Roland Coloma

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Born in the Philippines and raised in California, USA, Roland Sintos Coloma is Assistant Professor of Anti-Racist and Feminist Studies in Globalization and Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto.

Roland obtained his PhD in Cultural Studies in Education with a Minor in African American and African Studies at The Ohio State University. He also completed an MA in Educational Administration and a BA in Liberal Studies at the University of California-Riverside. Prior to joining the academe, he was an urban high school teacher, a university student affairs administrator, and a community organizer in the Los Angeles area.

Roland's research and teaching interests focus on empire, transnationalism, and diaspora; race, gender and sexuality; history and theory. He is working on two books - Subjects of Empire: Modernity and Education in American Philippines, a history of the public school system in the Philippines under United States colonial rule in the early 1900s; and Postcolonial Challenges in Education, an edited volume that brings together leading and emerging postcolonial education scholars in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

At U of T, Roland will launch two new research projects on trans-Pacific crossings that address issues of race, gender, and globalization: (1) Asian diaspora in Canada and (2) sexual tourism in Asia. 

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