Professor of Management
Institute of Management
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, University of the Philippines, 1997
MA Economics University of the Philippines, 1994
MS Agricultural Economics, University of the Philippines, 1989
BS Economics University of the Philippines, 1980

Research Interests

Protection of the environment and the improvement of the quality of education.

Publications

Abansi, C. L. (2019). Biodiversity Conservation and Social Science Underpinnings in the Cordillera Highlands of Northern Philippines. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 10 (4), 17-30.

Hall, R. A., Abansi, C. L., & Lizada, J. C. (2018). Laws, institutional arrangements, and policy instruments. In Water Policy in the Philippines (pp. 41-64). Springer, Cham.

Abansi, C. L., Hall, R. A., & Siason, I.M. (2018). Water demand management and improving access to water. In Water Policy in the Philippines (pp. 233-259).

Springer, Cham. Dayo, M. H., Rola, A., Abansi, C., Lizada, J., Hall, R. A., & Siason, I. (2018). When Sacred Water Becomes an Economic Good: Tensions and Governance
Challenges in Mount Banahaw, Philippines. Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 21(2).

Nguyen, M. R., Rota, A. C., Arcala-Hall, R., Lizada, J. C., Abansi, C.L., & David, M. E. 2017). Comparative Analysis of the National and Communal Irrigation Systems’ Water Governance: The Philippines Case. Journal of Public Affairs and Development, 2(2).

Professor of History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Senior Fellow, The Frick Collection-New York City, USA
Research Fellow, Linden Museum – Stuttgart, Germany
Research Fellow, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, USA
Visiting Scholar, Katholieke Universitet Leuven, Belgium
Ph.D. in History, University of the Philippines Diliman
M.A. Social Development Studies, University of the Philippines
B.A. Social Sciences Majors in Anthropology and History, University of the Philippines

Research Interests

Indigenous Knowledge, Community Heritage, Philippines Cordilleras, Indigenous Peoples

Extension Work

Go Global SDGs in Action Student Challenge (with York University), 2022 – present
International Indigenous Student Exchange Program (with York University, 2021 – present
CHED Kabadang Research and Publication Capacity Building, 2021 – present
External Evaluator, National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Mapping Program, 2020 – present
Community Archives (with the National Archives of the Philippines), 2014 – present

Publications

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Scopus Author ID: 11940079500 & 57402054500

Ronan Q. Baculi, Giovanni M. Malapit & Leah E. Abayao. 2022. Atmospheric pressure plasma deposition of silver nanoparticles on bark fabric for bacterial growth inhibition, The Journal of The Textile Institute, DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2021.2024378

Abayao, Leah. 2021. “Policy Landscape for Customary Forest Management in the Philippine Cordilleras.” Philippine Journal of Public Policy: Interdisciplinary Development Perspectives.

Abayao, Leah. 2020. Disaster Risk Governance in Northern Philippine communities: Issues and Prospects in Climate Change Talks. In Chou, K.-T., Hasegawa, K., Ku, D., & Kao, S.-F. (Eds.). (2020). Climate Change Governance in Asia (1st ed.). Routledge.

Abayao, Leah, Akanisi Sobusobu Tarabe, Vuthy Lic, Prasert Trakansuphakon. 2020. Forest Policies and Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Sustainable Forest Management: Fiji, Cambodia and Thailand. Tebtebba Foundation.

Abayao, Leah. 2019. Indigenous Studies as a platform for Internationalization in Higher Education. Proceedings of the Indigenous Peoples Education conference. University of the Philippines Baguio.

Abayao, Leah. 2018. Cordillera Objects in the Philippines Collection (of the Linden Museum). In Co-creation Labs: Illuminating Guests, Artists and New Voices in European Museums of World Culture. Sanstein Verlag and Linden- Museum Stuttgart.

Tolentino, Delfin (Editor), Abayao, Leah, Amores, Analyn, Martin, Marlon. 2017. Ifugao People of the Earth, ArtPost Asia.

Abayao, Leah. 2014. Spirituality and the (re) constructions of indigenous traditions. InUnsettling Discourses: The Theory and Practice of Indigenous Studies. Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio. 2014; Pages 127-134.

Abayao, Leah. 2013. Probing Indigenous Peoples Rights to Education. The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society. Vol. III, No. 1-2, March – Sept. 2011. Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio, Philippines.

Enkiwe-Abayao, Leah and Rebeca Rios-Kohn. 2013. Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women (Asia Pacific section) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Abayao, Leah.2005. Mainstreaming Intercultural Education: the case of UP Baguio’s Educational Assistance Program, Higher Education Policy 18, 409–411. Palgrave.

Abayao, Leah. 2006. Articulating Indigenous Peoples’ Culture in Education. In Indigenous Education and Empowerment: International Perspectives. Eds. Duane Champagne and Ismael Abu-Saad. Alta-mira Press, Oxford UK.

Abayao, Leah. 2001. Indigenous knowledge on Forest management and Conservation of Medicinal Plants among the Ifugaos of Northern Luzon. KASARINLAN Journal, University of the Philippines Press.

Abayao, Leah. 2000. Ifugao Ethnomedicine in History. The Journal of History. Volume 46, No. 1-4.

Enkiwe-Abayao, Leah, Jo Ann Guillao, Mikara Jubay-Dulay and Helen Magata. 2012. Reclaiming Forests and Coasts: Indigenous Peoples Cope with Climate Change. In Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples – Country Case Studies on Local Mitigation and Adaptation Measures Series. United Nations University – Institute of Advance Studies, Traditional Knowledge Initiative. 

Abayao, Leah, Sombolinggi, Rukka. 2010. Indigenous Peoples and the dynamics of development programs: The case of the East Kalimantan Communities Empowerment Program (EKLCEP). In Assessing the first decade of the World’s Indigenous People, 1995-2004. Vol. 1: The Southeast Asia Experience.

Abayao, Leah. 2009. Mayoyao Ethnohistory, 1850 – 1960. The Journal of History. “Philippine Ethnohistories: The Luzon Cordillera and Beyond”. Volume LV, January – December.

Assistant Professor in Philosophy
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D. Philosophy, University College Dublin (UCD) – Dublin, Ireland (ongoing)
M.A. Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas (UST) – Manila, Philippines (2016)
A.B. Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas (UST) – Manila, Philippines (2012)

Visiting Ph.D. Student
City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center – New York, USA (2022)
Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) – Berlin, Germany (2022)

Research Interests

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Social Philosophy, Social Epistemology, Critical Theory, Epistemic Injustice / Oppression, Feminist Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy, Asian Philosophy

Academic Organizations

Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) UCD Chapter
Women Doing Philosophy (WDP) group
Transnational Humanities PhD (TNH-PhD) Network

Extension Services

Local Sources of Philosophizing (UP Baguio, 27 May 2022)

Editor-in-Chief for Perspectives: UCD Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy (UCD, March 2021-March 2022)

Abot Tanaw: Philosophy Postgraduate Applications Workshop (WDP, 26 June 2021)

Recent Lectures:

“Philosophy, the Philosophical Institution, and Epistemic Paralysis”, 6th Beyond the Ghetto Webinar: ‘Tremulous Speech: Other-ed and Silenced Subjects Talking Back to Philosophy’ (WDP, 28 August 2021) and 7th Thomasian Philosophers Reunion Convention (UST, 11 February 2022)

“Truth, Education, Subjectivity: Alain Badiou and the Contemporary World Crisis”, (Birmingham City University, 23 June 2021)

Publications

“A Critical Theory of Epistemic Injustice”, Perspectives: UCD Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy, Vol 9, Special Issue: Social Philosophy (Winter 2021), pp 281-301.
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“Epistemic Injustice, Epistemic Paralysis, and Epistemic Resistance: A (Feminist) Liberatory Approach to Epistemology”, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol 14, No 1 (June 2020), pp 28-44. 
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“The Naturalized and Dialectical Ontologies of Nietzsche and Nishida”, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol 13, No 2 (December 2019), pp 113-130.
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“The Event Divides into Two, or the Parallax of Change: Badiou, Žižek, Bosteels, and Johnston”, International Journal of Žižek Studies, Vol 12, No 3 (2018), pp 1-25.

“Ontology or Ethics?: The Case of Martin Heidegger and Watusji Tetsuro”, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol 10, No 1 (June 2016), pp 163-191.

“Thinking in the End Times, From Logic to Anthropology: Philosophy in the Social Sciences.” In Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice: Consolidating Lessons and Charting Directions, Conference Papers, Volume 1. Edited by Lorelei Mendoza. Philippines: Cordillera Studies Center, 2016. pp 89-106.

“The World as ‘Is’ and the World as ‘Ought’: Contemporary Philosophy and the Crisis of Subjectivity”, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol 22, No 2 (Fall 2015), pp 68-79. 

“The Triumph of Finitude After Hegel and the (Re)turn of a Philosophy of the Infinite through Badiou”, Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, Vol 19, No. 2 & 3 (2015), pp 1-43.

“The Narrative’s Creative and Ethical Mediation: A Refigured Self, A Refigured World”, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol 8, No 2 (December 2014), pp 66-76.
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“An Inquiry into the Historical Development of Philosophy in Japan”, Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, Vol 17, No 2 (2013), pp 27-59.

Visiting Professor (Sem 1, AY 2022-2023)
PhD in Indigenous Studies
La Trobe University

Academic Background

Ph.D in Anthropology, The Australian National University, 1987.
Thesis Title: Looking for Money: Simple Commodity Production in the Economy of the Tapah Semai of Malaysia.

