David Michael San Juan


David Michael M. San Juan is a Filipino Marxist writer, researcher, activist and professor. He was chosen Mananaysay ng Taon 2009 and Makata ng Taon 2010 by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino.

Career

He is an associate professor at the Filipino/Philippine Studies Department of De La Salle University and is the 4th congressional nominee of ACT Teachers Partylist in the 2016 elections, which will have two seats in the incoming Philippine Congress.
San Juan is among the founders of the language advocacy group Tanggol Wika that successfully led initiatives to stop the implementation of a government order that abolishes Filipino language subject in Philippine colleges and universities. He is also the current public information officer of Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Private Schools and president of the Pambansang Samahan sa Linggwistika at Literaturang Filipino.

Awards

As a writer, he won various competitions and was chosen Mananaysay ng Taon 2009 and Makata ng Taon 2010 by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. He was also a finalist in a 2009 climate change-themed essay writing contest organized by the World Bank

Research

As a researcher, he is a staunch critic of the Philippine government's Labor Export Policy and K to 12 scheme. He also wrote a popular essay on "Noynoying" which was translated in French. In 2012, he presented a paper on "wang-wang" which was declared the Philippines' "Salita ng Taon" in a conference organized by the Filipinas Institute of Translation. In 2014, he co-presented a paper on "endo" with John Kelvin R. Briones, which was declared as the Philippines' 2nd Word of the Year then.