidential Speeches (2018).

Gene’s research and publications critically examine presidential discourse in relation to civics and education, leadership and governance, culture, and healthcare, among others. He also writes critical reflections on the teaching of writing and communication in higher education.

Gene also serves as an Editorial /Advisory Board Member of the Springer Series of The Language of Politics, Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media and Society, The PCS Review, The Makiling Review, and the Rhetoric and Communications E-Journal.

Gene is a pageant enthusiast and is currently writing about the pageant system and fan culture in the Philippines.

Recent Courses Taught and/or Coordinated

  • UTS2116 The University Today
  • RVX1000 Citizen Speak: Persuasion and Polarization in Society
  • UTW1001R Oratory and the Public Mind

Awards & Recognition

  • Residential Colleges Teaching Excellence Award, AY2018/19
  • Residential Colleges Teaching Commendation, AY 2017/2018
  • Residential Colleges Teaching Commendation, AY2016/2017

 

Publications (since 2018)

  • Navera, G. S. (2023). Towards a framework of empowerment: Reflections on teaching in an age of disruption. Philippine Sociological Review 71, 39-50. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48750340 
  • Navera, G. S. (2023). [Review of the book: Let’s discuss: second-language learners share ideas—teacher’s edition, by D. Kuhn] ELT Journal, 77(1), 115-117. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccac045
  • Navera, G. S. (2022). The critical scholar as rhetorical citizen: Fostering criticality and social responsibility in scholarly writing. In Brooke, M. (ed.) Integrating content and language in higher education: Developing academic literacy, pp. 189-209. Singapore: Springer. DOI: https://doi-org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/10.1007/978-981-19-4559-5_10 
  • Navera, G. S. (2022). Sustaining a populist persona: CNN Philippines' political interview with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as image restoration. In Feldman, O. (ed.) Adversarial political interviewing: Worldwide perspectives during polarized times. Singapore: Springer Nature. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0576-6
  • Navera, G. S. & Bernadas, J. M. A. C. (2022). "Shoot them dead": Rhetorical constructions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Philippine presidential addresses. Journal of Communication in Health Care. DOI: 10.1080/17538068.2022.2054177
  • Lan T. X. and Navera, G. S. (2021). The slanted beam: A critical discourse analysis of anti-Islam and anti-Muslim discourse in China. Discourse and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/095792652110487.
  • Navera G.S. (2021). The president as macho: machismo, misogyny, and the language of toxic masculinity in Philippine presidential discourse. In Feldman, O. (ed.) When politicians talk: The cultural dynamics of public speaking. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3579-3_11.
  • Brooke, M., Cook, M. S. W., Lee, K. C., Navera, G. S., Tang, K. K. (2020). Trekking the Educator Track at a research-intensive university: Five accounts of different career levels. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14(3), Article 3. Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2028&context=ij-sotl.
  • Navera, G. S. (2020). Belligerence as argument: The allure of the war metaphor in Philippine presidential speeches. Kairos: A Journal of Critical Symposium, 5(1), 67-82. Available at: http://kairostext.in/index.php/kairostext/article/view/98 .
  • Navera, G. S. (2019). Tapping critical moments: The facilitator as a manager of group tension and flow. SoTL Matters. Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore, October 1. Available at https://blog.nus.edu.sg/macadresources/2019/10/01/managing-critical-moments/
  • Navera, G. S. (2019). Asking critical questions: The facilitator as an organizer and an evaluator. SoTL Matters. Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore, January 14. Available at https://blog.nus.edu.sg/macadresources/2019/01/14/asking-critical-questions-the-facilitator-as-an-organizer-and-an-evaluator/
  • Navera, G. S. (2018). Metaphorizing martial law: Constitutional authoritarianism in Marcos’s rhetoric (1972-1985). Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints, 66(4), 417-52.
  • Navera, G. S. (2018). The technicist framework and the teaching of speech communication in the Philippines. In I. P. Martin (Ed.), Reconceptualizing English education in multilingual societies: English in the Philippines (pp. 140-152). New York: Springer
  • Navera, G. S. (2018).  The rhetoric of PNoy: Image, myth, and rhetorical citizenship in Philippine presidential speeches. Frontiers in political communication, volume 32.  New York: Peter Lang.

