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Journal Articles
Figer, R. (2022). Surviving the 3/11 Disaster: Reflections of the Great East Japan Earthquake among Older Adults in Iwate Japan. Journal of Community Development Research (Humanities and Social Sciences). Naresuan University.
Figer, R. (2021). “WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!”: An Inquiry on the Personal Networks of Selected Older Adults in Post-Haiyan Disaster. Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences. Slovenian Association for Innovative Political Science.
Figer, R. (2015). Performing Filipinism in Japan through the Bahay Kubo Production. Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, 17 (1). 47-55.
Figer, R. (2014). Internet Use and Social Capital: The Case of Filipino Migrants in Japan. Online Journal Communication and Media Technologies(OJMCT),4(3), 101-123.
Figer, R. (2010). Diasporic Discourse Online: Imagining the Homeland in Cyberspace. The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 28 (2), 82-102.
Conference Presentations
Rebuilding the Lives of Older Adults Through SAVE IWATE. The 9th Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology. Tokyo, Japan. 2023.
What We Can Learn from the Older Adults about Super Typhoon Haiyan. Aging & Social Change: Twelfth Interdisciplinary Conference. Jagiellonian University, Krakow Poland (Online). 2022.
The Elderly, Social Capital, and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. 6th International Conference on Integrative Disaster Risk Reduction Management (Plenary Speaker). Samar. Philippines. 2019.
Engagement and social capital online: The case of Filipino migrants in Japan. Asia Pacific Sociological Association (APSA) Conference. Hakone, Japan. 2018
(De)Constructing the homeland in cyberspace: The case of Filipino migrants in Japan. Paper presented at the Media, Polis, Agora: Journalism and Communication in the Digital Era. Thessaloniki, Greece. 2018.
Education
University of Tsukuba, Ph.D., Media and Communication, 2011
University of the Philippines, M.A., Communication Research, 2004
University of the Philippines, B.A., Communication Research, 1999
