Irene Faye Duller received her MA in Asian American
Studies/Ethnic Studies focusing on contemporary women artists,
critical artistry and cultural theory from San Francisco State
University. She was trained in Freirian and Bolal pedagogy with the
Pin@y Eductional Partnerships and has presented twice at the
national Asian American Studies Conference in 2006 on Pinay artists
and decolonization.
As a cultural educator with Kularts, Yerba Buena Center for the
Arts' YAAW program, and Brava! for Women in the Arts, Prof
Duller has led with education programming, critical pedagogy,
cultural specificities, and fostering community empowerment through
creative arts and curriculum building. Prof Duller has 10 years
experience as community/internationalist activist, cultural worker
and 5 years as a political education organizer.
A street culture cognoscente, Prof Duller is a founding member of
8th wonder (2000), the nation's premiere Pilipina/o
performance poetry collective, and The Rhapsodistas, an all women
interdisciplinary hip hop group, performing throughout the US and
the Philippines. Prof Duller's latest collaborative
performance projects include Pinay Stories, Intersection of the
Arts' Hybrid Project, Kul Like That at the SF Asian Art
Museum, and How to Skywalk at Post-Modern Performance Project and
at Kearny Street Workshop's APAture Festival 2008. Prof
Duller currently sits on the Board of Directors for dance company,
Funkonometry SF.
Prof Duller currently teaches Philippine History (with a focus on
women) and co-teaches Knowledge Activism at USF and Asian American
Culture at SFSU.