 

Invited Presentations (since 2019)

  • Invited Speaker. “English, Pageant Queens and Spectacle: Contesting Language Myths while Embracing Diversity.” Tongue Tied: A Language Symposium. NUS Southeast Asian Society. Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. 2 September 2023.
  • Invited Speaker. “3Ps of discourse research: Perspectives, procedures, prospects (with emphasis on the study of political discourse)”, ENG 109-Approaches to English Discourse & Discourse Analysis e-lecture, English Department, College of Social Sciences & Humanities, Mindanao State University-Main Campus. 9 December 2022. Online.
  • Invited Speaker. “Critical writing, rhetorical citizenship, and sustainability: Integrating ecological consciousness in an academic literacy course.” International Colloquium on ELT and Sustainability 2022. Language and Literature Department, Eastern Visayas State University, Tacloban City, Philippines. 26 November 2022. Online.
  • Invited Speaker. “Pedagogies of disruption: Reflections on future approaches to the teaching of writing and communication.” NTU Language and Communication Speaker Series. 4 August 2022, 10.30 am to 12 pm SGT. Online.
  • Invited Speaker. On political rhetoric. Forum on Philippine Politics: Assessments and Projections. NUS Department of Sociology and Anthropology. 19 May 2022 at AS1-0212 Sociology Seminar Room, FASS NUS.
  • Invited Speaker, “Investigating Schemas of Presidential Leadership: Rhetoric, Citizen Engagement and Possibilities for Change”, CSPPS-CPAf Policy Webinar Series, Center for Strategic Planning and Policy Studies, College of Public Affairs and Development, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 2 May 2022. Online.
  • Invited Speaker, “Words are not cheap: Some notes on presidential rhetoric in the Philippines”, Huntahan: The SLSU Research Seminar Series, Southern Luzon State University, 27 April 2022. Online.
  • Invited Speaker, “Reading Presidential Speeches: Towards a Schema-Theoretic Framework of Political Discourse”, ELS 163 e-lecture, Language and Literature Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Visayas State University, 19 April 2022. Online.
  • Plenary Speaker, “Empowerment through Socialization, Solidarity, and Self-care: Reflections on Teaching in an Age of Disruption”, CAMANAVA Studies International Conference, University of the East Caloocan, 21 April 2022. Online.
  • Convenor for a Distinguished Plenary Panel Discussion. “Rizal, Decoloniality, and English Language Studies: Reimagining Our Scholarship Through the Lens of Noli and Fili.” Linguistics Society of the Philippines International Conference 2022 & the 21st English in Southeast Asia Conference: A Joint Conference. Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, 12 March 2022. Online.
  • Invited Speaker. “Ethical Persuasion: Reviving the Good Person Speaking Well in the Age of Disruption.” Oblation Talk. University of the Philippines Alumni Association Singapore, 11 December 2021. Online.
  • Keynote Speaker. “Speech Communication in Multilingual, Multicultural and Multidisciplinal Contexts.” Keynote Speech, 31st National Convention of the Speech Communication Organization of the Philippines and 2019 Research Conference. University of the Philippines Los Baños, 30 May to 1 June 2019.
  • Invited Speaker. “Writing The Rhetoric of PNoy: Insights and reflections on doing rhetorical studies in/on the Philippines.” DSCTA@60 Lecture Series. Palma Hall, Pavilion 1, Room 1131, Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts, College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 27 February 2019.

Other Conference Presentations (since 2019)

  • Presenter. “Selective subversion: Repudiation and reaffirmation in Philippine presidential rhetoric.” 21st Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Denver, Colorado, 23-26 May 2024.
  • Presenter. “Speech as points of departure and return: Reframing democracy in Ferdinand E. Marcos’ ‘Encounter with Destiny’ (1981)”.  Freedoms of Speech in Asia: Speech Communication Conference 2023. Malcolm Hall (UP College of Law), University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. 26-27 October 2023.
  • Presenter. “The critical scholar as rhetorical citizen: Fostering criticality and social responsibility in an age of disruption.” The 6th CELC Symposium. 31 May 2022. Online.
  • Panellist.  “Making ‘content specific, rhetorically intensive’ modules work:  Reflections on teaching ideas and exposition in a Singapore University”. Asia Roundtable. International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Colorado State University, 5 August 2021. Online.
  • Presenter. “The president as macho: The president as macho: Machismo, misogyny, and the language of toxic masculinity in Philippine presidential discourse.” Sociolinguistic Symposium 23. University of Hong Kong, 7-10 June 2021. Online.
  • Co-presenter. “’Shoot them dead’: Rhetorical constructions of COVID-19 in Philippine Presidential Addresses.” 71st International Communication Association Conference. 27-31 May 2021. Online.
  • Co-presenter. “Negotiating curriculum design in an integrated academic English writing course: The UTWP model.” 6th CELC Roundtable. Educational Resource Centre, University Town, National University of Singapore, 3-4 December 2019.
  • Presenter. “Asking critical questions: Toward a framework for facilitating discussion of academic content.” 6th CELC Roundtable. Educational Resource Centre, University Town, National University of Singapore, 3-4 December 2019.
  • Presenter. “Belligerence as Argument: The Allure of the War Metaphor in Philippine Presidential Speeches.” Twenty-Second Biennial Conference, International Society for the History of Rhetoric. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 24-27 July 2019.

 

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