Assistant Professor in History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., History, University of Santo Tomas, 2022
A.B., History, University of Santo Tomas, cum laude, 2015

Research Interests

History of Nationalism in Southeast Asia, Revolutionary Movements, Cold War

Academic Organizations

Association for Asian Studies (AAS)

Association of Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS-UK)

New York Southeast Asia Network

London School of Economics and Political Science Southeast Asia Centre – Early Career Researcher Network

Philippine National Historical Society

Publications

Selected Publications:

2023. Book Review of ‘What Kapitan Tiago Served and Padre Damaso Ate: Studies on Jose Rizal, His World, and His Works’ by Jose Victor Z. Torres. Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia 35 (March).

2022. Book Review of ‘Diasporic Cold Warriors: Nationalist China, Anticommunism, and the Philippine Chinese, 1930s-1970s’ by Chien-Wen Kung. LSE Review of Books and LSE Southeast Asia (October).

2022. Book Review of ‘Empire’s Mistress, Starring Isabelo Rosario Cooper’ by Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 37:2 (July).

2021. Book Review of ‘Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire’ by Tim Harper. Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 57:2 (September).

2021. Korean pop music a threat to contemporary Filipino identity? Globalization, Nation, and Interrogations in Philippine Culture and Identity. Asia Review 11:2 (August).

Selected Public Writing:

2023. A history of Philippine Independence Day. LSE Southeast Asia, 12 September.

2023. The Women’s World Cup and understanding Filipino-America. Rappler, 03 August.

2023. Ascending hill station. Ti Similla, April-June.

2022. On the red-tagging of bookshops. Rappler, 23 March.

2022. On the lack of public historians and intellectual spaces. Rappler, 02 January.

2021. On the Filipino obsession with patriotism and heroism. Rappler, 07 December.

Assistant Professor in Economics
Institute of Management
College of Social Science

Academic Background

Registered Business Professional, 2022
Master of Management, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2021
B.S., Management Economics, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2015, cum laude

Research Interests

Managerial economics, organizational behavior, marketing (e.g. consumer behavior, industry and market analysis), business administration / management in general (e.g. business models, industrial organization, social entrepreneurship)

Instructor in Economics
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

BA Social Sciences (Major in Economics, Minor in Political Science), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2022, cum laude

Publications

Ramos, Vincent, and Suguitan, Edgar. (16 February 2023). Rappler. Minimum wages have been historically stagnant – it’s time to act [OPINION].

Assistant Professor in History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., Southeast Asian History, Universität Hamburg, ongoing
M.A., Southeast Asian Studies, Universiti Malaya
B.A., History, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research Interests

Southeast Asia and ASEAN
International and Diplomatic History
Intellectual History and Historiography
History of Anthropology and Ethnohistory
19th Century and Contemporary Philippines

Academic Organizations

Lifetime Member, Philippine Historical Association (PHA)
Lifetime Member, Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino (PSSP)
Philippine International Studies Organization (PHISO)
Asosasyon ng mga Dalubhasa, May Hilig, at Interes sa Kasaysayan (ADHIKA)
Association for Asian Studies

Extension Services

Community Archives Project of the National Archives of the Philippines
Resource Person for seminars and trainings on topics in history and international studies
Editorial and refereeing work for journal and book publications

Publications

Area Studies at Araling Kabanwahan sa Konteksto ng Agham Panlipunan sa Kontemporanyong Panahon. In M.D.dL. Jose, A.M. Navarro and J.A. Ong (eds.), Araling Pang-Erya at Araling Kabanwahan, 62-96. Manila: Department of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila, 2021.

Discursive Experiments in Vernacularizing International Studies in the Philippines. In F.A. Cruz and N.M. Adiong (eds.), International Studies in the Philippines: Mapping New Frontiers in Theory and Practice, 102-120. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2020. 

Conjunctures on ‘ASEAN Citizenship,’ 1967-2017: Identities, Ideas, Institutions. Asian International Studies Review, 20(1), 63-89. June 2019. 

Muling Pagtanaw sa Konsepto ng Pagkalalaki: Pagkatao at Sekswalidad sa Loob at Labas ng Pilipinas (co-author). In R.Pe-Pua (ed.), Handbuk ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino; Bolyum 2: Gamit, 164-185. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2019.

