De La Salle University - Manila

Research Fellows, Associates and Resource Persons

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.