Foundations of Academic Literacy: How to Turn Your Dissertation into a Book for a Broad Audience

Dr. Rico Villanueva finished his PhD in Old Testament at Trinity College/University of Bristol, U.K. He is a pastor, seminary teacher, editor, and writer. He wrote a book entitled, It’s OK to be not OK which is a pastoral application of his PhD dissertation on the Psalms of lament published by BRILL as The Uncertainty of a Hearing: A Study of the Sudden Change of Mood in the Psalms of Lament. The book It’s OK to be not OK is now available in Filipino, English, Bahasa Indonesia, and Chinese. He recently published a book on depression and lament, entitled, Lord, I’m Depressed . He currently serves as the commissioning editor of Langham Publishing and Pastoral Care coordinator of current Asian scholars of Langham Partnership. Previously, he was the General Editor of the Asia Bible Commentary series, a commentary of each book of the Bible written from the Asian context. In the series, he wrote commentaries on the book of Psalms and Lamentations. He teaches part-time at the Asia Graduate School of Theology and Ateneo de Manila University.