DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
ECONOMICS
ALON, Glaiza Ann
Instructor
BA (History-Economics) (2016)
University of the Philippines Visayas
Research interests: disaster economics, environmental economics, disaster history
Email address: gcalon@up.edu.ph
CULAR, Anita G.
Associate Professor
Doctor in Business Administration (1996)
University of the Philippines Diliman
Master in Management major in Business Management (1985)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
BS Business Economics (1980)
University of the Philippines Diliman
Research interests: gender, money and banking, ecotourism, impact studies
Email address: agcular1@up.edu.ph
GRAMA, Hector Bryan P.
Assistant Professor
MS in Agricultural Economics (2020)
University of the Philippines Los Baños
BA Social Sciences (Economics) (2011)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: agricultural production, economic valuation, gendered value chains
Email address: hpgrama@up.edu.ph
ENERLAN, Gerwyn P.
Instructor
BA Social Sciences (Economics) (2015, cum laude)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: disaster studies, macroeconomics, institutional and public economics
Email address: gpenerlan@up.edu.ph
PONCE, Brian Jason H.
Instructor
MS in Economics (2021)
University of the Philippines Los Baños
BS in Agricultural Economics (2019)
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Research interests: development economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, international economics, econometrics
Email address: bhponce@up.edu.ph
SUMAGAYSAY, Marieta Bañez
Professor
PhD Social Science Research (2001)
Leyte Normal University (Philippines)
MA Economics (1988)
University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Economics (1981)
University of the Philippines Tacloban College
Research interests: gender, women, labor force, economics
Email address: mbsumagaysay@up.edu.ph
HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY
GARCIA, Felino S. Jr.
Assistant Professor
MA History (2001)
Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
BA History (1989)
University of the Philippines Visayas
Research interests: colonial medicine, translation studies, queer studies, literary studies
Email address: fsgarcia@up.edu.ph
YEE, Dakila Kim P.
Assistant Professor
MA Sociology (2017)
University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Sociology (2009)
University of the Philippines Diliman
Research interests: environmental sociology, political ecology, conservation and society, disaster risk reduction and management
Email address: dpyee@up.edu.ph
POLITICAL SCIENCE
BACONG, Claire Ed C.
Instructor
BA Social Sciences (Political Sciences) (2013, cum laude)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: feminist foreign policy, women’s human rights
Email address: ccbacong@up.edu.ph
GERONA, Christer Kim O.
Instructor
MA in Political Science (Global Politics) (2021)
Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
BA Social Sciences (Political Science) (2014)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: local governance, decentralization, disaster studies and comparative politics
Email address: cogerona1@up.edu.ph
MANGADA, Ladylyn L.
Associate Professor
Master in Management major in Public Management (1990)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
AB Social Sciences (Political Science) (1987, cum laude)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: local politics, electoral politics, disaster risks, monitoring and evaluation
Email address: llmangada1@up.edu.ph
PIGA, Leandro G.
Instructor
BA Social Sciences (Political Science) (2015)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: comparative politics, international relations theory, and political economy
Email address: lgpiga@up.edu.ph
SERRANO, Isaac Jeoffrey J.
Instructor
BA Political Science (2018)
University of the Philippines Diliman
Research interests: quantitative methods, political philosophy, and legislative politics
Email address: ijserrano@up.edu.ph
TUMANDAO, Donabel S.
Instructor
BA Social Science (Political Science) (2015, cum laude)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: electoral dynamics, dynastic politics, disaster politics, social capital
Email address: dstumandao@up.edu.ph
PSYCHOLOGY
DOCENA, Pierce S.
Assistant Professor
MA Psychology (2011)
University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Social Sciences (Psychology) (2005, cum laude)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: gender and sexual minority groups, mental health, resilience
Email address: psdocena@up.edu.ph
ESPINA, Ervina A.
Associate Professor
PhD in Psychology (2019)
Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
MA Psychology (2008)
University of the Philippines Diliman
MA Psychology (2003)
University of San Carlos (Philippines)
BA Social Sciences (Psychology) (1997)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: disaster and mental health, psychology and social spaces
Email address: eaespina1@up.edu.ph
GUIANG, Rowena S.
Assistant Professor
PhD in Clinical Psychology (2017)
Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
MA Psychology (2002)
University of the Philippines Diliman
MA Education Reading (1993)
University of the Philippines Diliman
AB Social Sciences Psychology (1987)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: gender, disaster, mental health
Email address: rsguiang1@up.edu.ph
JOPSON, Querima Deborah Q.
Assistant Professor
MA Psychology (2003)
University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Psychology (1983)
University of the Philippines Diliman
Research interests: health psychology, stress
Email address: qqjopson1@up.edu.ph
PESTILOS, Cristy C.
Instructor
BA Psychology (2015, cum laude)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: trauma and critical incidents, resilience and coping, children and adolescents, drug addiction and risk factors, community-based drug rehabilitation
Email address: ccpestilos@up.edu.ph
SADIAN-CERCADO, Ruth Edisel Rylle B.
Assistant Professor
MA Psychology (2019)
University of the Philippines Diliman
BA Social Sciences (Psychology) (2011)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: mental health, gender, psychology and children
Email address: rbsadiancercado@up.edu.ph
TAÑOLA, Kimberly Mae E.
Instructor
BA Psychology (2016)
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Research interests: social psychology,developmental psychology, LGBTQ+ psychology, mental health, gender and sexuality
Email address: ketanola@up.edu.ph