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 in 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

Dr. Lenzerini is Professor of Public International Law and International Human Rights Law at the Department of Law of the University of Siena (Italy). He has been Consultant to UNESCO (Paris) and Counsel to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for international negotiations related to cultural heritage. He was also the Rapporteur of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

He is co-teaching the course IS 331 with Dr. Leah E. Abayao, Professor of History and Dean of the College of Social Sciences.

Academic Background

Juris Dr., University of Siena, 15 October 1998, 110/110 magna cum laude.
Ph. D., International Law, 8 April 2003, University of Bari.
National Scientific Qualification (“abilitazione”, Italy) for Full Professor of
International Law, Sector 12/E1, 4 April 2017.

Academic Organizations

Member of the International Law Association.

Member of the “Biotechnology Committee” of the International Law Association 2006-2010.

Rapporteur of the “Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” of the
International Law Association, 2008-2012.

Rapporteur of the “Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” of the International Law Association, 2013-2020.

Member of the “Committee on Cultural Heritage Law” of the International Law Association, 2012-2016.

Member of the Tulane-Siena Institute for International Law, Cultural Heritage & the Arts.

Director of the Inter-University Centre for the Research on Human Rights and Immigration Law (CIRDUIS), University of Siena.

Member of the Academic Friends of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP).

Academic Positions

Associate Professor of International Law, Human Rights and International Organization, University of Siena, Department of Political and International Sciences.

Professor at the Tulane-Siena Summer School on International Law and the Arts.

Professor at the LL.M. Program in Intercultural Human Rights, Miami (FL), USA, St. Thomas University School of Law.

Delegate of the Rector of the University of Siena for Students and Researchers Coming from Crisis Areas, 2016-2022.

Member of the “Collegio di disciplina” (Disciplinary Board) of the University of Siena, 2019-2023.

Representative of the University of Siena at the Italian “Network of Universities for Peace” (RUNIPACE – https://www.runipace.org/).

Referee of the University of Siena for the UNHCR’s “Manifesto dell’Università Inclusiva” (Manifesto of the Inclusive University for Refugees).

Referee of the University of Siena for the UNICORE Project (UNHCR’s University Corridors for Refugees promoted by Italian universities).

Person in charge of the “Just Peace” Project of the University of Siena (https://www.unisi.it/ateneo/adempimenti/urp-e-international-place/sportello-just-peace).

Member of the Commission of Research of the University of Siena.

Delegate of the Department of Political and International Sciences of the University of Siena for Research, Quality of Research and the Third Mission.

Professional Positions

Assistant Professor (Researcher) of International Law (IUS 13), University of Siena (Italy), Department of Law, 2006-2017.

Associate Professor of International Law (IUS 13), University of Siena (Italy), Department of Political and International Sciences, 2018-

Consultant to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris.

Deputy Head of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Publications

“Indigenous Cultural Heritage and International Law”, in D. Newman (ed.), Research Handbook on the International Law of Indigenous Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2022, pp. 332-353.

“Land, Culture, and Heritage: Restoring Indigenous Peoples’ Cultural Identity through Access to Justice and Reparations”, in R. Bulan And C. Cj Chow (eds.), An Anthology of Indigenous Peoples’ Issues, Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters Asia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, 2022, pp. 27-50.

“The Role of the ILA in the Restatement and Evolution of International and National Law Relating to Indigenous Peoples” (with T. Koivurova and S. Wiessner), in K. Karjalainen, I. Tornberg, A. Pursiainen (eds.), International Actors and the Formation of Laws, Springer International Publishing, New York, 2022, pp. 89-112.

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

Academic Background

M.A., History, University of the Philippines Diliman
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in History, Minor in Psychology), 2012

Research Interests

Local History (Baguio and Northern Luzon)
Life History
Japanese Occupation

Academic Organization

Member, Caloocan Historical and Cultural Studies Association

Extension Services

Salikultura: Sali Kayo sa Kultura ng Research. Organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Via Zoom Video Conference, 26 November 2021.

“Kwento-kwento: Tunay o Misteryo?” full episode of Youth for Truth. Aired October 30, 2021 at IBC TV 13.

“Gintong Kuwento ni Yamashita” segment in Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho. Aired April 16, 2017. 

