Committee Memberships 1
-
The University of Osaka Student Cultural Activities Coordinator
2022 - Present
The University of Osaka Student Cultural Activities Coordinator
2022 - Present
The Association for Integrated Studies in Language and Society, The University of Osaka
Association for Cultural Studies
Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Group
Philippine Studies Group in Japan
Ugnayang Pang-agham Tao (UGAT)
University of the Philippines Anthropology Society
Humanities & social sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore /
Awarded Certificate of Recognition and Medal for completing all requirements and graduating with a PhD in Human Sciences from Osaka University
Philippine Consulate General in Tokyo, Japan 2021
Represented the Philippines in the Japan Foundation Winter Institute on Japanese Studies held at the Japan Foundation Headquarters, Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture (Fully-funded grant)
Japan Foundation 2019
Selected to receive full funding from to participate in the University of Toronto and Osaka University RESPECT Summer School in Multicultural Studies in the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences 2018
Represented Osaka University in the Spring School in Transcultural Studies, Kyoto University (Fully-funded grant.
Kyoto University/HeKKSaGOn (The German-Japanese University Network) 2018
Received a grant for paper presentation in an international conference (11th Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference of the Association of Cultural Studies held at the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia).
Association for Cultural Studies 2016
Received a travel grant for paper presentation in international conferences in Australia
Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences 2016
Awarded full scholarship
Japan Government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) 2015
Received full-financial grants for participation in a Japan Foundation organized Study Tour
University of the Philippines-Diliman Asian Center and Japan Foundation 2015
Represented the Philippines in the Japan Foundation Summer Institute on Japanese Studies at Doshisha University (Fully-funded grant)
Japan Foundation 2015
Received financial grant for paper presentation in an international conference in Japan
Japan Foundation, Manila 2015
Received research funds for fieldwork in Kyoto, Japan
Japan Foundation, Manila and Kyoto University 2015
Awarded a Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence
University of the Philippines-Diliman 2005
Awarded a Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence
University of the Philippines-Diliman. 2004
Leveraging Multilingual Capacity and Learner Involvement: Insights from the Osaka University Ilokano Textbook Development Project
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay, YAMOTO Kimi, KURIMURA Donald
Frontier of Foreign Language Education Vol. 8 p. 181-196 2025/03 Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
Publisher: Graduate School of Language and Culture Osaka UniversityGender Messages in “Iyak ni Maria” : A Critical Discourse Analysis of a Song by an All-Female Rock Band from the Philippines called Matilda
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Frontier of Foreign Language Education Vol. 7 p. 197-208 2024/03 Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
Publisher: Graduate School of Language and Culture Osaka University"Expanding Philippine Language Education through Offering Ilokano as a Foreign Language Elective"
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Frontier of Foreign Language Education Vol. 6 p. 145-158 2023/03 Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
Publisher: Osaka University Graduate School of Humanities"Entanglements of Personal Experience, Identification, and Mistrust: Views of Filipinos in Osaka and Kyoto on the 2022 Philippine Presidential Elections"
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Bulletin of Asia-Pacific Studies Vol. 25 No. 1 p. 39-53 2023/03 Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
Publisher: Osaka University Center for Global Initiatives"Achievements and Challenges on the Participation of Japanese Students in Remote Classes of Universities Abroad"
YAMOTO Kimi, RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Frontier of Foreign Language Education Vol. 6 p. 159-174 2023/03 Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
Publisher: Osaka University Graduate School of Humanities"Defining 'Filipino Roots' Based on Speech Contest Scripts: The Case of High School Students with Filipino Background in Osaka, Japan"
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Studies in Language and Culture Vol. 49 p. 245-271 2023/03 Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
Publisher: Osaka University Society for the Study of Language and Culture“Navigations of Multi-layered Identities through Liminal Spaces of Filipino Migrants in Japan.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Beware, Utopia! p. 47-52 2021 Part of collection (book)
Publisher: Institut für Angewandte Heterotopie, Germany“The Ethnography of Connections of Filipinos in Urban Kansai.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences, Japan. 2021 Doctoral thesis
Publisher: Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences, Japan.“Beyond Transnational Borders: Intimacy Bond, Music, and Identity Choice Among Newly Migrated Japanese Filipino Children.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Philippine Studies Group Japan 20th Young Scholars Conference on Philippine Studies in Japan Conference Proceedings, University of Shizuoka, Japan. 2016 Research paper (international conference proceedings)
“Deconstructing Eve: Women’s Representations on Sexuality in Men’s and Women’s Magazines in the Philippines.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Philippines. 2013 Master’s thesis
“Religious Practices in a Marginal Space: (Re)locating home in Toronto.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay, ONO Yuya, SETO Rei, ZHANG Qian Hua
Field Reports of Toronto 2018. Osaka University Doctoral Program for Multicultural Innovation. 2018/09 Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)
