Before teaching at Walailak University, Thailand, he was a teacher-trainer at the Yangon University of Education by the British Council Myanmar, where he trained university teachers in Yangon, Myanmar. He was also a King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi visiting researcher and a research scholar grantee of the University English Centers Australia, IDP Cambodia, and CamTESOL from 2016 to 2020.
Dr. Ulla is also a subject editor for the journal Social Sciences and Humanities Open and an associate editor for Heliyon Education, both Q1-ranked journals published by Elsevier. He has also guest-edited several special issues for various other education journals.
Most recently, he received the 2024 Princess Chulaborn Golden Research Award and was included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list (single-year category, 2025), released by Stanford University and Elsevier.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mark Bedoya Ulla
Email: mark.ul@mail.wu.ac.th
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1005-5120
Scopus profile: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57194178568
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Mark Bedoya Ulla is an Associate Professor at the School of Languages and General Education and the Center Director of the Research Center for Language Teaching and Learning at Walailak University, Thailand. He holds a Doctor of Communication degree from the University of the Philippines Open University and a PhD in Language Education from Saint Louis University, Baguio City. His research interests include queer teacher migration, queer intercultural communication, language teacher identity, technology and language teaching, and gender in language education. He has published over 70 research articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science and three book chapters with Springer Nature and IGI Global. His work has appeared in the RELC Journal, TESOL Journal, The Language Learning Journal, International Journal of Multilingualism, and Interactive Media in Education Journal. He is also the author of the book “Queer Teachers’ Agency in Language Education” published by Emerald Publishing (2025).
Latest Publications
Perales, W. F., Ulla, M. B., Busbus, S. O., Bolintao, J. J. M., & Montederamos, H. H. (2026). Decolonizing higher education institutions’ language curriculum: A collaborative autoethnography. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 13, 102525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.102525
Thongwichit, N., Ulla, M. B., & Parba, J. (2026). Translanguaging for social justice in Thailand’s language classrooms: a classroom ethnography. International Journal of Multilingualism, 23(1), 46–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2025.2517334
Ulla, M. B., Wakat, G. S., Ferrer, J. M., Garo, N. S., Chi, W., & Kitongan, J. T. (2026). Between Constraint and Resistance: Negotiating Queer Literature for an Inclusive Curriculum in Philippine English Classrooms. English Teaching & Learning, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42321-025-00221-3
Ulla, M. B., & Kohnke, L. (2025). Developing, Negotiating, and Articulating Identities: An Autoethnographic Study of a Filipino English Language Teacher in Thailand. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 13(3 (Special Issue)), 167-182. https://doi.org/110.30466/ijltr.2025.56704.3208