De La Salle University - Manila

Research Fellows, Associates and Resource Persons
(2002 - 2009)

Myla M. Arcinas

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 DLSU-Manila. She has taught at UPLB and the University of the Philippines-Manila, where she was involved and did consultancy work 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

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.

Antonio P. Contreras

Antonio P. Contreras is former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of De La Salle University, and a member of the CLA Department of Political Science. He was also previously the Director of the DLSU University Research Coordination Office, as well as Program Leader of the Gender Program for Rural Development of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños. At present he serves as Vice President of the Philippine Political Science Association, and is a member of the Philippine Forest Research Society and an associate member of the Social Sciences Division of the National Research Council of the Philippines. In 2007, he was a recipient of the Outstanding Book Award from the National Academy of Science and Technology as a co-author of Winning the Water War: Watersheds, Water Policies and Water Institutions.

Dr. Contreras obtained his Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and his M.S. and B.S. in Forestry at UPLB. Recent research he has conducted is in the areas of Urban and Carbon Management in Asia, Adaptive Management and Governance in Southeast Asia, and Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity in the Uplands of Southeast Asia. He is currently pursuing studies on Water, Environment and Resilience in the Mekong Region, and on Polity Beyond the State-the Politics of Everyday and Ordinary Lives.

Cristela Goce-Dakila

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 Board of Investments, Policy and Research Center for Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, and other public institutions 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" conducted in 1998-1999, in which she acted as principal investigator.

Marlon de Luna Era

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."

Dennis S. Erasga

Dennis S. Erasga teaches with the CLA Department of Behavioral Sciences. He obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Sociology and his Ph.D. in Environmental Sociology from the University of the Philippines at Los Baños. Prior to his work at DLSU he was Senior Programme Officer at Community and Family Services International, and a researcher at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños.

Dr. Erasga has contributed articles on various aspects of /approaches to biodiversity particularly in the areas of forest management, rice conservation and environmental governance, as well as on indigenous peoples, to various national and international publications. He is a member of the Asia Pacific Regional Sociological Association, Philippine Sociological Association (PSS), International Sociological Association (ISA), and the International Institute of Sociology (IIS). Recently, he attended a short course on Quality Management in International Health at the Department of Tropical Health and Public Hygiene, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Stella P. Go

Stella P. Go is Chair and an Associate Professor of the DLSU Behavioral Sciences 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. 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

Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier is the Director of the Social Development Research Center of the DLSU College of Liberal Arts. An Associate Professor of the DLSU Behavioral Science Department, she holds the Professorial Chair in Community Development at the University. 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 studies "Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production in SEA Watersheds: Market and Gender Components of TMPEGS Philippines" and "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

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

Exaltacion E. Lamberte is Dean of the DLSU College of Liberal Arts. A Professor of the College's Behavioral Sciences Department, she is a University Fellow and a Senior Research Fellow of the DLSU Social Development Research Center, and holds the Distinguished Professorial Chair in Applied Social Science. Dean Lamberte served as the first Editor-in-Chief of the Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, a publication of the DLSU College of Liberal Arts. 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.

Dean. 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

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, Ms. Lapeña is known for her more than two decades' of work on the Panukat ng Ugali at Pagkatao, a Filipino trait-attitude-behavior inventory developed by Dr. Virgilio G. Enriquez. She 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

Romeo B. Lee is an Associate Professor and former 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 focus 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

Francisco A. Magno is Director of the La Salle Institute of Governance and former Director of the DLSU Social Development Research Center. An Associate Professor of Political Science and Development Policy at DLSU, he was the recipient of an Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the National Academy of Science and Technology for the year 2000 . 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 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.

Alicia B. Manlagnit

Alicia B. Manlagnit teaches with the faculty of the Behavioral Sciences Department of the DLSU College of Liberal Arts. She obtained her A. B. in Anthropology from the University of the Philippines at Diliman, her Master of Health Social Science from DLSU, and her M.A. in Medical Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam. At present she is project director of the SDRC study entitled "Insights into the Displaced Populations: The Philippine Experience."

Ms. Manlagnit has been a visiting researcher at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool, the Institut National D'Etudes Demographiques in Paris, France, and the Institute of Population Studies at the University of Exeter. She has conducted and participated in research dealing with the rural Filipino elderly, upland development, social forestry, primary health care, and family planning. She is a member of the International Sociological Association, Ugnayang Agham-Tao, Inc. (Anthropological Association of the Philippines), Philippine Health Social Science Association, Philippine Population Association, and Philippine Sociological Society.

Jesusa M. Marco

Jesusa M. Marco is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Learning of De La Salle University. She has previously served as SDRC Director and prior to this was Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. 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). Currently she is a research fellow at SDRC and is project director of the study "Eco-bio-social Factors of Vector Density in Developing an Effective Approach to Dengue Control in the Philippines."

Loyd Brendan P. Norella

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 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, and a member of the World Federation for Mental Health as well as several local organizations in the fields of Psychology, Mental Health and Medicine.

Carmelita I. Quebengco

Carmelita I. Quebengco is Chancellor Emeritus of De La Salle University. 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 1998 and 1999; a visiting professor at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan in 1992 and at the Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand in 1994; and 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

Cristina A. Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor at and has served as Chair of the Behavioral Sciences Department, and is a 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.

Madelene Sta. Maria

Madelene Sta. Maria is Director of the University Research Coordination Office, and a faculty member of the CLA Department of Psychology. She is also Director of the Commission on Higher Education-Zonal Research Center at DLSU. Dr. Sta. Maria presently holds the PAGCOR Chair in Human Development.

A lifetime member of the Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipin, Dr. Sta. Maria obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of the Philippines, and her doctorate in Psychology from the University of Cologne in Germany. She is pursuing research for the studies "Pathways of Risk and Opportunities among Street Youth in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Africa," sponsored by the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University; and "The Youth as Social Agents: The EDSA 2 Experience" at DLSU. Most recently, she contributed an article entitled "Paths to Filipino Youth Involvement in Violent Conflict" in International Perspectives on Youth Conflict and Development edited by C. Daiute, Z. Beykont, C. Higson-Smith and L. Nucci.

Benito L. Teehankee

Benito L. Teehankee is the Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Associate Professor of Business and Governance, Chairman of the Human Resource Management Department, and Coordinator of the Ortigas Campus and Director of the Center for Social Responsibility for Human Development of the Ramon V. Del Rosario Sr. Graduate School of Business of De La Salle University. He teaches statistics, research methods, total quality management, business ethics, humanistic management and management theory. His research interests are in humanistic management, business ethics, corporate governance, quality management, public health care reform, and Catholic Social Teaching applied to management. His recent publications include "Humanistic Entrpreneurship" in the Asia-Pacific Social Science Review in 2009 and "Why should corporations be socially responsible?" in the book Doing Good in Business Matters, published by the Asian Institute of Management in 2008.

Marshall N. Valencia

Marshall N. Valencia is an Assistant Professor of the Psychology Department of the DLSU College of Liberal Arts. He obtained his MA and BA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of the Philippines, and is pursuing a doctorate in Social-Organizational Psychology at Ateneo de Manila University. A member of the Psychological Association of the Philippines and the Asian Association of Social Psychology, he has published articles on the international scientific productivity of selected universities in the Philippines, gender differences in scientific productivity of academic scientists in the Philippines, and student-teacher thinking styles congruence and academic achievement of Filipino high school students.