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

Academic Background

BS Psychology, University of the Philippines, Diliman (1995)

Completed units in MA Communication, Major in Journalism, University of the Philippines, Diliman (1997 – 1998)

Certificate in Professional Education – College of Education, University of the Philippines, Diliman (2006 – 2008)

MA in Psychology, concentration in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University (Loyola Schools) (Nov 2012 – May 2019)

PhD Developmental Psychology, minor in Personality, University of the Philippines, Diliman (August 2020 to present)

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, V.J. and Suguitan, E.A. (2024), The Incomplete Leap: On the Transition From Union Registration to the First Collective Agreement. Industrial Relations Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12458.

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

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 

Teaching Fellow in Sociology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Teaching Fellow in Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology
College of Social Sciences

Assistant Professor of Economics
Department of Economics and Political Science
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

M.A., Economics, University of the Philippines, School of Economics, 2018
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in Economics, Minor in Philosophy), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2016