“Musings of Temporality in Kensington Market.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Trip to Toronto. Osaka University Doctoral Program for Multicultural Innovation. 2018/05 Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)
“Engagements within the Academic Space and Beyond.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Trip to Toronto. Osaka University Doctoral Program for Multicultural Innovation. 2018/04 Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)
“Shifting Identities: The Function of Pinoy Music on Identity Choice Among Newly Migrated Japanese Filipino Children (JFC)”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Kyoto University Asian Studies Unit, Japan. 2015 Other
Ilokano (World Language Series 20)
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay, KURIMURA Donald, YAMOTO Kimi
Osaka University Press 2025/03 Textbook, survey, introduction
ISBN: 9784872598179
"Japanese Society in the Eyes of Immigrant Families: Focus on the Survival Strategy of Filipino Single Mothers"
TAKAHATA Sachi, RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
In, “Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan” edited by Kimiko Tanaka and Helaine Selin. Springer 2023/07
ISBN: 9783031363306
“Navigations of Multi-layered Identities through Liminal Spaces of Filipino Migrants in Japan.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
In, “Beware, Utopia!” edited by Stefan Becker, Maria Trunk and Fabian Schaefer, 47-51. Nuremburg: Institut für Angewandte Heterotopie, Germany. 2021 Scholarly book
ISBN: 9783000680809
Bridging Cultures: An Introduction to Filipinos in Kansai
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Global Leaders High School 2025: GLHS×OU Bridging Cultures Program 2025/03/26
"Implementation and Outcomes of Ilokano Language Classes at Osaka University, Japan"
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
2024 International Conference on Philippine Studies, Dialogo: Philippine Studies Goes Global 2024/11/28
"Speech contests and identities: Dialogic exchanges in identity formation of Filipino High school students in Osaka, Japan"
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Educational Linguistics 2024: Language(s) from Childhood to Adult Age 2024/09/11
"Observations and Insights in Writing an Ilokano Language Textbook in Japanese"
RUIZ, Frieda Joy Angelica Olay, YAMOTO, Kimi, KURIMURA, Donald
29th Annual Philippine Studies Forum in Japan (APSFJ) 2024 2024/06/23
"Photo Shoots, Life Event Memorialization and Migrant Identity of Filipinos in Japan"
RUIZ, Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
25th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference 2023/11/30
"Remembering and Retelling: Stories of Senior High School Students with 'Filipino Roots' in Osaka, Japan"
RUIZ, Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Asian Advertising Creativity and Youth Culture Forum International Academic Conference 2022/11/12
“The Inside Open Door: Revisiting inclusion and exclusion in the process of home-making.”
RUIZ Frieda Joy Angelica Olay, ONO Yuya, SETO Rei, ZHANG Qian Hua
(re)thinking Diversity and Comparison Workshop 2018/05/04
“Navigations of Multi-layered Identities through Liminal Spaces of Filipino Migrants in Japan.”
Cultural Typhoon in Europe: Beware, Utopia! Virtual, Actual And Past Visions of Urban Futures 2017/09/22
“Identities in Flux: Music, Identity Choice, and Identity Affirmation among Japanese Filipino Children (JFCs) in Kyoto, Japan.”
11th Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference 2016/12/14
“Music and Transnational Negotiations of Filipino Children in Kyoto City, Japan.”
5th Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference 2016/12/11
“Nihongo Acquisition, Experiences and Expectations of Pre-departure Japanese-Filipino Youth.”
Language, Power and Identity in Asia Conference 2016/03/14
“Negotiated Voices: Women’s Representation on Sexuality in Men’s and Women’s Magazines in the Philippines.”
SEASIA 2015 Conference 2015/12/12
“Beyond Transnational Borders: Intimacy Bond, Music, and Identity Choice Among Newly Migrated Japanese Filipino Children.”
20th Young Scholars Conference on Philippine Studies in Japan. 2015/07/05
“Soap Operas in the Lives of Bagong Silang Residents.”
Ugnayang Pang-AghamTao 26th Annual Conference: The Ends of Educating. 2004/10/21
Scholars from UP Asian Center, Osaka University Discuss Language Education for Migrants in Japan
University of the Philippine Asian Center
2016/09
From Shizuoka to Kyoto: The Asian Center, Japan Foundation Organize a Japan Study Tour
University of the Philippine Asian Center
2015/07
Re-inventing Japan Project Research Report
Kyoto University Asian Studies Unit
2015/03
Project Member, Storybook Reading Initiative for Filipino Migrant Students – Nishio City, Aichi.
The University of Osaka Graduate School of Humanities
2024 - 2024
Facilitated and co-planned the 海外フィールドスタディースC (Field Study Program C) online international exchange between The University of Osaka Filipino Program, Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines), and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (USA) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Osaka Filipino Program
2021 - 2021
Leveraging Multilingual Capacity and Learner Involvement : Insights from the Osaka University Ilokano Textbook Development Project
Ruiz Frieda Joy Angelica Olay, Yamoto Kimi, Kurimura Donald
FRONTIER OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION Vol. 8 p. 181-196 2025/03/31
Achievements and Challenges on the Participation of Japanese Students in Remote Classes of Universities Abroad
Yamoto Kimi, Ruiz Joy Angelica Olay Frieda
FRONTIER OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION Vol. 6 p. 159-174 2023/03/31
Expanding Philippine Language Education through Offering Ilokano as a Foreign Language Elective
Ruiz Joy Angelica Olay Frieda
FRONTIER OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION Vol. 6 p. 145-158 2023/03/31
Definition of “Filipino Roots” among Filipino High School Students in Osaka through Analysis of Speech Contest Scripts
Ruiz Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Studies in Language and Culture Vol. 49 p. 245-271 2023/03/31
Entanglements of Personal Experience, Identification, and Mistrust : Views of Filipinos in Osaka and Kyoto on the 2022 Philippine Presidential Elections
Ruiz Frieda Joy Angelica Olay
Bulletin of Asia-Pacific studies Vol. 25 p. 39-53 2023/03/30