Myla M. Arcinas is an assistant professor at the Behavioral Sciences
Department, College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University-Manila. She is a BA
Sociology graduate of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños and obtained
her MA in Sociology at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. At present,
she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Development Studies at De La Salle
University-Manila. She has taught at the University of the Philippines-Los Baños
and the University of the Philippines-Manila, where she developed her
involvement and consultancy works in various non-government organizations. She
has been an associate consultant of the Consummate Consultants and Kapit-ibigan,
Inc. She has designed and conducted several training programs involving
program/project evaluation, organizational development, conflict management, and
development of effective interpersonal skills. At SDRC she has been the project
director of the Women, Work and Development Program funded by the International
Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU). Her areas of research interest
include social impact assessment, sociology of organization, organizational
development and management of change, organization/program evaluation, training
and development of effective interpersonal skills, and women and development.
Mary Janet Arnado is an Associate Professor at the DLSU Behavioral
Sciences Department. She obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia; her Master
of Health Social Science, with distinction, from DLSU; and her BS in Development
Communication from Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro. She is the author of
Mistresses and Maids: Inequality Among Third World Women Wage Earners, published
by DLSU Press; and co-author with Volker Heinrich of Cebuano (Visaya) für die
Philippinen wort für wort, published by Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rumph GmbH.
She recently completed the studies "Theorizing Filipina Feminism" under the new
Ph.D. grant of DLSU; "Casualties of Globalization: Economic Interest, War, and
Displacement Along Ligwasan Marsh, Philippines" with Mary Ann Arnado, funded by
the Social Science Research Council; and the translation from English to Cebuano
of the book What, Why, and How: Fundamentals of Generic Quality Assurance
Training by Exaltacion Lamberte and Associates. She has delivered presentations
on "Women's Emancipation in the Philippines: A Product of Western Feminist
Theories?" during the Workshop on Cultural Globalization at the Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore; and on "The Declining Significance of
Third World and Western Feminist Distinctions" at the 9th International
Interdisciplinary Congress on Women in Seoul, Korea.
Marlon de Luna Era is an Assistant Professor of the Behavioral
Sciences Department at DLSU. He is a Ph.D. in Development Studies candidate,
also at DLSU, and obtained his M.S. in Human Settlements Development (Urban
Planning and Environmental Management) from the Asian Institute of Technology,
Bangkok, Thailand, and his B.A. in Sociology from the University of the East,
Manila. He has conducted research on the Ethnic Transformation of a Badjao
Community in Batangas; Awareness and Waste Management Practices among Households
in Muntinlupa City; and Corporate Sector Participation in Disaster Prevention,
Mitigation and Preparedness: A Philippine Experience. He has presented papers at
the XV World Congress of Sociology in Brisbane, Australia, on “Disaster
Vulnerability in the Philippines and the Role of Private Sector in Disaster
Management,” and on “Environmental Awareness, Consumerism and Appropriate Waste
Management Practices”; in the ASEAN-Japan Friendship Program-Environmental
Protection Group, on “The Philippine Biodiversity”; and at the International
Training on Risk Management in Community Development in Sweden, on “Extent of
the Local Government Participation in the Risk Assessment Process as Part of the
EIA.
Cristela Goce-Dakila is an Associate Professor of the Economics
Department at the College of Business and Economics at DLSU. She obtained her MA
and BA degrees in Economics at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. She is
connected with various organizations such as the College of Business and
Economics-De La Salle University, the Board of Investments, Policy and Research
Center for Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation and other public services
as consultant. She has been involved in health care financing researches, such
as the project entitled “Health Care Financing System in Surigao del Norte and
South Cotabato” in 1998-1999, in which she acted as principal investigator.
Stella P. Go is an Associate Professor of the DLSU Behavioral Sciences
of Department. She was the Regional Deputy Chair for Southeast Asia of the
Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN) from 2001 to 2004 and is the
current Chairperson of the Philippine Migration Research Network (PMRN). Until
January 2001 she was a member of the Governing Council of the Philippine Social
Science Council and is currently the secretary of the Philippine Sociological
Society. Her main research interests are in population and family studies,
particularly international migration.
International labor migration has been the major focus of her research for most of her professional life since the beginning of the eighties. She was project director of the pioneering Philippine study in 1981 on International Labor Migration funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, which looked into its effects on the economic, demographic, and psycho-social conditions at the family and the household levels. Since then, she has been conducting research on various aspects related to international labor migration in the Philippines.
Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier is an Associate Professor of the DLSU
Behavioral Science Department. She is a Holder of the Professorial Chair in
Community Development at the University and a research fellow at the DLSU Social
Development Research Center. Dr. Chiong-Javier obtained her Ph.D. in Community
Development, with cognates in Social Forestry and Environmental Studies, at the
University of the Philippines at Los Baños; her MA in Anthropology at Ateneo de
Manila University, and her AB and BSE, major in English and minor in History, at
Ateneo de Zamboanga. At present she is project director of the study
“Negotiating Land Rights and Natural Resource Regulation for Local People: The
Role and Effectiveness of Secondary Local Organizations in Upland Watersheds of
Southeast Asia (The Philippine Country Study).” She has been involved in upland
development and natural resource management research and programs for the past
two decades.
Pilar Ramos-Jimenez is a University Fellow and Associate Professor of
the DLSU Behavioral Sciences Department, where she is also Coordinator of the
BSD’s Health Social Science Graduate Program. She is the President of the Pi
Gamma Mu Honor Society in Social Science Philippines Beta Chapter. As SDRC
research fellow, Dr. Ramos-Jimenez has in the past decade served as Coordinator
of the Task Force on Social Science and Reproductive Health. She is a founding
member of the Asia-Pacific Reproductive Health Alliance, a network of
reproductive health advocates and practitioners.
Dr. Ramos-Jimenez has conducted studies in various elements of reproductive health, urban and rural health, health systems, poverty, and the environment. She is consultant to a number of local and international organizations. She has served as the first secretary of the Asia-Pacific Network (APNET) of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health (1997-1999), and President of the Philippine Health Social Science Association (1996). She has convened a number of conferences and workshops in the field of health, gender and sexuality.
She obtained her Ph.D. in Philippine Studies, an interdisciplinary program in the social sciences, at the University of the Philippines. She has a master’s degree in sociology from the Asian Social Institute, and obtained her undergraduate degree from Ateneo de Davao University.
Exaltacion E. Lamberte is a Professor of the Behavioral Sciences
Department of De La Salle University. She is a University Fellow and a Senior
Research Fellow of the DLSU Social Development Research Center. At present, she
is the Editor-in-Chief of the Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, a publication
of the DLSU College of Liberal Arts. She holds the Distinguished Professorial
Chair in Applied Social Science. She has acted as consultant to various
organizations, both local and international, such as the USAID, Macro
International, UNICEF-Manila, National Project on Street Children—Department of
Social Welfare and Services, Department of Health—formerly Community Health
Services, Commission on Higher Education Research and Planning Division, John
Snow International Inc.—Research and Training Component, and the Futures Group
International. Dr. Lamberte obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of
the Philippines, and pursued her postdoctoral studies at the Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts on a grant provided by
the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of the Pacific Basin Research Center of Soka
University of America. Among her areas of specialization are social policy
analysis, health and development, health systems and quality assurance, poverty
and social inequality, social research methods, and management of
institutionalization programs in higher education.
Ma. Angeles Guanzon-Lapeña obtained her AB and Master’s degrees in
Psychology at the University of the Philippines, and is completing a doctoral
degree in Counseling Psychology at DLSU. She is an Assistant Professor of the
DLSU Psychology Department, having chaired DLSU’s Behavioral Sciences Department
for four years and the Psychology Department for two years. At present she is
the Faculty Coordinator of the Psychology Research Laboratory of DLSU, and a
member of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Panel for
Psychology. Her name is also associated with the Pambansang Samahan sa
Sikolohiyang Pilipino, a national organization of Filipino social scientists, of
which she is the current president. In her discipline, she is known for her more
than two decades’ work on the Panukat ng Ugali at Pagkatao, a Filipino
trait-attitude-behavior inventory developed by Dr. Virgilio G. Enriquez. Prof.
Lapeña has been a resource person for various professional organizations and
institutions, including the Philippine Psychology Research and Training House,
the Psychological Association of the Philippines, the Department of Foreign
Affairs, the Center for Educational Measurement, the Education for Life
Foundation, the Association of Government Psychologists, and the Philippine
Trade Training Center.
Romeo B. Lee is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Behavioral
Sciences Department at DLSU. As SDRC research fellow, Dr. Lee has been involved
in the center’s activities as project director, co-investigator and training
lecturer. His studies on population and reproductive health are mainly on male
involvement, particularly in the areas of domestic violence and adolescent
sexuality. His book Filipino Men and Domestic Violence garnered the University’s
2001 St. Miguel Febres Cordero Research Award. Dr. Lee is a consultant to
several local and international donor agencies. He is the convenor of the men’s
involvement working group of the Asia-Pacific Reproductive Health Alliance.
Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. in Demography at the Australian National University. He completed his master’s degree in Population Research at Exeter University. His B.A. in Communication was obtained from the University of the Philippines.