M.A. in Anthropology and Sociology, University of Malaya, 1979.
Thesis Title: Ecological Adaptation and Population Change: A Comparative Study of Semang Foragers and Temuan Horticulturalists.

B.A. (Hons) in Anthropology and Sociology, University of Malaya (Malaysia), 1977.

Recent Publications

‘Learning from Indigenous Communities’. In Vedabhyas Kundu (ed.) Conversations on Peace and Nonviolence: Drawing Connections with 16 Global Experts. Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, India, 2021.

‘Lessons from the margin: Indigenous peace ecology’. Organicom Vol. 15, no. 28 (2021): 149-166.

‘Semai ecological epistemologies: Lessons for a sustainable future’. In Kirk Endicott (ed.) Malaysia’s “Original People”: Past, Present and Future of the Orang Asli. Singapore University Press, 2015.

‘Marginalisation of the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia’. In Meredith Weiss (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia. Routledge, 2015.

‘The Impact of Environmental Changes on Forest Peoples of Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century. In Tim Harper and Sunil Amrith (eds.) Histories of Health in Southeast Asia: Perspectives on the Long Twentieth. Indiana University Press, 2014.

‘Anthropology and the Politics of Indigeneity’, Anthropological Forum, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2013): 5-15.

‘Managing Cultural Diversity and Conflict: A Case Study on Malaysia’, In J. Camilleri and Schottmann (eds.) Culture, Religion and Conflict in Muslim Southeast Asia. Routledge, 2013.

‘Alter-native Development: Indigenous Forms of Social Ecology’, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 6 (2012): 1059-1073.

‘Give or Take: A Comparative Analysis of Demand Sharing among the Menraq and Semai of Malaysia’ In Yasmine Musharbash & Marcus Barber (eds.) Ethnography and the Production of Knowledge: Essays in Honour of Nicolas Perterson. Canberra: ANU EPress, 2011.

Lecturer in Philosophy
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A. University of the Philippines, Diliman, 2013
A.B. Philosophy and Social Communication, 2008

Research Interests

French Phenomenology, Social and Political Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

Academic Organizations

Core Student Member, Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience, 2020 to present
Regular Member, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, 2021-2022
Student Member, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy, 2021-2022
Vice-President, Lawn Chair Philosophy Foundation, 2020 to 2021

Publications

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “Parrhesia and the Quasi-Political Role of Educators as Intellectuals: An Arendtian-Foucauldian Reflection. Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy vol. 23, no. 2 (June 2022): 301-319.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “A Reading of Heidegger’s Reading of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason,” SCIENTIA vol. 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-10.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “Of Moral Heroes and Saints in the Time of a Pandemic: An Ethical Engagement with Jean-Luc Marion,” PhaVisMinda Journal vol. 19 (2020): 134-164.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. Introduction to World Religions (Textbook for Senior High School, second Edition). Makati City: DIWA Publishing House, 2019.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “The Human Will in Meister Eckhart’s Understanding of Deificatory Event,” MST Review Journal vol. 21, no. 1 (2019): 31-73. 

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “Gadamer and the Anamnetic Character of Truth,” SCIENTIA (March 2019): 132-152.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person (Textbook for Senior High School, second edition). Makati City: DIWA Publishing House, 2019.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “On Hannah Arendt’s Political Thought: Finding the Locus of the Political and the Anti-Political,” Social Ethics Society Journal of Applied Philosophy (Online Journal) volume IV, no. 1 (April 2018): 1-32. 

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “Ang Diskurso ni Feorillo Petronilo A. Demeterio Tungkol sa Pilosopiyang Pilipino,” KRITIKE (Online Journal of Philosophy) volume XI, no. 2 (December 2017): 28-53. ISI and Scopus Index. 

Atim, Ben Carlo N. Introduction to World Religions (Textbook for Senior High School). Makati City: DIWA Publishing House, 2016.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “The (Re)turn of the Prophets: Prophetic Paradigm in the Post-Secular Society,” Icoana Credintei vol. 2, no. 4 (June 2016): 34-48.

Associate Professor in Psychology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D, Psychology (major in Social Psychology and minor in Developmental Psychology), University of the Philippines Diliman, 2016
MA, Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2013
MA, Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2002
BA, Social Science (Double Major in Psychology and Anthropology), 1997, cum laude

Research Interests

Women and Work, Adolescent Risk Behaviors, Psychology of Filipino Humor, Stigma, COVID-19, Urban Safety, Social Psychology, Group Dynamics, Sikolohiyang Pilipino and Indigenous Psychology, Developmental Psychology

Extension Service

Member/Reviewer, DOST-PCHRD Mental Health-Technical Working Group (MH-TWG)

Reviewer, 2022 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Outstanding Research Awards (ORA); 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Outstanding Research Awards (ORA); 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Outstanding Research Awards

Reviewer, 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Undergraduate Student Poster Awards

Reviewer, 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)

Reviewer, 2017 American Psychological Association’s Doctoral Dissertation Research Award

Reviewer, Jurnal Biopsikososial: Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Mercubuana

Reviewer, Diliman Review (October 2021)

Reviewer, Mountain Journal of Science and Interdisciplinary Research (Benguet State University Research Journal) (October 2021)

Resource Person, CSS Lecture Series: Researching in the Social Sciences Digital Dialogues, Psychology of Humor (online via Zoom), Streamed live on April 26, 2021,

Resource Person, Center for Mental Health Proposal Writeshop, hosted by Regional Research, Development and Innovation Committee and Department of Science and Technology Cordillera Administrative Region, March 15, 2021 (online via Zoom)

Resource Speaker, Katatagan at Pagbangon sa Panahon ng Pandemya, CSC’s 40th Anniversary lecture, Teatro Amianan, UP Baguio, Streamed live on: June 25, 2020,
*a lecture on the impact of a pandemic and the diverse psychological reactions to the crisis; the practical ways of dealing with pandemic-related emotional distress; and managing the impact of COVID-19 through a resilience framework

Resource Person/Workshop Facilitator, on Experimental Research, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences and Philosophy, 2018 CSSP Extramural Training Seminar for Social Science Teachers, Crown Legacy Hotel and University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio City April 28-30, 2018

Publications

The Correlation of Humor Styles with Psychological Well Being and Collective Action among Filipino University Students. Israeli Journal of Humor Research, September 2021, Vol. 10 Issue No. 2, pp. 28-59. Published by Israeli Society for Humor Studies.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2019) Laziness. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2019) Homeostasis. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2018) An Exploration on the Schema and Function of Humor. Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal, Vol. 7, Issue No. 2, pp. 43-63. Published by Israeli Society for Humor Studies.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2018) Prejudice. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2018) Spontaneity. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2018) Avoidance Coping Strategies. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino, R. S. (2018) Humor. In: Ziegler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds). Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino, R. S. (2016) Culture as a Variable in Psychological Research. In: Crisologo-Mendoza L. Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice: Consolidating Lesson and Charting Directions (Conference Papers, Volume 1), pp. 17-34. Published by the College of Social Sciences and the Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio.

Milallos, Ma. Theresa R. and Balmores, Rozel S. (2009) Exploring the Capabilities of Selected Muslim Women in Baguio City, Northern Philippines. The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 87-117, Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio.

Diaz, Maria Ana B., Balmores, Rozel S. and Gapasin, Mursha D. (2008) Filipino Youths in the Region: Demographic and Social Correlates of Suicide Ideation and Attempt Among the Youth in the Cordillera Administrative Region. Published by the Demographic Research and Development Foundation, Inc. University of the Philippines Population Institute (monograph).

Balmores , Rozel S. (2004).The Influence of Personality Traits on Married Women’s Career Choices. Philippine Journal of Psychology, Vol. 34, pp. 104-117. Published by the Psychological Association of the Philippines

Academic Organizations

Member, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Member, Pambansang Samahan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino

Assistant Professor in Political Science
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

AB-MA Political Science, Major in Global Politics, Ateneo de Manila University, 2018, 2019

Research Interests

International Politics, Comparative Politics, Public Policy

Extension Services

Workshop on the Localization of the Safe Spaces Act in Barangay Atok Trail

Publications

Ungung-a ed Abroad: Exploring Identity Among Indigenous Igorot Youth in Diaspora, MA Thesis.
Can be read in full under Resources at ikatvoices.com, a website established by Igorot youth abroad.

Instructor in Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

B.A., Social Sciences (Major in Social Anthropology, Minor in Political Science), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2021

Research Interests

Digital anthropology, urban anthropology

Assistant Professor in Political Science
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2023.
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in History, Minor in Political Science), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2015, magna cum laude

Research Interests

Creative City, Sustainable development in cities, Postcolonialism, Society and politics

Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., in Anthropology, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1987
M.A., in Anthropology, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1975
B.A., in Anthropology, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1971

Research Interests

Indigenous culture, Cordillera, ethnohistory

Publications

Prill-Brett, June. Tradition and Transformation: Studies on Cordillera Indigenous Culture. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2015.

Prill-Brett, June. A Comparative Study of Agricultural Commercialization in Selected Highland Communities of the Cordillera-Ilocos Region. CSC Working Papers 24. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 1994.

Prill-Brett, June. Common Property Regimes among the Bontok of the Northern Philippine Highlands and State Policies. CSC Working Papers 21. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 1993.

Prill-Brett, June. Ibaloy Customary Law on Land Resources. CSC Working Papers 19. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 1992.

