Elaine Laforteza
Elaine Laforteza is a PhD candidate, researcher and teacher in the Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University. She writes for the community language newspaper, The Philippine Community Herald, publishes in peer-reviewed journals, and has presented at international conferences. An active member of the Philippine-Australian community, Elaine received a Global Filipino Youth Award in Academia/Education in 2008. Her current research interests include: ‘post-colonial’, migration and diaspora studies; critical whiteness studies; race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality; and development discourses of First and Third World spaces particularly in the context of the Philippines-Australia nexus.