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Randy Gonzales is a poet, writer, and community historian. His work and research on the Filipinx diaspora have been featured on CNN, BBC, HuffPost, The FilAm, ABS-CBN, and HBOMax's Take Out with Lisa Ling. Randy's debut poetry collection Settling St. Malo won the 2024 Summerlee Book Award. His second collection There No More is forthcoming (������ý��׿�ƽ�� Press, 2026)

Ph.D., The University of Southern Mississippi, 2014
M.A., ������ý��׿�ƽ��, 1994

• Professional Writing 
• Poetry
• Asian American Literature
• Filipino American Studies

• Awarded Summerlee Book Award--Creative (2024) for Settling St. Malo for enriching our understanding of the history of the Gulf Coast region.
• Named a research fellow (2024-25) at the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast for research on the foodways of Filipino Louisiana.
• Awarded documentation and creation grant (2024-25) by New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation to support the film adaption of Settling St. Malo.
• Invited to speak about his work by book festivals, conferences, art museums, historical societies, universities, and community organizations.
• Randy was the lead writer on ������ý��׿�ƽ�� Lafayette’s University’s 2020 Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), a substantial report written in support of the University’s accreditation that was selected by SACSCOC as a model for other organizations preparing QEPs.