Publications

Luga, Jose Mathew P. & Abbey Rose A. Celada. Pagtugon sa Hamon ng Kasaysayan: Araling Asyano 7. Makati City: DIWA Learning Systems, Inc., 2021.

____ & Abbey Rose A. Celada. Pagtugon sa Hamon ng Kasaysayan: Araling Asyano 7, Gabay sa Pagtuturo. Makati City: DIWA Learning Systems, Inc., 2021.

“Periodizing the Japanese Occupation: Baguio City at the Eve of Liberation, 1944-1945.” Journal of Philippine Local History and Heritage 6, no. 2. August 2020.

“Alimokon: Mateo Noriel Luga, the Life History of a Revolutionary.” Journal of Philippine Local History and Heritage 3, no. 2. August 2017.

“Mga kwento nina lolo’t lola: Ang pangaraw-araw na buhay sa Baguio noong panahon ng Hapon (1941-1945).” In Saliksik E-Journal 5, blg. 2, edited by Roderick C. Javar (November 2016): 149-189. 

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

Academic Background

MA Social Anthropology of Development, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (Chevening Awardee)
BS Community Development, UP Diliman

Research Interests

Civil society, social movements, and social accountability, gender and development, climate justice and just energy transition, community resilience, development and humanitarian financing and programming

Publications

Power Up: How renewables can change women’s lives in the Philippines. December 7, 2022.

Towards a Just Energy Transition: The Implications for Lower- and Middle-Income Countries. Oxford. Oxfam, 2022.

Women Journeying Towards Peace: Ensuring Meaningful Participation and Economic Empowerment of the Bangsamoro Islamic Women’s Auxiliary Brigade and Bangsamoro Women. Quezon City. Oxfam, 2021.

Local Humanitarian Leadership: The View from Local Actors. Quezon City. Oxfam, 2021. 

Moving Forward Localisation of Humanitarian Action in the Philippines. July 2021.

Paradigm shift in disaster response: proactive, not reactive, an opinion piece published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2021.

Future-proofing our communities, an opinion piece published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 13, 2021.

Learning from Learning Reviews: Lessons Learned About Conducting Project Impact Reviews. (Contributor).

INGOs and aid’s Middle Income Country Trap: What are the options? (podcast)

Shifting Paradigms: Strengthening institutions for community-based disaster risk reduction and management.
Quezon City. UP College of Social Work and Community Development, 2015.

Rebuilding after Yolanda: From humanitarian response to disaster risk reduction: The CSWCD Experience.
Philippine Social Science Information. Philippine Social Science Council, June 2014.

Learning to Change, Learning for Change: A guidebook on organization development for non-government organizations. 2004. 

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

Academic Background

M.A., Sociology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2019
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in Social Anthropology, Minor in Psychology), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2012

Research Interests

Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Language

Academic Organizations

Philippine Sociological Society

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

Academic Background

Candidate, Ph.D. in History, University of the Philippines Diliman
M.A., in History, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2012
B.A., History, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2005

Research Interests

Environmental History, Cultural History, Women’s History, Japanese Occupation of the Philippines

Academic Organizations

Treasurer/Board member of Asosasyon ng mga Dalubhasa, May Hilig, at Interes sa Kasaysayan (ADHIKA) ng Pilipinas, Inc.

Extension Services

Balik Kasaysayan Program (Department of Education)
Community Archives (with the National Archives of the Philippines)

Publications

“Ang Ilog Pasig bilang Daluyan ng Sakit sa Kasaysayan at Panitikang Pilipino,” Araling Pasig monograph. Limbagang Pangkasaysayan, 2021.

“Pangayawan sa Ilog Pasig ng mga Bisaya sa Panahon nina Salcedo at de Goiti,” Pangangayaw: Ang Pangingibang Bayan at Paghahanap ng Ginhawa sa Kasaysayan at Kalinangang Pilipino ng ADHIKA ng Pilipinas, Inc. and National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2021.

“Gerilya, Pamahalaan, at Sibilyan: Kuwento ng Pagmamalasakitan sa Gitna ng Digmaan,” Tambayayong: Ang Bayanihan sa Kalinangan at Kasaysayang Pilipino ng ADHIKA ng Pilipinas, Inc. and National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2020.