Francisco A. Magno is an Associate Professor of Political Science and
Development Policy at DLSU. He obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science from the
University of Hawaii in 1997 with the support of an East-West Center scholarship
grant. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of the
Philippines at Diliman.
Dr. Magno is the Executive Director of the La Salle Institute of Governance, and was previously Director of SDRC. A recipient of an Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the National Academy of Science and Technology for the year 2000, Magno has research interests in the areas of conflict management, environmental security, civil society, local politics, and governance reforms. His works have appeared in such journals as Security Dialogue, Peace Review, Pacific Affairs, Environmental History, Mountain Research and Development, Philippine Journal of Public Administration, and Philippine Studies. He is also the Review Editor of the Philippine Political Science Journal.
Jesusa M. Marco is currently SDRC Director and research fellow, and
prior to this was Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at DLSU. Trained as a
sociologist at the Loyola University of Chicago where she completed her Ph.D. in
Urban Sociology (1991), Dr. Marco's research and consultancy involvement revolve
around the areas of marginalized groups, community change/urban development,
civil society and social capital. She has done consultancy with both local
(e.g., Consuelo Foundation, PNRC) and international agencies (e.g., UNICEF,
UNAIDS, ADB, Helen Keller International).
Loyd Brendan P. Norella is a health social science researcher,
university professor, clinical and research specialist for NGOs, and program
officer for development projects in the Philippines. He recently completed an
eight-month visiting research fellowship at the College of Public Health of
Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand as an Asian Fellow for Research of
the Asia Scholarship Foundation. He has been involved in several SDRC research
projects on family planning, mental health and HIV/AIDS in the past years and
has also presented several research papers in local and international
conferences. He was given a DLSU-URCO Award for Achievement in Research in 2002.
Dr. Norella has served as faculty member of the DLSU-Departments of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, a Doctor of Medicine from UP-Manila Philippine General Hospital (1999) and a Diploma in Higher Studies (DES)-Master in Public Health Methodology from the Ecole de Sante Publique of the Universite Libre de Brussels (2003). He is also completing a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Major in Clinical Counseling at DLSU. Dr. Norella is an International Affiliate Member of the American Psychological Association, the World Federation for Mental Health, and holds memberships in several local organizations in the fields of Psychology, Mental Health and Medicine.
Carmelita I. Quebengco is the Executive Vice President at DLSU. She is
an Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Management of the DLSU
Graduate School of Education; as SDRC research fellow she has been Director of
the Pundasyon Hanunuo Mangyan School Project. Among the programs she has
conceptualized or developed are the STAR Scholars Program at DLSU, and at the
DLSU College of Saint Benilde, the Educational Development Department Special
Program, the Certificate Program in Accounting/Bookkeeping for the Hearing
Impaired, the Independent Study Program for Career Development, and the
Individually Guided Program at the Arts and Business Studies Department.
Dr. Quebengco has been Freeman Fellow at the Salzburg Seminar in Austria twice, in 1999 and 1998; a visiting professor at the Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand in 1994 and at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan in 1992; and a visiting lecturer at Kobe University, Japan in 1992. She is a member of the Pi Gamma Mu International Honors Society. Her recent publications have been in the area of equity and access in Philippine education, transformational leadership in education, and a replicable formal basic education alternative for Philippine cultural minorities.
Cristina A. Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor at the Behavioral
Sciences Department and SDRC research fellow. She obtained her masters degree in
Demography at Xavier University and her BA in Behavioral Sciences at De La Salle
University. She also completed a special training on qualitative data analysis
at the Royal Institute and the Universiteit van Amsterdam in 1997 and was a
visiting researcher in reproductive health at the Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine in England in 1996. She has been involved in a number of research
projects regarding health and family planning issues. As a resource person, she
has delivered papers in local and international conferences including that on
Immunization in 1996 in the Netherlands.
Benito L. Teehankee is an Associate Professor and Coordinator for
Instructional Technology at the DLSU Graduate School of Business. He is also a
management consultant who specializes in total quality management,
organizational culture, training and information technology. He completed his AB
Behavioral Sciences and BSC Business Management at DLSU. He obtained his Masters
in Statistics from the University of the Philippines and his Doctor of Business
Administration from the Graduate School of Business at DLSU. Dr. Teehankee has
lectured on various organizational, management and teaching topics to corporate,
government and educational institutions such as Jose Cojuangco and Sons, Marsman
Tours and Travel Corporation, Andersen Consulting, Philippine National Oil
Company, Infocom Telecommunications Network, Miriam College, and the Ateneo de
Manila University. He has also delivered lectures and seminars in Japan,
Australia and Indonesia.