Prill-Brett, June. Baguio: A Multi-Ethnic City and the Development of the Ibaloy as an Ethnic Minority. CSC Working Papers 15. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 1990.

Prill-Brett, June. Indigenous Experience of Autonomy in the Cordillera. CSC Working Papers 10. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 1989.

Prill-Brett, June. The Bontok Chuno Feast in the Context of Modernization. CSC Working Papers 12. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 1989.

Prill-Brett, June. A Survey of Cordillera Indigenous Political Institutions. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 1987.

Prill-Brett, June. Coping Strategies in the Bontok Highland Agroecosystem: The Role of Ritual. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio,1987.

Prill-Brett, June. Pechen: The Bontok Peace Pact Institution. Baguio City: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio,1987.

Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

D.Phil. Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, 2011
M.Phil., University of Oxford, 2008
M.A., University of the Philippines, 2002
B.A., University of the Philippines, 1995

Research Interests

Cordillera, indigenous peoples, tattoos, textiles

Publications

Salvador-Amores, A. (2020). Re-examining Igorot representation: issues of commodification and cultural appropriation. South East Asia Research, 1-17.

De Las, M. L. A. N., & Salvador-Amores, A. (2019). Enigmatic Geometric Tattoos of the Butbut of Kalinga, Philippines. The Mathematical Intelligencer, 41(1), 31-38.

Amores, A. S. (2018). Resignifying “Kinuttiyan'(ikat blanket) in the Philippine Cordillera: translocal connections and ritual use. Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 47(1), 77-117.

Associate Professor in Psychology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D, Psychology (major in Social Psychology and minor in Developmental Psychology), University of the Philippines Diliman, 2016
MA, Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2013
MA, Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2002
BA, Social Science (Double Major in Psychology and Anthropology), 1997, cum laude

Research Interests

Women and Work, Adolescent Risk Behaviors, Psychology of Filipino Humor, Stigma, COVID-19, Urban Safety, Social Psychology, Group Dynamics, Sikolohiyang Pilipino and Indigenous Psychology, Developmental Psychology

Extension Service

Member/Reviewer, DOST-PCHRD Mental Health-Technical Working Group (MH-TWG)

Reviewer, 2022 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Outstanding Research Awards (ORA); 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Outstanding Research Awards (ORA); 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Outstanding Research Awards

Reviewer, 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Undergraduate Student Poster Awards

Reviewer, 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)

Reviewer, 2017 American Psychological Association’s Doctoral Dissertation Research Award

Reviewer, Jurnal Biopsikososial: Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Mercubuana

Reviewer, Diliman Review (October 2021)

Reviewer, Mountain Journal of Science and Interdisciplinary Research (Benguet State University Research Journal) (October 2021)

Resource Person, CSS Lecture Series: Researching in the Social Sciences Digital Dialogues, Psychology of Humor (online via Zoom), Streamed live on April 26, 2021,

Resource Person, Center for Mental Health Proposal Writeshop, hosted by Regional Research, Development and Innovation Committee and Department of Science and Technology Cordillera Administrative Region, March 15, 2021 (online via Zoom)

Resource Speaker, Katatagan at Pagbangon sa Panahon ng Pandemya, CSC’s 40th Anniversary lecture, Teatro Amianan, UP Baguio, Streamed live on: June 25, 2020,
*a lecture on the impact of a pandemic and the diverse psychological reactions to the crisis; the practical ways of dealing with pandemic-related emotional distress; and managing the impact of COVID-19 through a resilience framework

Resource Person/Workshop Facilitator, on Experimental Research, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences and Philosophy, 2018 CSSP Extramural Training Seminar for Social Science Teachers, Crown Legacy Hotel and University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio City April 28-30, 2018

Publications

The Correlation of Humor Styles with Psychological Well Being and Collective Action among Filipino University Students. Israeli Journal of Humor Research, September 2021, Vol. 10 Issue No. 2, pp. 28-59. Published by Israeli Society for Humor Studies.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2019) Laziness. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2019) Homeostasis. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2018) An Exploration on the Schema and Function of Humor. Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal, Vol. 7, Issue No. 2, pp. 43-63. Published by Israeli Society for Humor Studies.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2018) Prejudice. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2018) Spontaneity. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino R.S. (2018) Avoidance Coping Strategies. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino, R. S. (2018) Humor. In: Ziegler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds). Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.

Balmores-Paulino, R. S. (2016) Culture as a Variable in Psychological Research. In: Crisologo-Mendoza L. Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice: Consolidating Lesson and Charting Directions (Conference Papers, Volume 1), pp. 17-34. Published by the College of Social Sciences and the Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio.

Milallos, Ma. Theresa R. and Balmores, Rozel S. (2009) Exploring the Capabilities of Selected Muslim Women in Baguio City, Northern Philippines. The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 87-117, Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio.

Diaz, Maria Ana B., Balmores, Rozel S. and Gapasin, Mursha D. (2008) Filipino Youths in the Region: Demographic and Social Correlates of Suicide Ideation and Attempt Among the Youth in the Cordillera Administrative Region. Published by the Demographic Research and Development Foundation, Inc. University of the Philippines Population Institute (monograph).

Balmores , Rozel S. (2004).The Influence of Personality Traits on Married Women’s Career Choices. Philippine Journal of Psychology, Vol. 34, pp. 104-117. Published by the Psychological Association of the Philippines

Academic Organizations

Member, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Member, Pambansang Samahan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino

Assistant Professor in Psychology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.S., Psychology, Saint Louis University
B.S., Psychology, UP College Baguio

Research Interests

Developmental Psychology

Extension Service

Social Sciences Research and Extension Institute.

(Gave a lecture on Interviewing and Quasi-experimental method)

Publications

Canilao, NP, Diaz, MAB, Florendo, MNa, Salinas-Ramos, TA with Mendoza, L (2015). Indigenous psychologies and critical- emancipatory psychology. Routledge: Taylor and Francis.

Canilao, NP and Diaz, MAB (2013). Sikolohiyang Pilipino: Fifty years of critical-emancipatory social sciences in the Philippines. Annual Review of Critical Psychology (Critical Psychology in a Changing World: Building Bridges and Expanding the Dialogue) 10, 765-783.

Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Youth: The Philippine Experience . (2013). Prof. TS Ramos, Prof. MAB Diaz, AM Villalon, Jerry Bangcawayan (co-authors). A paper submitted to the Tebtebba Foundation.

Growing Old Alone: An Exploratory Study of Childless Elderly Men and Women in Baguio City (2011). Prof. MC San Luis , Prof. MAB Diaz and Ms AG Follosco, Cordillera Studies Center

Correlates of Suicide Ideation and Attempt among the Youth in the Cordillera Administrative Region (2008). Prof. MAB Diaz, Prof. R. Balmores-Paulino and Ms. MD Gapasin. Demographic Research and Development Foundation, Inc. ,UP Population Institute.

Trends in Content and Strategies of Sexuality Education in Selected Secondary Schools in Baguio City and Abra (2004). Prof. VLC Diaz, Prof. MAB Diaz, Prof. R, Balmores-Paulino, Prof. L. Tolentino, Ms. MD. Gapasin, and Ms. C. Bulos

Associate Professor in Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.S., Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, 1988
B.A., University of the Philippines, 1984, cum laude

Publications

Mendoza, Lorelei C., Prill-Brett, June, Tapang, Bienvenido P., Cruz, Gladys A., Colongon, Arellano Jr. A., Diaz, Victoria Lourdes C., San Luis, Ma. Cecilia R., Follosco, Alicia G. “Harmonizing ancestral domain with local governance in the Cordillera of the northern Philippines” in Tyler, Stephen R., eds. Communities, Livelihoods and Natural Resources: Action Research and Policy Change in Asia, (2006), 231-252

Professor of Anthropology and Sociology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of the Philippines, 2018
M.A., University of the Philippines, 1997
B.A., University of the Philippines, 1989

Research Interests

Gender, gender identity

Publications

Josef, J. (2020) Vernacular self-representation in Filipino gender identities: the Bontoc minamagkit, South East Asia Research 

Associate Professor in Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman
M.A., Master of Arts in Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Baguio
B.A., Social Sciences (Double Major in Anthropology and Psychology), University of the Philippines College Baguio

Research Interests

Child labor, street children, call center, indigenous corporate property, gender, psychological anthropology , ethnohistory

Extension Services

Resource speaker of the 5-day workshop of the CHED-BARMM Funded project titled, “Capacity Building for Bangsamoro History, Culture, and Tradition (ZamBaSulTa)” , July 26-30, 2021 (through zoom platform)

Speaker, (2019) Cordillera Studies Center Anniversary Lectures (CSC 39th year), June 25, 2019 (Presented paper” Comparative Study of Indigenous Corporate Property Systems Management of Resources of Upland and Lowland Cognitive Descent Groups of Northern Luzon”)

Resource speaker, An Indigenous Studies Program Plan Forum on “Ethnographic Methods: Changes through Time. Sponsored by The Program for Indigenous Cultures in coordination with Cordillera Studies Center and UP Baguio. July 31, 2019

Lecturer and trainer: Don Mariano Marcos State University “Continuing Professional Education” Training for Social Studies Teachers, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, through UPB-CSS SSREI, July 2-12, 2019 (national)

Lecturer and Trainer, “Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences and Philosophy” , 2018 UP-CSSP Extramural Training for Social Science Teachers.