“Missing Pasig: The Manila River during the Late Nineteenth Century and Contemporary Times,” Manila: History, Culture, and Heritage by Manila Studies Association, Inc., National Commission for Culture and the Arts and Philippine National Historical Society, 2020.

“Ang Ilog Pasig sa mga Banyagang Batis ng Ika-19 na Dantaon,” Diliman Review, Volume 2 Number 2, 2017.

“Imaheng Negrito Bilang Pagkakakilanlang Pilipino sa Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano,” Saliksik: Saysay ng Salaysay: Multidisiplinaryong E-Journal, Tomo 6 Bilang 1, Mayo 2017.

“Mula Philippine Constabulary Tungong Bureau of Constabulary: Pagbabagong-Mukha ng Institusyon sa Panahon ng Hapon,” KAGAWARAN: Mga Institusyon at Paglilingkod-bayan sa Kasaysayan at Kalinangang Pilipino, 1898 – 1946 ng ADHIKA ng Pilipinas, Inc. and National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2017.

“Challenges and Issues in Reconstructing the History of Aeta Guerrillas of Luzon during the Japanese Occupation” in Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice: Consolidating Lessons and Charting Directions, vol. 2, (2016).

“Kontemporanyong Timog Silangang Asya sa Napapanahong Diskurso ng Etnisidad, Border, at Estado,” (Dr. Leah Enkiwe-Abayao, co-author), Saliksik: Saysay ng Salaysay: Multidisiplinaryong E-Journal, Tomo 4 Bilang 2, Nobyembre 2015.

“Ang Ugnayang Maynila-Morong sa Kasaysayan ng Pambansang Pakikidigma ng mga Pilipino” sa Shuntug: Mga Kabundukan sa Kasaysayan at Kalinangang Pilipino ng ADHIKA ng Pilipinas, Inc. and National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2015.

“Ang mga Pakikibaka ng mga Ayta noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig: Isang Panimulang Kasaysayan.” Hasaan: Opisyal na Journal sa Filipino ng Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas, Tomo II, 2015.

“Ang Diwa ng Gerilyaismo sa Panahon ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig sa Bayan ng Morong”, Kasaysayang Pampook: Pananaw, Pananaliksik, Pagtuturo UP Likas, 2012.

“Ang Kababaihang Marking ng Morong, Rizal” Daluyan-Espesyal na Isyu sa Kasaysayan, 2010.

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

Academic Background

M.A. English Language and Linguistics, National University of Singapore (NUS), Awardee of the NUS Graduate Scholarship for ASEAN Nationals (NUS GSA) for two (2) consecutive academic years, 2020

M.A. Philosophy, University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, Summa cum laude-equivalent standing, 2014

B.A. Communication (Major in Speech Communication and minor in Journalism), University of the Philippines (UP) Baguio, Magna cum laude, 2009

Research Interests

PHILOSOPHY: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics or Ethical Theory, Philosophy of Man, Epistemology or Theory of Knowledge, Social Ontology, and Asian Philosophy (especially of Jiddu Krishnamurti)

LANGUAGES: English, Filipino (southern Tagalog), Japanese, (Mandarin) Chinese, Korean, and the linguistic problem of Incommensurability (untranslatable words) between and among languages

COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA: Nonverbal Communication and Body Language, Phonetics and Phonology, Speech Pathology, Communication Apprehension and Speech Anxiety, and Supporting the Hearing-Impaired

PSYCHOLOGY: Psychology of Happiness and Emotions, Abnormal Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Supporting the Dying and the Grieving

Academic Organizations

American Psychological Association (APA): 2023 to present

BookJio Book Club of Singapore: 2021 to present

Prince George’s Park Residences (PGPR) Residential Life Team: 2018 to present

National University of Singapore (NUS) Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society: 2017 to present

University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Alumni Association: 2014 to present

Philosophical Association of the Philippines (PAP): 2012 to present

University of the Philippines (UP) Baguio Alumni Association: 2009 to present

Extension Work

National Service Training Program (NSTP) Facilitator for Literacy Training Service (LTS) of students of the Department of History and Philosophy (DHPh) and other students from the College of Social Sciences (CSS) of UPB

College Information Officer for CSS, Ti Similla Editorial Team