Jean Claire Dy's Page

Hometown

Cagayan de Oro and Dumaguete City

Current Location

Davao City

Job/Business

Jean Claire A. Dy taught Creative Writing and Media Arts courses at the University of the Philippines Mindanao in Davao City, where she also sat as Chair of the University Gender Committee and the University Committee for Culture and the Arts. Her University involvements also included a membership in the Interactive Learning Center Advisory Council.

Claire writes and maintains the travel page for MindaNews and used to head MindaNews TV, the convergence media component of MindaNews. She also serves as the Board Secretary of the Mindanao News and Information Cooperative Center.

She was the Editor-in-Chief of m. Life and Living in Mindanao, the first ever glossy ifestyle magazine about Mindanao with a nationwide distribution.

She is also a visual artist, creative writer, performance artist, dancer, media/video artist.

Educational Background

Claire was recently awarded a fellowship from the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program.

She is currently taking her graduate studies in the MA in Media Studies program (with focus on Documentary Filmmaking and Interactive Media) at the New School University in New York City.

Organizations

Mindanao News and Information Cooperative Center (www.mindanews.com), Women's Feature Service Philippiness, Pangilin Art Collective

Website

www.jeanclairedy.net, www.adamsreef.com

My Advocacies

gender equality, reproductive rights, human rights, art advocacy, etc.

Interest in Mindanao

everything