Module Writer. GE Course: Self and Society 1, University of the Philippines system (2018)

Lecturer (2018). “Ethnography of a Call Center: Learnings, Realities, Struggles and Compromises”. Paper presented for the celebration of the CSS week, UP Baguio.

Guest Lecturer and Trainer, “Training on Historical and Anthropological Research on Traditional Industries in Pangasinan”. Center for Pangasinan Studies. Capitol Resort Hotel, Lingayen, Pangasinan. September 8-9, 2017.

Publications

Salinas-Ramos, TA (2016). “Doing Critical Psychology in Indigenous Groups: The Case of Africa, New Zealand, and Australia” in Mendoza, L. (ed.) Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice. Conference Papers, Vol. 1, College of Social Sciences and the Cordillera Studies Center.

Canilao, N, Diaz, MA, Florendo, N, Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2015). “Indigenous Psychologies and Critical-emancipatory psychology” in Parker, Ian (ed.).  Handbook of Critical Psychology. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.

Florendo, N, San Luis, MC, Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2011) “Critical Research in Philippine Community Psychology”. Annual Review of Critical Psychology: Critical Psychology in a Changing World: Building Bridges and Expanding the Dialogue.

Prill-Brett, J. and Salinas-Ramos, TA. With Follosco, A. (1998) Tuba Ethnohistory Cordillera Studies Center, UP College Baguio. . (Funding source: Municipal government of Tuba, Benguet).

Researches

Prill-Brett,J. and Salinas-Ramos, TA (2022) “Changes in Indigenous Corporate Property Systems and Management of Resources of Upland and Lowland Cognatic Descent Groups of Northern Luzon”. Funded by the Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio

Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2020). Physical to Virtual Departure: the (In)Visibility of OFWs in Call Center Work”.

Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2018). The Tampa/Irikan: An Indigenous Agricultural Agreement. A paper presented in the 1st International Conference on Pangasinan Studies. Lingayen, Pangasinan

Prill-Brett, J. and Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2018). A Comparative Study of Indigenous Corporate Property Systems and Management of Resources of Upland and Lowland Cognatic Descent Groups of Northern Luzon. A research grant from the Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio.

Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2016). Telepresence as a Tactic for Parenting: Negotiating for Time and Space Among Call Center Agents in Baguio City. Dissertation. University of the Philippines Diliman.

J. Bangcawayan, Diaz, MA , Salinas-Ramos, TA, A Villalon. (2013) Violence Against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Youth: The Philippine Experience. A paper submitted to the Tebtebba Foundation.

Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2011) The Exploration of Human Universals in Identity Reconstruction After Loss of a Partner. A paper prepared for the 14th Biennial Conference of the Society for Theoretical Psychology- Doing Psychology Under New Conditions, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Associate Professor in Sociology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., Sociology – University of the Philippines Diliman, 2015
M.A., Social and Development Studies – University of the Philippines College Baguio, 1997
B.A., Anthropology-Sociology – University of the Philippines College Baguio, 1987

Research Interests

Social and Cultural Gerontology; Family Studies; Social Theory; Social Science Research

Extension Service

Resource Person for CSS SSREI (Social Science Extension and Research Institute) – Research Process; Paradigm in Social Science Research; Qualitative Research Methods

Publications

Florendo, N, San Luis, MC, Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2011) “Critical Research in Philippine Community Psychology “. Annual Review of Critical Psychology: Critical Psychology in a Changing World: Building Bridges and Expanding the Dialogue

Assistant Professor in Sociology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Sociology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2019
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in Social Anthropology, Minor in Psychology), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2012

Research Interests

Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Language

Academic Organizations

Philippine Sociological Society

Professor of Political Science
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Science

Academic Background

Ph.D., Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2010
Dissertation: “The Philippine Supreme Court and the Mining Act Ruling Reversal”

M.A., Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1996
Thesis: “Notions of Justice in the Cordillera”

B.A., Social Science (Double Major: Philosophy and Political Science), University of the Philippines Baguio, 1987.

Visiting Fellow:

Visiting Scholar, November 2019-February 2020, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (Fulbright Grant)
Visiting Scholar at Vanderbilt University, February-May 2008, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (CHED Sandwich Grant)

Research Interests

Justice, Political Philosophy, Judicial Behavior, Urban Resilience, Water Security, Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

Academic Organization

Philippine Political Science Association (PPSA)

Extension Services

Facilitated Seminars/Workshops on:
Disseminating Research Outputs
Sustaining Research Projects
Research for Teachers
Scholarly and Academic Writing
Writing for Publication

Publications

Mendoza, L.C.; Cruz, G.A.; Ciencia, A.N.; and Penalba, M.A. 2020. “Local Policy and Water Access in Baguio City, Philippines.” International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, Vol. 20, Issue 1 (January-March 2020), pp.1-13.

Ciencia, A.N.; Mendoza, L.C.; Cruz, G.A.; Penalba, M.A.; Calde, N.L.; M.R. and Cabalfin, M.R. 2017. “Water Security and Urban Resilience: The Case of Baguio City, Philippines,” pp.146-164. Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities: Governance for a more Resilient Urban Future, edited by Diane Archer, Sarah Colenbrander, David Dodman. Routledge.

Cruz, G., Mendoza, L., and Ciencia, A. 2016. “The Civil Registration of Indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera Region: Issues in Implementing NSO Administrative Order No. 3 of 2004.” Public Policy Journal, 14, pp. 33-82.

Ciencia, A.N. 2016. “UP Baguio’s Water Security Project: Lessons Learned,” pp. 155-167. Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice: Consolidating Lessons and Charting Directions, Volume 2, edited by L.C. Mendoza. Baguio City, Philippines: College of Social Sciences, UP Baguio and the Cordillera Studies Center.

Flor, Alexander G.; Ciencia, Alejandro N.; and Sta. Maria-Abalos, Cecilia Fe L, eds. 2016. Resilience and Sustainability: Fourteen Narratives. Baguio City, Philippines: Cordillera Studies Center.

Mendoza, L.C.; Ciencia, A.N.; Cruz, G.; Penalba, M.; Calde, N.; and Cabalfin, M. 2016. “Engaging Communities in Addressing Water Security, Sanitation, and Urban Resilience Challenges in
Baguio City,” A report submitted to the ICLEI-Southeast Asia Secretariat.

Ciencia, A.N.; Mendoza, L.C.; Cruz, G.; Calde, N.; Cabalfin, M.; and Penalba, M. 2015. “Towards Establishing Water Security and Urban Resilience in the City of Baguio,” Asian Cities Climate Resilience Working Paper Series, 27-2015.

Calde, Nimreh; Ciencia, Alejandro Jr.; and Rovillos, Raymundo. 2013. “An assessment of the implementation of the Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) in the Philippines,” Volume I: Main Report. Bonn, Germany: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Ciencia, A.N. 2012. “From Judicialization to Politicization of the Judiciary: The Philippine Case,” pp. 117-138. The Judicialization of Politics in Asia, edited by Bjoern Dressel. London, UK: Routledge.

Ciencia, A.N. 2012. “The Independence and Activism of the Philippine Supreme Court: The Case of La Bugal v. Ramos.” The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society, Vol. 4,
No. 1, pp. 5-46.

Ciencia, A.N. 2011. “The Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Mining Act: A Political Science Perspective.” Philippine Political Science Journal (PPSJ), Vol. 32, No. 55 (Routledge).

Ciencia, A.N. 2011. “Governance Issues and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).” The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society, Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, pp. 17-42.

Ciencia, A. N. 2006. “The Philippine Supreme Court and the Mining Act Reversal,” Working Paper published by the East-West Center as part of the International Graduate Student Conference
Working Paper series.

Ciencia, A.N. 2005. “Review of Democratization, Development, and the Patrimonial State in the Age of Globalization by Eric Budd.” Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies, 20 (2): 189-196.

Ciencia, A.N. 2001. “Notions of Justice in the Cordillera,” pp. 103-128. Towards Understanding Peoples of the Cordillera: A Review of Research on History, Governance, Resources,
Institutions and Living Traditions, Vol. 1, edited by V. Rico-Costina and M. Difontorum. Philippines: Cordillera Studies Center.

Casambre, A.L., Ciencia, A.N., Colongon, A.A., Rood, S., and Simeon-Bulosan, L. 1996. “Ethnic Variations in Cordillera Citizen Attitudes Towards Dispute Settlement.” Monitoring the State of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, edited by M. Mangahas. Philippines: Social Weather Stations.

Associate Professor in Political Science
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1994
B.A., Social Sciences (Double Major in Political Science and Philosophy), University of the Philippines Baguio, 1987

Publications

Mendoza, Lorelei C., Prill-Brett, June, Tapang, Bienvenido P., Cruz, Gladys A., Colongon, Arellano Jr. A., Diaz, Victoria Lourdes C., San Luis, Ma. Cecilia R., Follosco, Alicia G. “Harmonizing ancestral domain with local governance in the Cordillera of the northern Philippines” in Tyler, Stephen R., eds. Communities, Livelihoods and Natural Resources: Action Research and Policy Change in Asia, (2006), 231-252

Casambre, A.L., Ciencia, A.N., Colongon, A.A., Rood, S., and Simeon-Bulosan, L. 1996. “Ethnic Variations in Cordillera Citizen Attitudes Towards Dispute Settlement.” Monitoring the State of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, edited by M. Mangahas. Philippines: Social Weather Stations.