Towards an Intellectual History of the Social Sciences. In L.C. Mendoza (ed.), Social Science Teaching, Research, and Practice; Vol. 1, 243-258. Baguio: College of Social Sciences and Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2016.

Kaisipan at Karanasan sa Ugnayang Panlabas ng Katipunan, 1892-1897. SALIKSIK 3(2), 142-168. January 2015. 

Interpreting ASEAN Developmental Regionalism through Discursive Institutionalism. Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies 29(1), 75-108. June 2015. 

The Times and Narratives of Pedro Paterno: A Study on Intellectualism (Review Essay). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 45(1), 131-133. February 2014. 

Kasaysayang Pampook at Kasaysayang Pambansa sa Historiograpiyang Pilipino. In A.M. Navarro, M.F.Y. Orillos, J.S. Reguindin, and A.L. Elumbre (eds.), Kasaysayang Pampook: Pananaw, Pananaliksik, Pagtuturo, 408-434. Quezon City: Limbagang Pangkasaysayan, 2012.

Instructor in History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Professor of History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Visiting Scholar, University of Memphis, 2016 – 2017
Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, 2008
Ph.D., History University of the Philippines, 1992
M.A., University of the Philippines, 1984
B.S., University of the Philippines, 1979

Publications

“Integrating Indigenous People’s History in a General Philippine History Syllabus” Journal of History LXV (2019)

“Northern Luzon: Historical Interpretation of Regional Space” in Journal of History Vol. LXIV (2018):67-86.

“Space, Agency, and Narratives of Identity: The Indigenous Peoples of the Cordillera, Northern Luzon, Philippines” in Regional Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Vol. 1 (2016):30-65.

“Interethnic Relations in a Time of War: The Case of Baguio” in Journal of History Vol. LXII. “Challenges in the Writing of Local History Research in the Cordillera” in the Local History Network Journal, National Historical Commission of the Philippines, June 2015.

“If Church Ruins Could Speak: RE-thinking Reduccion and the Plaza Complex in Northern Cordillera.” Journal of History Vol. LXI 2015: 78-96.

Teaching Associate, MA History
Department of History and Philosophy
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A. History (Ethnohistory and Local History), University of the Philippines Baguio, ongoing
B.A., Social Sciences, (Major in History, Minor in Political Science), 2018, University of the Philippines Baguio, cum laude

Research Interests

Postwar and contemporary urban history

Academic Organization

Urban History Association

Publications

Reginaldo, Joao Paulo D, Gray, Jeraiah, Pototanon, Ruchie Mark, Ragay, Precious Maecah. 2022. Trails of Taste: Manila-Fujian Food Exchange in the Age of Galleons. Confucius Institute: Ateneo De Manila University. (in press)

Undergraduate thesis
Historicizing the BLIST concept’s genesis and transformation (1989-1994), 2018

Lecturer in Psychology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Psychology (Clinical Psychology), ongoing

B.A., Social Sciences (Major in Social Anthropology, Minor in Psychology), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2014, magna cum laude

Research Interests

Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodology and Issues
Psychological/Clinical Assessment, Psychosocial Support and Psychotherapy
Abnormal Psychology
Psychology of Learning and Behavior

Extension Service

Psychosocial Support Specialist at the University of the Philippines Diliman Psychosocial Services (UPD PsycServ), 2020-2021
Assessment Associate Specialist at Care and Counsel Wholeness Center, 2019-2021
Assessment Associate Specialist and Counselor at Life Change Recovery Center, 2019-2021

Publications

Culture in the Therapeutic Encounter: An Exploratory Study on the Views and Experiences of Therapists-in-Training in working with Filipino Clients, ongoing

Pagsisiyasat sa Karanasan at Pananaw ng mga Pilipino sa Paghingi ng Kapatawaran, 2017

The Philippine Folklore Society and some of its contributions to Philippine Folklore Studies: A Brief History, 2017

Analysis of Undergraduate Theses of University of the Philippines Baguio BASS Social Anthropology Students from Academic Years 2006-2007 to 2014-2015, 2016

Professor of Anthropology and Sociology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of the Philippines, 2018
M.A., University of the Philippines, 1997
B.A., University of the Philippines, 1989

Research Interests

Gender, gender identity

Publications

Josef, J. (2020) Vernacular self-representation in Filipino gender identities: the Bontoc minamagkit, South East Asia Research