Dr. Marlon Sipe came to Walailak University in 2021. He used to be an ESL teacher in Thai local schools for 15 years prior to his appointment as lecturer for the Languages department. He was also active member of his community, the AFT-Khon Kaen, where he was elected founding president – serving for four consecutive years starting 2015. His leadership focused on teacher-training, community outreach events, and sociocultural programs for the Filipino community in the province of Khon Kaen.
In 2024, Southern Christian College recognized him as the “Most Outstanding Alumnus for Education and Research.”
Asst. Prof. Dr. Marlon Sipe
Email: marlon.si@wu.ac.th
Marlon Domagco Sipe is an Assistant Professor at the School of Languages and General Education and a researcher for 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, Philippines. His research interests include qualitative studies in education, communication phenomena in teaching, teacher education, and ESL/EFL teaching. He has published over 10 research articles indexed in Scopus. His work has appeared in The Qualitative Report (TQR), Journal of Education Society and Culture (JECS), Journal of Asia TEFL, 3L: Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, and Journal of Intercultural Communication Research (JICR). He has also written English textbooks “English Communication for 21st Century Learners” for Grades 4-6 in the Philippines.
Latest Publications
Sipe, M. D., & Saludadez, J. A. (2026). University lecturers' narratives on teaching ESL online: An ethnomethodological study. The Qualitative Report, 31(1), 4922-4939. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2026.7208
Sipe, M.D., Bersamin, A.E., & Guardian, J.S. (2025). Narratives of Social Construction: A Sociocultural Inquiry into Thai School Administrators’ View on Filipino EFL Teachers. Journal of Education Culture and Society,16(2), pp. 959–977.
Feng, M. & Sipe, M.D. (2025). How Working at an Asian University Defined My Parenting Style: An Autoethnographic Study of an EFL Teacher. Journal of Asia TEFL, 22(2), pp. 441–448.
Sipe, M.D., Lemana, H.E., & Saludadez, J.A. (2025). ESL Teaching Experience in a Philippine University from a Foreign Instructor’s View. Journal of Asia TEFL, 22(2), pp. 468–476.
Sipe, M., & Avila, C. F. (2024). Local Belief and the Negotiation of EFL Teachers’ Identity in an Asian Country. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 15(2), 763–782. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2024.2.763.782
Sipe, M., Lemana, H., & Saludadez, J. (2024). Surviving in a Provisional Workplace: Foreign Lecturers’ practices in an Asian HEI. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 15(1), 349–370. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2024.1.349.370