Associate Professor in Economics
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines, 1999
B.A., University of the Philippines, 1984

Publications

Mendoza, L.C.; Cruz, G.A.; Ciencia, A.N.; and Penalba, M.A. 2020. “Local Policy and Water Access in Baguio City, Philippines.” International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable
Development, Vol. 20, Issue 1 (January-March 2020), pp.1-13.

Cruz, G., Mendoza, L., and Ciencia, A. 2016. “The Civil Registration of Indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera Region: Issues in Implementing NSO Administrative Order No. 3 of 2004.” Public
Policy Journal, 14, pp. 33-82.

Mendoza, L.C.; Ciencia, A.N.; Cruz, G.; Penalba, M.; Calde, N.; and Cabalfin, M. 2016. “Engaging Communities in Addressing Water Security, Sanitation, and Urban Resilience Challenges in Baguio City,” A report submitted to the ICLEI-Southeast Asia Secretariat.

Ciencia, A.N.; Mendoza, L.C.; Cruz, G.; Calde, N.; Cabalfin, M.; and Penalba, M. 2015. “Towards Establishing Water Security and Urban Resilience in the City of Baguio,” Asian Cities Climate Resilience Working Paper Series, 27-2015. 

Mendoza, Lorelei C., Prill-Brett, June, Tapang, Bienvenido P., Cruz, Gladys A., Colongon, Arellano Jr. A., Diaz, Victoria Lourdes C., San Luis, Ma. Cecilia R., Follosco, Alicia G. “Harmonizing ancestral domain with local governance in the Cordillera of the northern Philippines” in Tyler, Stephen R., eds. Communities, Livelihoods and Natural Resources: Action Research and Policy Change in Asia, (2006), 231-252.

Assistant Professor in Political Science
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

AB-MA Political Science, Major in Global Politics, Ateneo de Manila University, 2018, 2019

Research Interests

International Politics, Comparative Politics, Public Policy

Extension Services

Workshop on the Localization of the Safe Spaces Act in Barangay Atok Trail

Publications

Ungung-a ed Abroad: Exploring Identity Among Indigenous Igorot Youth in Diaspora, MA Thesis.
Can be read in full under Resources at ikatvoices.com, a website established by Igorot youth abroad.

Assistant Professor in Economics
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Economics, University of the Philippines, 1999
B.A., University of the Philippines, 1989

Research Interests

International economics (specialization: southern perspective), public economics, environmental economics (focus on payments for environmental services), and efficiency analysis and management capabilities of the commons or resources owned in common.

Publications

A Dossier on Philex Mining Corporation: Focus on Benguet Operations (May 2009)

“Mining is the wrong engine for growth” in Robert Goodland and Clive Wicks, Philippines: Mining or Food. December 2008. Published by Working Group on Mining in the Philippines: London, United Kingdom (with support from the Columban Faith and Justice, Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility, Paul Feyerabend Foundation, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Irish Center for Human Rights, Miseorero, Piplinks, and PAFID.

“Validating policy prescriptions from benefit-cost assessments of mining through comparative analysis and test of hypotheses” in The Philippine Review of Economics (A peer-reviewed journal in economics). June 2008. Published by the University of the Philippines School of Economics and the Philippine Economic Society.

Towards A Basic Methodology in the Benefit-Cost Assessment of Mining (January 2007)

Globalization and the Millennium Development Goals (talk during the Experts’ Meeting of the Civil Society Counterpart Council for Sustainable Development. June 2006. The automatic powerpoint show may not appear in Linux and a few other internet browsers.

Valuation of Benguet Biodiversity and Benefit Cost Analysis of Mining. May 2006. 106 pages Copyright 2006 @Haribon Foundation (with funding from The Royal Netherlands Embassy). The views expressed by the author, Arturo C. Boquiren, do not necessarily reflect the views of Haribon Foundation nor the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Related work: Towards A Framework for Valuation of Environmental Resources: Monetization and Intangibles).

Designing Market-Based Rewards for Community Environmental Services for Power Companies . 14 July 2005 (Edited 15 September 2005). Paper presented before the Technical Advisory Group (author is a member of the Technical Advisory Group), CHARM-RUPES Department of Agriculture, 14 July 2005. An important complement to this work is a forthcoming article by the author on the limitations of market-based approaches to payments for environmental services that will be presented in a conference of the Philippine Social Science Association (PSSA).

Assistant Professor in Economics
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Science

Academic Background

Registered Business Professional, 2022
Master of Management, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2021
B.S., Management Economics, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2015, cum laude

Research Interests

Managerial economics, organizational behavior, marketing (e.g. consumer behavior, industry and market analysis), business administration / management in general (e.g. business models, industrial organization, social entrepreneurship)

Assistant Professor in Economics
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Economics, University of the Philippines, School of Economics, 2018
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in Economics, Minor in Philosophy), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2016

Assistant Professor in Political Science
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Auckland, 2022
M.A., Political Science, University of the Philippines, 2013
B.A., University of the Philippines, 2001

Publications

Mendoza, L.C.; Cruz, G.A.; Ciencia, A.N.; and Penalba, M.A. 2020. “Local Policy and Water Access in Baguio City, Philippines.” International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable
Development, Vol. 20, Issue 1 (January-March 2020), pp.1-13.

Ciencia, A.N.; Mendoza, L.C.; Cruz, G.A.; Penalba, M.A.; Calde, N.L.; M.R. and Cabalfin, M.R. 2017. “Water Security and Urban Resilience: The Case of Baguio City, Philippines,” pp.146-164. Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities: Governance for a more Resilient Urban Future, edited by Diane Archer, Sarah Colenbrander, David Dodman. Routledge

Mendoza, L.C.; Ciencia, A.N.; Cruz, G.; Penalba, M.; Calde, N.; and Cabalfin, M. 2016. “Engaging Communities in Addressing Water Security, Sanitation, and Urban Resilience Challenges in Baguio City,” A report submitted to the ICLEI-Southeast Asia Secretariat.

Ciencia, A.N.; Mendoza, L.C.; Cruz, G.; Calde, N.; Cabalfin, M.; and Penalba, M. 2015. “Towards Establishing Water Security and Urban Resilience in the City of Baguio,” Asian Cities Climate Resilience Working Paper Series, 27-2015.

Assistant Professor in Political Science
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2023.
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in History, Minor in Political Science), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2015, magna cum laude

Research Interests

Creative City, Sustainable development in cities, Postcolonialism, Society and politics

Professor of History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Senior Fellow, The Frick Collection-New York City, USA
Research Fellow, Linden Museum – Stuttgart, Germany
Research Fellow, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, USA
Visiting Scholar, Katholieke Universitet Leuven, Belgium
Ph.D. in History, University of the Philippines Diliman
M.A. Social Development Studies, University of the Philippines
B.A. Social Sciences Majors in Anthropology and History, University of the Philippines

Research Interests

Indigenous Knowledge, Community Heritage, Philippines Cordilleras, Indigenous Peoples

Extension Work

Go Global SDGs in Action Student Challenge (with York University), 2022 – present
International Indigenous Student Exchange Program (with York University, 2021 – present
CHED Kabadang Research and Publication Capacity Building, 2021 – present
External Evaluator, National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Mapping Program, 2020 – present
Community Archives (with the National Archives of the Philippines), 2014 – present

Publications

ORCID 0000-0001-5505-336X
Scopus Author ID: 11940079500 & 57402054500

Ronan Q. Baculi, Giovanni M. Malapit & Leah E. Abayao. 2022. Atmospheric pressure plasma deposition of silver nanoparticles on bark fabric for bacterial growth inhibition, The Journal of The Textile Institute, DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2021.2024378

Abayao, Leah. 2021. “Policy Landscape for Customary Forest Management in the Philippine Cordilleras.” Philippine Journal of Public Policy: Interdisciplinary Development Perspectives.

Abayao, Leah. 2020. Disaster Risk Governance in Northern Philippine communities: Issues and Prospects in Climate Change Talks. In Chou, K.-T., Hasegawa, K., Ku, D., & Kao, S.-F. (Eds.). (2020). Climate Change Governance in Asia (1st ed.). Routledge.

Abayao, Leah, Akanisi Sobusobu Tarabe, Vuthy Lic, Prasert Trakansuphakon. 2020. Forest Policies and Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Sustainable Forest Management: Fiji, Cambodia and Thailand. Tebtebba Foundation.

Abayao, Leah. 2019. Indigenous Studies as a platform for Internationalization in Higher Education. Proceedings of the Indigenous Peoples Education conference. University of the Philippines Baguio.

Abayao, Leah. 2018. Cordillera Objects in the Philippines Collection (of the Linden Museum). In Co-creation Labs: Illuminating Guests, Artists and New Voices in European Museums of World Culture. Sanstein Verlag and Linden- Museum Stuttgart.

Tolentino, Delfin (Editor), Abayao, Leah, Amores, Analyn, Martin, Marlon. 2017. Ifugao People of the Earth, ArtPost Asia.

Abayao, Leah. 2014. Spirituality and the (re) constructions of indigenous traditions. InUnsettling Discourses: The Theory and Practice of Indigenous Studies. Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio. 2014; Pages 127-134.

Abayao, Leah. 2013. Probing Indigenous Peoples Rights to Education. The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society. Vol. III, No. 1-2, March – Sept. 2011. Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio, Philippines.

