Joined the department in January 1985. He served as Chair of the Department from 1990 to 1996 and has held various administrative positions in the College, the University, and other La Salle schools in the Philippines. His research interests include comparative democratization, public opinion, and public finance.
PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS
“Tax reform and demands for accountability in the Philippines”, co-authored with Gabriella R. Montinola, Matthew S. Winters, and Masaru Kohno, Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 58.1.1-23.
“A new penal populism? Rodrigo Duterte, public opinion, and the war on drugs in the Philippines” co-authored with Paul Kenny. Journal of East Asian Studies. 20.2.187-205
“The Myth of the Machine” in Aspinall, Edward, Hicken, Allen, and Weiss, Meredith. Money politics in the Philippines. Singapore: National University Press. 2019
“Congressional oversight: the power of the purse, presidential prerogatives, and pork barrel,” in Timberman, David and Mendoza, Ronald. 2019. Budget Reform in the Philippines: Making the Budget a Tool for National Transformation. Anvil Publishing
“Pork transmogrified: the unending story of particularistic spending,” in Thompson, Mark and Batalla, Eric (eds), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Philippines. 2018. 97-106.
“Can the gains be sustained? Assessing the first five years of the Aquino administration,” in Hutchcroft, Paul (ed), Mindanao: The Long Journey to Peace and Prosperity. 2018. Anvil Publishing
“Who supports Rodrigo Duterte?,” in Curato, Nicole (ed), A Duterte Reader: Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte’s Early Presidency. 2017. Ateneo de Manila Press. 57-76
“The dark side of electoralism: opinion polls and voting in the 2016 Philippine presidential election,” Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2016. Vol. 35, No. 3. 15-38
COMMUNITY, LOCAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS
Appeared in various media interviews with local and foreign media organizations; Visiting Researcher/Guest Scholar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, May 1, 2018-February 28, 2019.
Chairperson, DLSU Committee on National Issues (January 2020-August 2021); Resource Person, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines 123rd Plenary Assembly