Enkiwe-Abayao, Leah and Rebeca Rios-Kohn. 2013. Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women (Asia Pacific section) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Abayao, Leah.2005. Mainstreaming Intercultural Education: the case of UP Baguio’s Educational Assistance Program, Higher Education Policy 18, 409–411. Palgrave.

Abayao, Leah. 2006. Articulating Indigenous Peoples’ Culture in Education. In Indigenous Education and Empowerment: International Perspectives. Eds. Duane Champagne and Ismael Abu-Saad. Alta-mira Press, Oxford UK.

Abayao, Leah. 2001. Indigenous knowledge on Forest management and Conservation of Medicinal Plants among the Ifugaos of Northern Luzon. KASARINLAN Journal, University of the Philippines Press.

Abayao, Leah. 2000. Ifugao Ethnomedicine in History. The Journal of History. Volume 46, No. 1-4.

Enkiwe-Abayao, Leah, Jo Ann Guillao, Mikara Jubay-Dulay and Helen Magata. 2012. Reclaiming Forests and Coasts: Indigenous Peoples Cope with Climate Change. In Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples – Country Case Studies on Local Mitigation and Adaptation Measures Series. United Nations University – Institute of Advance Studies, Traditional Knowledge Initiative. 

Abayao, Leah, Sombolinggi, Rukka. 2010. Indigenous Peoples and the dynamics of development programs: The case of the East Kalimantan Communities Empowerment Program (EKLCEP). In Assessing the first decade of the World’s Indigenous People, 1995-2004. Vol. 1: The Southeast Asia Experience.

Abayao, Leah. 2009. Mayoyao Ethnohistory, 1850 – 1960. The Journal of History. “Philippine Ethnohistories: The Luzon Cordillera and Beyond”. Volume LV, January – December.

Professor of History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Exchange Visiting Scholar for Advanced Research (PAEF-Fulbright Commission), The University of Maryland at College Park, 2017-2018
Visiting Scholar, The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2017
Ph.D., History, University of the Philippines, 2014
Exchange Visiting Scholar (PAEF-Fulbright Commission), The George Washington University, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington D.C., 2011-2012
M.A., History, University of the Philippines, 2004
M.A., Educational Administration and Supervision, Saint Louis University, 2001, cum laude
B.S., Political Science, Saint Louis University, 1989, magna cum laude

Publications

“The Town-Gown Linkage and the Genesis of Post-War Baguio University Town,” The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society 7, no. 1 (March, 2017): 23-72.

Delos Reyes, Charita Arcangel. “Educating Mokimok and Chainus: The Ibaloys at the Bua School, 1901-1940.” In CHIVA: A Reader on Ibaloy History and Culture, edited by Jimmy B. Fong. UP Baguio: Cordillera Studies Center, 2017, pp. 35-60.

“Decompartmentalizing History and the Problem of Historical Inquiry.” Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice: Consolidating Lessons and Charting Directions 2. Edited by Lorelei Crisologo. Mendoza. Baguio City: College of Social Sciences and the Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2016, pp. 85-99.

“Mula sanitarium tungong paaralan: Kasaysayan ng Pagbabagong-anyo ng Kaligiran ng Lungsod ng Baguio.” Sa Shuntug: Mga Kabundukan sa Kasaysayan at Kalinangang Pilipino. Patnugot, Lars Raymund C. Ubaldo. Manila: NCCA at ADHIKA ng Pilipinas, Inc., 2015: 66-78.

“The Genesis of a University Town: The Case of Baguio City, 1946-1973.” Conference Proceedings of the International Symposium on Education and Psychology, ISEP 2014-Fall 2014, Meiji University, Surugadai Campus, Tokyo, Japan, November 12-14, 2014. Published by the Knowledge Association of Taiwan (KAT), Taipei, Taiwan. ISSN 2236-6275 (CD Version)

“Urbana at Felisa: Ideological Reproduction of Femininity in Philippine Education, 1864-1938.” Philippine Social Sciences Review 64, no. 2 (July-December 2012): 49-75.

“From Physical Recreation to Digitisation: A Social History of Children’s Games in the Philippines.” In Negotiating Childhoods. Edited by Hopkins, Lucy; McLeod, Mark; and Wendy Turgeon. Brill, 2010 (print); 2020 (eBook): 99-109.

“Ang Information and Communications Technology (ICT) at ang Neokolonyal na Eduksayon sa Pilipinas (1945-Kasalukuyan).” In Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies 17, no. 2 (2002): 139-166.

Professor of History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Visiting Scholar, University of Memphis, 2016 – 2017
Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, 2008
Ph.D., History University of the Philippines, 1992
M.A., University of the Philippines, 1984
B.S., University of the Philippines, 1979

Publications

“Integrating Indigenous People’s History in a General Philippine History Syllabus” Journal of History LXV (2019)

“Northern Luzon: Historical Interpretation of Regional Space” in Journal of History Vol. LXIV (2018):67-86.

“Space, Agency, and Narratives of Identity: The Indigenous Peoples of the Cordillera, Northern Luzon, Philippines” in Regional Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Vol. 1 (2016):30-65.

“Interethnic Relations in a Time of War: The Case of Baguio” in Journal of History Vol. LXII. “Challenges in the Writing of Local History Research in the Cordillera” in the Local History Network Journal, National Historical Commission of the Philippines, June 2015.

“If Church Ruins Could Speak: RE-thinking Reduccion and the Plaza Complex in Northern Cordillera.” Journal of History Vol. LXI 2015: 78-96.

Professor of History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., History, University of the Philippines, 2005
M.A., Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines, 1996
B.A., Social Sciences (History and Political Science), University of the Philippines, 1986

Publications

“Constructing the Boundaries of Places, Spaces and Identities in Abra (1823-1904)” Vol. VI, No. 1 March 2016. The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society. Baguio City: UP Baguio Cordillera Studies Center.

“History of Small-scale Mining in Fidelisan, Sagada, Mountain Province.” A Chapter of Main Report: Small-scale Mining in Sagada, Mountain Province: A Case Study. Completed in March 2015.

Assistant Professor in Philosophy
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D. Philosophy, University College Dublin (UCD) – Dublin, Ireland (ongoing)
M.A. Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas (UST) – Manila, Philippines (2016)
A.B. Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas (UST) – Manila, Philippines (2012)

Visiting Ph.D. Student
City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center – New York, USA (2022)
Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) – Berlin, Germany (2022)

Research Interests

ORCID 0000-0002-1982-8815

Social Philosophy, Social Epistemology, Critical Theory, Epistemic Injustice / Oppression, Feminist Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy, Asian Philosophy

Academic Organizations

Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) UCD Chapter
Women Doing Philosophy (WDP) group
Transnational Humanities PhD (TNH-PhD) Network

Extension Services

Local Sources of Philosophizing (UP Baguio, 27 May 2022)

Editor-in-Chief for Perspectives: UCD Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy (UCD, March 2021-March 2022)

Abot Tanaw: Philosophy Postgraduate Applications Workshop (WDP, 26 June 2021)

Recent Lectures:

“Philosophy, the Philosophical Institution, and Epistemic Paralysis”, 6th Beyond the Ghetto Webinar: ‘Tremulous Speech: Other-ed and Silenced Subjects Talking Back to Philosophy’ (WDP, 28 August 2021) and 7th Thomasian Philosophers Reunion Convention (UST, 11 February 2022)

“Truth, Education, Subjectivity: Alain Badiou and the Contemporary World Crisis”, (Birmingham City University, 23 June 2021)

Publications

“A Critical Theory of Epistemic Injustice”, Perspectives: UCD Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy, Vol 9, Special Issue: Social Philosophy (Winter 2021), pp 281-301.
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“Epistemic Injustice, Epistemic Paralysis, and Epistemic Resistance: A (Feminist) Liberatory Approach to Epistemology”, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol 14, No 1 (June 2020), pp 28-44. 
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“The Naturalized and Dialectical Ontologies of Nietzsche and Nishida”, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol 13, No 2 (December 2019), pp 113-130.
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“The Event Divides into Two, or the Parallax of Change: Badiou, Žižek, Bosteels, and Johnston”, International Journal of Žižek Studies, Vol 12, No 3 (2018), pp 1-25.

“Ontology or Ethics?: The Case of Martin Heidegger and Watusji Tetsuro”, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol 10, No 1 (June 2016), pp 163-191.

“Thinking in the End Times, From Logic to Anthropology: Philosophy in the Social Sciences.” In Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice: Consolidating Lessons and Charting Directions, Conference Papers, Volume 1. Edited by Lorelei Mendoza. Philippines: Cordillera Studies Center, 2016. pp 89-106.

“The World as ‘Is’ and the World as ‘Ought’: Contemporary Philosophy and the Crisis of Subjectivity”, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol 22, No 2 (Fall 2015), pp 68-79. 

“The Triumph of Finitude After Hegel and the (Re)turn of a Philosophy of the Infinite through Badiou”, Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, Vol 19, No. 2 & 3 (2015), pp 1-43.

“The Narrative’s Creative and Ethical Mediation: A Refigured Self, A Refigured World”, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol 8, No 2 (December 2014), pp 66-76.
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“An Inquiry into the Historical Development of Philosophy in Japan”, Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, Vol 17, No 2 (2013), pp 27-59.

Lecturer in Philosophy
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A. University of the Philippines, Diliman, 2013
A.B. Philosophy and Social Communication, 2008

Research Interests

French Phenomenology, Social and Political Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

Academic Organizations

Core Student Member, Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience, 2020 to present
Regular Member, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, 2021-2022
Student Member, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy, 2021-2022
Vice-President, Lawn Chair Philosophy Foundation, 2020 to 2021

Publications

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “Parrhesia and the Quasi-Political Role of Educators as Intellectuals: An Arendtian-Foucauldian Reflection. Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy vol. 23, no. 2 (June 2022): 301-319.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “A Reading of Heidegger’s Reading of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason,” SCIENTIA vol. 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-10.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “Of Moral Heroes and Saints in the Time of a Pandemic: An Ethical Engagement with Jean-Luc Marion,” PhaVisMinda Journal vol. 19 (2020): 134-164.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. Introduction to World Religions (Textbook for Senior High School, second Edition). Makati City: DIWA Publishing House, 2019.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “The Human Will in Meister Eckhart’s Understanding of Deificatory Event,” MST Review Journal vol. 21, no. 1 (2019): 31-73. 

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “Gadamer and the Anamnetic Character of Truth,” SCIENTIA (March 2019): 132-152.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person (Textbook for Senior High School, second edition). Makati City: DIWA Publishing House, 2019.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “On Hannah Arendt’s Political Thought: Finding the Locus of the Political and the Anti-Political,” Social Ethics Society Journal of Applied Philosophy (Online Journal) volume IV, no. 1 (April 2018): 1-32. 

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “Ang Diskurso ni Feorillo Petronilo A. Demeterio Tungkol sa Pilosopiyang Pilipino,” KRITIKE (Online Journal of Philosophy) volume XI, no. 2 (December 2017): 28-53. ISI and Scopus Index. 

Atim, Ben Carlo N. Introduction to World Religions (Textbook for Senior High School). Makati City: DIWA Publishing House, 2016.

Atim, Ben Carlo N. “The (Re)turn of the Prophets: Prophetic Paradigm in the Post-Secular Society,” Icoana Credintei vol. 2, no. 4 (June 2016): 34-48.

Assistant Professor in Philosophy
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2020

B.A., University of the Philippines-Baguio, 2015, magna cum laude

Research Interests

ORCID: 0000-0001-8111-9799

General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Metaphilosophy

Awards and Distinctions

Recipient, 2021 Claro R. Ceniza Prize in Logic
Paper: “Formalizing Induction: A Defense”

Academic Organizations

Press Relation Officer, Philosophical Association of Northern Luzon, 2020-present

Elected member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Chapter 045 (UP Chapter), 2021-present

Member, Philosophical Association of the Philippines, 2021-present

Extension Services

Lecturer, Philosophy in Public Life – The Philosophy Extension Program in UP Baguio

Referee, Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Australasia

Referee, Talisik: An Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy

Publications

 “Formal Schemas of Induction as Models.” Synthese, 200(6), 1-33. 10.1007/s11229-022-03921-6

Websites

 PhilPeople: https://philpeople.org/profiles/vlademire-kevin-bumatay

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rN4gK9QAAAAJ&hl=en

Assistant Professor in History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., Southeast Asian History, Universität Hamburg, ongoing
M.A., Southeast Asian Studies, Universiti Malaya
B.A., History, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research Interests

Southeast Asia and ASEAN
International and Diplomatic History
Intellectual History and Historiography
History of Anthropology and Ethnohistory
19th Century and Contemporary Philippines

Academic Organizations

Lifetime Member, Philippine Historical Association (PHA)
Lifetime Member, Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino (PSSP)
Philippine International Studies Organization (PHISO)
Asosasyon ng mga Dalubhasa, May Hilig, at Interes sa Kasaysayan (ADHIKA)
Association for Asian Studies

Extension Services

Community Archives Project of the National Archives of the Philippines
Resource Person for seminars and trainings on topics in history and international studies
Editorial and refereeing work for journal and book publications

Publications

Area Studies at Araling Kabanwahan sa Konteksto ng Agham Panlipunan sa Kontemporanyong Panahon. In M.D.dL. Jose, A.M. Navarro and J.A. Ong (eds.), Araling Pang-Erya at Araling Kabanwahan, 62-96. Manila: Department of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila, 2021.

Discursive Experiments in Vernacularizing International Studies in the Philippines. In F.A. Cruz and N.M. Adiong (eds.), International Studies in the Philippines: Mapping New Frontiers in Theory and Practice, 102-120. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2020. 

Conjunctures on ‘ASEAN Citizenship,’ 1967-2017: Identities, Ideas, Institutions. Asian International Studies Review, 20(1), 63-89. June 2019. 

Muling Pagtanaw sa Konsepto ng Pagkalalaki: Pagkatao at Sekswalidad sa Loob at Labas ng Pilipinas (co-author). In R.Pe-Pua (ed.), Handbuk ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino; Bolyum 2: Gamit, 164-185. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2019.

Towards an Intellectual History of the Social Sciences. In L.C. Mendoza (ed.), Social Science Teaching, Research, and Practice; Vol. 1, 243-258. Baguio: College of Social Sciences and Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2016.

Kaisipan at Karanasan sa Ugnayang Panlabas ng Katipunan, 1892-1897. SALIKSIK 3(2), 142-168. January 2015. 

Interpreting ASEAN Developmental Regionalism through Discursive Institutionalism. Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies 29(1), 75-108. June 2015. 

The Times and Narratives of Pedro Paterno: A Study on Intellectualism (Review Essay). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 45(1), 131-133. February 2014. 

Kasaysayang Pampook at Kasaysayang Pambansa sa Historiograpiyang Pilipino. In A.M. Navarro, M.F.Y. Orillos, J.S. Reguindin, and A.L. Elumbre (eds.), Kasaysayang Pampook: Pananaw, Pananaliksik, Pagtuturo, 408-434. Quezon City: Limbagang Pangkasaysayan, 2012.

Assistant Professor in History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., History, University of the Philippines Diliman
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in History, Minor in Psychology), 2012

Research Interests

Local History (Baguio and Northern Luzon)
Life History
Japanese Occupation

Academic Organization

Member, Caloocan Historical and Cultural Studies Association

Extension Services

Salikultura: Sali Kayo sa Kultura ng Research. Organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Via Zoom Video Conference, 26 November 2021.

“Kwento-kwento: Tunay o Misteryo?” full episode of Youth for Truth. Aired October 30, 2021 at IBC TV 13.

“Gintong Kuwento ni Yamashita” segment in Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho. Aired April 16, 2017. 

Publications

Luga, Jose Mathew P. & Abbey Rose A. Celada. Pagtugon sa Hamon ng Kasaysayan: Araling Asyano 7. Makati City: DIWA Learning Systems, Inc., 2021.

____ & Abbey Rose A. Celada. Pagtugon sa Hamon ng Kasaysayan: Araling Asyano 7, Gabay sa Pagtuturo. Makati City: DIWA Learning Systems, Inc., 2021.

“Periodizing the Japanese Occupation: Baguio City at the Eve of Liberation, 1944-1945.” Journal of Philippine Local History and Heritage 6, no. 2. August 2020.

“Alimokon: Mateo Noriel Luga, the Life History of a Revolutionary.” Journal of Philippine Local History and Heritage 3, no. 2. August 2017.

“Mga kwento nina lolo’t lola: Ang pangaraw-araw na buhay sa Baguio noong panahon ng Hapon (1941-1945).” In Saliksik E-Journal 5, blg. 2, edited by Roderick C. Javar (November 2016): 149-189. 

Professor of Management
Institute of Management
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, University of the Philippines, 1997
MA Economics University of the Philippines, 1994
MS Agricultural Economics, University of the Philippines, 1989
BS Economics University of the Philippines, 1980

Research Interests

Protection of the environment and the improvement of the quality of education.

Publications

Abansi, C. L. (2019). Biodiversity Conservation and Social Science Underpinnings in the Cordillera Highlands of Northern Philippines. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 10 (4), 17-30.

Hall, R. A., Abansi, C. L., & Lizada, J. C. (2018). Laws, institutional arrangements, and policy instruments. In Water Policy in the Philippines (pp. 41-64). Springer, Cham.

Abansi, C. L., Hall, R. A., & Siason, I.M. (2018). Water demand management and improving access to water. In Water Policy in the Philippines (pp. 233-259).

Springer, Cham. Dayo, M. H., Rola, A., Abansi, C., Lizada, J., Hall, R. A., & Siason, I. (2018). When Sacred Water Becomes an Economic Good: Tensions and Governance
Challenges in Mount Banahaw, Philippines. Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 21(2).

Nguyen, M. R., Rota, A. C., Arcala-Hall, R., Lizada, J. C., Abansi, C.L., & David, M. E. 2017). Comparative Analysis of the National and Communal Irrigation Systems’ Water Governance: The Philippines Case. Journal of Public Affairs and Development, 2(2).

Professor of Management
Institute of Management
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D. Business Administration University of the Philippines, 2007
Dip. Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines, 2000
Masters in Business Administration, Saint Louis College, 1998
B.S., Business Administration, University of the Philippines, 1995

Publications

Santos, R. R., Dacanay Ill, S. J. 0., Hapitan, R. B., & Abueg, L. C. (2018). Essentials of Investments in the Philippine Capital Market. Southville Global Education Network, 3rd edition.

Assistant Professor in Management
Institute of Management
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Master of Management, University of the Philippines, 2006
B.S., University of the Luzon, 2000

Publications

Stephen, Jay & Siy, C. (2022). Compliance Regimes in Publicly-Listed Mining Firms: Mineral Resources and Financial Reporting Issues.

Siy, J.S.C.. (2009). Compliance regimes in publicly-listed mining firms: Mineral resources and financial reporting issues. 27. 372-383.

Assistant Professor in Management
Institute of Management
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Masters of Management, University of the Philippines, 2021
B.S., Accountancy, Saint Louis University, 2012

Research Interests

Accounting, Finance, Management

Extension Work

Financial Consultant for Baguio Renewable Energy Inc.

Publications

Tabago, K. 2022. Business Finance. TechFactors Inc.

Visiting Professor (Sem 1, AY 2022-2023)
PhD in Indigenous Studies
La Trobe University

Academic Background

Ph.D in Anthropology, The Australian National University, 1987.
Thesis Title: Looking for Money: Simple Commodity Production in the Economy of the Tapah Semai of Malaysia.

M.A. in Anthropology and Sociology, University of Malaya, 1979.
Thesis Title: Ecological Adaptation and Population Change: A Comparative Study of Semang Foragers and Temuan Horticulturalists.

B.A. (Hons) in Anthropology and Sociology, University of Malaya (Malaysia), 1977.

Recent Publications

‘Learning from Indigenous Communities’. In Vedabhyas Kundu (ed.) Conversations on Peace and Nonviolence: Drawing Connections with 16 Global Experts. Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, India, 2021.

‘Lessons from the margin: Indigenous peace ecology’. Organicom Vol. 15, no. 28 (2021): 149-166.

‘Semai ecological epistemologies: Lessons for a sustainable future’. In Kirk Endicott (ed.) Malaysia’s “Original People”: Past, Present and Future of the Orang Asli. Singapore University Press, 2015.

‘Marginalisation of the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia’. In Meredith Weiss (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia. Routledge, 2015.

‘The Impact of Environmental Changes on Forest Peoples of Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century. In Tim Harper and Sunil Amrith (eds.) Histories of Health in Southeast Asia: Perspectives on the Long Twentieth. Indiana University Press, 2014.

‘Anthropology and the Politics of Indigeneity’, Anthropological Forum, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2013): 5-15.

‘Managing Cultural Diversity and Conflict: A Case Study on Malaysia’, In J. Camilleri and Schottmann (eds.) Culture, Religion and Conflict in Muslim Southeast Asia. Routledge, 2013.

‘Alter-native Development: Indigenous Forms of Social Ecology’, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 6 (2012): 1059-1073.

‘Give or Take: A Comparative Analysis of Demand Sharing among the Menraq and Semai of Malaysia’ In Yasmine Musharbash & Marcus Barber (eds.) Ethnography and the Production of Knowledge: Essays in Honour of Nicolas Perterson. Canberra: ANU EPress, 2011.

Visiting Professor (Sem 1, AY 2021-2022)
PhD Indigenous Studies
York University

Academic Background

Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Toronto, 1999
Master of Arts, University of Toronto, 1992
Cours de français, Université Laval, 1991
Bachelor of Arts Joint Honours, McGill University, 1990

Research Interests

Indigenous peoples in northern North America before 1900; Global Indigenous Histories; French colonialism in early North America; Metis and fur trade history; Anishinaabe history; oral history; ethnohistory; linguistic history and history of the book; cultural

Publications

2021: Émilie Pigeon and Carolyn Podruchny, “Bannock Diplomacy: How Metis Women Fought Battles and Made Peace in North Dakota, 1850s-1870s” accepted to Ethnohistory. Forthcoming May 2021.

2019: Carolyn Podruchny, Jesse Thistle, and Elizabeth Jameson, “Women on the Margins of Imperial Plots: Farming on Borrowed Land” Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada 29: 1 (158-81). 23 pp.

2019: Émilie Pigeon and Carolyn Podruchny, “The Mobile Village: Metis Women, Bison Brigades, and Social Order on the Nineteenth-Century Plains” Violence, Order, and Unrest: A History of British North America, 1749-1876, edited by Elizabeth Mancke, Scott See, Jerry Bannister, and Denis McKim, 236-63 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). 27 pp.

2018: Carolyn Podruchny, “Tough Bodies, Fast Paddles, Well-Dressed Wives: Measuring Manhood Among French-Canadian and Métis Voyageurs in the North American Fur Trade” Making Men, Making History: Canadian Masculinities across Time and Place, edited by Peter Gossage and Robert Rutherdale, 333-46 (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press).13 pp.

2017 : Carolyn Podruchny, « Le grand voyage de la tortue qui désirait voler. Motifs oraux, échanges culturels et histoires transfrontalières dans la traite des fourrures » Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada 27: 1 (231-62). 31 pp.

2016: Carolyn Podruchny, “Trickster Lessons in Early Canadian Indigenous Communities” Siberica 15:1 (Spring), 62-80. 18 pp.

2016: Carolyn Podruchny and Stacy Nation-Knapper, “Fur Trades” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History, edited by Jon Butler, (Oxford University Press) http://americanhistory.oxfordre.com/. 40 pp.

2016: Carolyn Podruchny and Jesse A. Thistle, “A Geography of Blood: Uncovering the Hidden Histories of Metis People in Canada” Spaces of Difference: Conflicts and Cohabitation, edited by Ursula Lehmkuhl, Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, and Laurence McFalls, 61-79 (Münster and New York: Waxmann). 18 pp.

Dr. Lenzerini is Professor of Public International Law and International Human Rights Law at the Department of Law of the University of Siena (Italy). He has been Consultant to UNESCO (Paris) and Counsel to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for international negotiations related to cultural heritage. He was also the Rapporteur of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

He is co-teaching the course IS 331 with Dr. Leah E. Abayao, Professor of History and Dean of the College of Social Sciences.

Academic Background

Juris Dr., University of Siena, 15 October 1998, 110/110 magna cum laude.
Ph. D., International Law, 8 April 2003, University of Bari.
National Scientific Qualification (“abilitazione”, Italy) for Full Professor of
International Law, Sector 12/E1, 4 April 2017.

Academic Organizations

Member of the International Law Association.

Member of the “Biotechnology Committee” of the International Law Association 2006-2010.

Rapporteur of the “Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” of the
International Law Association, 2008-2012.

Rapporteur of the “Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” of the International Law Association, 2013-2020.

Member of the “Committee on Cultural Heritage Law” of the International Law Association, 2012-2016.

Member of the Tulane-Siena Institute for International Law, Cultural Heritage & the Arts.

Director of the Inter-University Centre for the Research on Human Rights and Immigration Law (CIRDUIS), University of Siena.

Member of the Academic Friends of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP).

Academic Positions

Associate Professor of International Law, Human Rights and International Organization, University of Siena, Department of Political and International Sciences.

Professor at the Tulane-Siena Summer School on International Law and the Arts.

Professor at the LL.M. Program in Intercultural Human Rights, Miami (FL), USA, St. Thomas University School of Law.

Delegate of the Rector of the University of Siena for Students and Researchers Coming from Crisis Areas, 2016-2022.

Member of the “Collegio di disciplina” (Disciplinary Board) of the University of Siena, 2019-2023.

Representative of the University of Siena at the Italian “Network of Universities for Peace” (RUNIPACE – https://www.runipace.org/).

Referee of the University of Siena for the UNHCR’s “Manifesto dell’Università Inclusiva” (Manifesto of the Inclusive University for Refugees).

Referee of the University of Siena for the UNICORE Project (UNHCR’s University Corridors for Refugees promoted by Italian universities).

Person in charge of the “Just Peace” Project of the University of Siena (https://www.unisi.it/ateneo/adempimenti/urp-e-international-place/sportello-just-peace).

Member of the Commission of Research of the University of Siena.

Delegate of the Department of Political and International Sciences of the University of Siena for Research, Quality of Research and the Third Mission.

Professional Positions

Assistant Professor (Researcher) of International Law (IUS 13), University of Siena (Italy), Department of Law, 2006-2017.

Associate Professor of International Law (IUS 13), University of Siena (Italy), Department of Political and International Sciences, 2018-

Consultant to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris.

Deputy Head of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Publications

“Indigenous Cultural Heritage and International Law”, in D. Newman (ed.), Research Handbook on the International Law of Indigenous Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2022, pp. 332-353.

“Land, Culture, and Heritage: Restoring Indigenous Peoples’ Cultural Identity through Access to Justice and Reparations”, in R. Bulan And C. Cj Chow (eds.), An Anthology of Indigenous Peoples’ Issues, Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters Asia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, 2022, pp. 27-50.

“The Role of the ILA in the Restatement and Evolution of International and National Law Relating to Indigenous Peoples” (with T. Koivurova and S. Wiessner), in K. Karjalainen, I. Tornberg, A. Pursiainen (eds.), International Actors and the Formation of Laws, Springer International Publishing, New York, 2022, pp. 89-112.

Teaching Assistant, MA History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

B.A., Social Sciences, (Major in History, Minor in Political Science), 2018, University of the Philippines Baguio, cum laude

Research Interests

Postwar and contemporary urban history

Academic Organization

Urban History Association

Publications

Reginaldo, Joao Paulo D, Gray, Jeraiah, Pototanon, Ruchie Mark, Ragay, Precious Maecah. 2022. Trails of Taste: Manila-Fujian Food Exchange in the Age of Galleons. Confucius Institute: Ateneo De Manila University. (in press)

Undergraduate thesis
Historicizing the BLIST concept’s genesis and transformation (1989-1994), 2018

Teaching Fellow in Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Teaching Fellow in Sociology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences