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

Academic Background

MA Philosophy Candidate, University of Santo Tomas
BA Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas, 2017

Research Interests

Critical theory, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Decolonial Philosophy, Social Philosophy

Academic Organizations

Women Doing Philosophy (WDP)

Extension Services

Article Reviewer, Talisik: An Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy

Associate Editor, Talisik: An Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy (2013-2018)

Research and Publications

Basa, Venus Ae Kael, Mancenido-Bolanos, Marella, Gapo, Prince Airick and Miranda, Raphaella Elaine. “Cultivating Reasonableness Among Filipino Children” in Cultivating Reasonableness in Education. Edited by Marella Mancenido-Bolanos, Cathlyn Joy P. Alvarez-Abarejo, and Leander Penaso Marquez. Singapore: Springer, 2023. 285-300.

Miranda, Raphaella Elaine. Adorno Contra Transcendentalism: “A Critique of Husserl’s Notion of Objectivity”. Scientia: An International Journal of the Liberal Arts 9 (no. 2). 66-75.

Select Lectures and Engagements

Panelist, Beauvoir in Dialogue with Asia, The International Simone de Beauvoir Society via Zoom. March 2023.

“Preliminary Notes on Filipino Feminism from the Margins,” KAMALAYAN, Polytechnic University of the Philippines. June 2022.

“What is Critical Theory?,” Introductory Lecture Series: Frankfurt School Critical Theory, Concilium Philosophiae, University of Santo Tomas. March 2019.

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

Academic Background

M.A., History, University of the Philippines Baguio, ongoing
M.A., ASEAN Studies units, University of the Philippines Open University
B.A., Social Sciences (Major in History, Minor in Political Science), cum laude

Research Interests

Ethnohistory, Cultural History, Southern Cordillera, Southeast Asia
History 3: History of Philippine Ethnic Minorities
History 114: Cultural History of the Philippines
History 119: History of Ethnic Minorities in Southeast Asia

Academic Organizations

Member, ALIGUYON-UP Folklore Society

Extension Services

Adviser, Street to School – Cordillera (STS-C)

Publications

Reginaldo, João 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)

Reginaldo, João Paulo D. 2021. Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Filipinas (Iguwak). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino.

Reginaldo, Joao Paulo D. 2021. The Ethnohistory of the Karao of the Southern Cordillera, Northern Luzon, Philippines. The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society. Volume XI, Number 1-2 March 2021 – September 2021. ISSN (print) 2094-0262 | ISSN (online) 2799-001X.

Visiting Professor (Midyear, AY 2022-2023)
MA Social and Development Studies
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Dr. Richard Chu, a faculty member of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of History, taught a mixed MA Social and Development Studies class this midyear term. The class was composed of students from the MA SDS and MA History (Ethnohistory and Local History) programs of the College of Social Sciences.

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

Academic Background

Ph.D., History, University of the Philippines, 2005
M.A., Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines, 1996
B.A., Social Sciences (History and Political Science), University of the Philippines, 1986

Publications

“Constructing the Boundaries of Places, Spaces and Identities in Abra (1823-1904)” Vol. VI, No. 1 March 2016. The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society. Baguio City: UP Baguio Cordillera Studies Center.

“History of Small-scale Mining in Fidelisan, Sagada, Mountain Province.” A Chapter of Main Report: Small-scale Mining in Sagada, Mountain Province: A Case Study. Completed in March 2015.

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

Academic Background

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman
M.A., Master of Arts in Social and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Baguio
B.A., Social Sciences (Double Major in Anthropology and Psychology), University of the Philippines College Baguio

Research Interests

Child labor, street children, call center, indigenous corporate property, gender, psychological anthropology , ethnohistory

Extension Services

Resource speaker of the 5-day workshop of the CHED-BARMM Funded project titled, “Capacity Building for Bangsamoro History, Culture, and Tradition (ZamBaSulTa)” , July 26-30, 2021 (through zoom platform)

Speaker, (2019) Cordillera Studies Center Anniversary Lectures (CSC 39th year), June 25, 2019 (Presented paper” Comparative Study of Indigenous Corporate Property Systems Management of Resources of Upland and Lowland Cognitive Descent Groups of Northern Luzon”)

Resource speaker, An Indigenous Studies Program Plan Forum on “Ethnographic Methods: Changes through Time. Sponsored by The Program for Indigenous Cultures in coordination with Cordillera Studies Center and UP Baguio. July 31, 2019

Lecturer and trainer: Don Mariano Marcos State University “Continuing Professional Education” Training for Social Studies Teachers, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, through UPB-CSS SSREI, July 2-12, 2019 (national)

Lecturer and Trainer, “Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences and Philosophy” , 2018 UP-CSSP Extramural Training for Social Science Teachers.

Module Writer. GE Course: Self and Society 1, University of the Philippines system (2018)

Lecturer (2018). “Ethnography of a Call Center: Learnings, Realities, Struggles and Compromises”. Paper presented for the celebration of the CSS week, UP Baguio.

Guest Lecturer and Trainer, “Training on Historical and Anthropological Research on Traditional Industries in Pangasinan”. Center for Pangasinan Studies. Capitol Resort Hotel, Lingayen, Pangasinan. September 8-9, 2017.

Publications

Salinas-Ramos, TA (2016). “Doing Critical Psychology in Indigenous Groups: The Case of Africa, New Zealand, and Australia” in Mendoza, L. (ed.) Social Science Teaching, Research and Practice. Conference Papers, Vol. 1, College of Social Sciences and the Cordillera Studies Center.

Canilao, N, Diaz, MA, Florendo, N, Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2015). “Indigenous Psychologies and Critical-emancipatory psychology” in Parker, Ian (ed.).  Handbook of Critical Psychology. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.

Florendo, N, San Luis, MC, Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2011) “Critical Research in Philippine Community Psychology”. Annual Review of Critical Psychology: Critical Psychology in a Changing World: Building Bridges and Expanding the Dialogue.

Prill-Brett, J. and Salinas-Ramos, TA. With Follosco, A. (1998) Tuba Ethnohistory Cordillera Studies Center, UP College Baguio. . (Funding source: Municipal government of Tuba, Benguet).

Researches

Prill-Brett,J. and Salinas-Ramos, TA (2022) “Changes in Indigenous Corporate Property Systems and Management of Resources of Upland and Lowland Cognatic Descent Groups of Northern Luzon”. Funded by the Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio

Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2020). Physical to Virtual Departure: the (In)Visibility of OFWs in Call Center Work”.

Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2018). The Tampa/Irikan: An Indigenous Agricultural Agreement. A paper presented in the 1st International Conference on Pangasinan Studies. Lingayen, Pangasinan

Prill-Brett, J. and Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2018). A Comparative Study of Indigenous Corporate Property Systems and Management of Resources of Upland and Lowland Cognatic Descent Groups of Northern Luzon. A research grant from the Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio.

Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2016). Telepresence as a Tactic for Parenting: Negotiating for Time and Space Among Call Center Agents in Baguio City. Dissertation. University of the Philippines Diliman.

J. Bangcawayan, Diaz, MA , Salinas-Ramos, TA, A Villalon. (2013) Violence Against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Youth: The Philippine Experience. A paper submitted to the Tebtebba Foundation.

Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2011) The Exploration of Human Universals in Identity Reconstruction After Loss of a Partner. A paper prepared for the 14th Biennial Conference of the Society for Theoretical Psychology- Doing Psychology Under New Conditions, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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

Academic Background

DPhil (PhD) in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University, 2011
MPhil in Social Anthropology, Oxford University, 2008
MA in Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2002
BA in Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1995

Visiting Researcher, Richard Gilder Graduate School, Collections Study Grant
Program, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH, New York)
March-April 2019

Visiting Scholar, ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine
Collections at theUniversity of Michigan, June-July 2023

Research Interests

Anthropology of the body, non-Western aesthetics, material culture, endangered cultures, ethnographic museums, Indigenous peoples, and colonial photography in the Philippine Cordillera. Regional interest in Southeast Asia and the Philippines, specifically in ethnic communities in Northern Luzon: Bontoc, Ibaloy, Ifugao, Itneg, and Kalinga.

Publications

Selected Publications

“From Museums to the Field: Fieldwork in German Museums and Digital Repatriation of Ethnographic Artifacts from Northern Luzon” in Hunting for Artifacts: 19th Century German Travelers in the Luzon Cordillera” in D. Tolentino, Jr. (ed). Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2025 (10-63).

Becoming a Mumbaki: Ritual Change and Continuity in Contemporary Ifugao Society (2024). Co-authored with Marlon Martin. Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio.

“Mathematical Symmetries of Binakol Textiles” De Las Peñas, M.L.A., Salvador- Amores, A.V., Tomenes, M.D. and Taganap, E. C. (2024). Symmetry: Culture and Science, 35(4): 429-440.

“Cordillera Cultural Revival” in Acabado, S., Camposano, S. and Docot, D. (eds) Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies. (2023) Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, pp. 162-181.

“Understanding the Materiality of Death Rituals in Bontoc Society, Northern Philippines,” The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Material Culture and Society, (2023). 8(2): 1-20.

Ritual Act, Technology, and the Efficacy of Traditional Tattooing among the Igorots of Northern Luzon (2021). Journal of Material Culture, https://doi.org/10.1177/13591835211039776.

Empowering Cordillera (Philippines) Weavers through Textile Revitalization in Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific   (2021), London: Routledge, pp. 16-29.

Inovero, J.G., Salvador-Amores, A. and Pagaduan, J.C. (2021). Physiological aspects of Cordillera Weaving in the Philippines. Journal of Science, 150(5), 1061-1067.

Anthropological Perspectives on the Philippine Collection at the Field Museum: Material Culture, Collection, and Igorot Identity. Journal of History, 56 (2020): 114-152.

Re-examining Igorot Representation: Issues of Commodification and Cultural Appropriation (2020). Southeast Asian Review, SOAS-London, 28:4, pp. 380-396.

“Body Modification and Adornments among the Agta of Northeastern Luzon, Philippines.” Co-authored with P. Bion Griffin. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 48.1/2 (2020): 85-109.

De Las Peñas, Ma Louise Antonette N., and Analyn Salvador-Amores. “Enigmatic geometric tattoos of the Butbut of Kalinga, Philippines.” The Mathematical Intelligencer 41 (2019): 31-38.

“Circulating Anthropological Knowledge through the Museo Kordilyera, UP Baguio’s Ethnographic Museum” AghamTao 26: 2018, pp. 49-74.

“Hongan di Kinadangyan: Validating Status through Feasting in Ifugao” in D. Tolentino, Jr. (ed) Feasts of Merit: Wealth, Status, and Feasting in the Cordillera, (2018). Museo Kordilyera, University of the Philippines Baguio, pp. 27-58.

“Mortals and Divinities, Feasts and Sacrifice: Mythology and the Ifugao Ritual System” in D. Tolentino, Jr. (ed). (2017). Ifugao: People of the Earth. Manila. Artpost Asia, pp. 46-48.

“Covenant Between Mortals and the Divine: The Ritual Specialists and Mediators” in D. Tolentino, Jr. (ed). (2017). Ifugao: People of the Earth. Manila. Artpost Asia, pp. 88-109.

“Burik: Tattoos of the Ibaloy Mummies of Benguet” in Ancient Ink: The Archaeology of Tattooing, L. Krutak and A. Deter-Wolf (eds) (2017). Washington: University of Washington Press, pp. 37-55.

Beckett, R. G., Conlogue, G. J., Abinion, O. V., Salvador-Amores, A., & Piombino- Mascali, D. (2017). Human mummification practices among the Ibaloy of Kabayan, North Luzon, the Philippines. Papers on Anthropology, 26(2), 24-37.

‘Afterlives of Dean C. Worcester Colonial Photographs: Visualizing Igorot Material Culture from the Archives to the Cordilleras, North Luzon, Philippines’ (2016). Visual Anthropology Journal, 29: 54-80.

“Marking Bodies, Tattooing Identities: Comparative Study on the Traditional Tattoos of the Kalinga, Northern Luzon, Philippines and the Atayal of Taiwan.” Slovenský národopis 62.4 (2014): 473-504.

Tapping Ink, Tattooing Identities: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Kalinga Society. University of the Philippines Press and the Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio. (2013)

“Batok (traditional tattoos) in diaspora: The reinvention of a globally mediated Kalinga identity.” South East Asia Research 19.2 (2011): 293-318.

“Breaking barriers of ethnocentrism: Re-examining Igorot representation through material culture and visual research methods.” The Cordillera Review: Journal of Philippine Culture and Society 1.1 (2009): 47-75.

“Batek: traditional tattoos and identities in contemporary Kalinga, North Luzon Philippines.” Humanities Diliman: A Philippine Journal of Humanities 3:1(2007).

Children’s Book Publications
Agabel Tayo/(Let’s Weave) Learning Tool Kit on Cordillera Weaving. (2020) Cordillera Textiles Project, University of the Philippines Baguio.

Aramay’s Sinnon: A Ga’dang Weaving Story. (2020). Cordillera Textiles Project, University of the Philippines Baguio. Co-Authored with Margaret Balansi.

Balitanay’s Laktob: A Kalinga Weaving Story. (2020). Cordillera Textiles Project, University of the Philippines Baguio. Co-Authored with Reynalyn Albert.

Fata’an and Her Tilar: A Bontoc Weaving Story (2020). Cordillera Textiles Project, University of the Philippines Baguio.

Dalipug and the Isnag Badu: An Apayao Story. (2020). Cordillera Textiles Project, University of the Philippines Baguio. Co-authored with Jaypeace Llapitan.

https://corditex.upb.edu.ph/

Curated Exhibitions
Ties that Bind: Weaving a Defining Future. World Ikat Textiles Symposium, Baguio Convention and Cultural Center, December 2024.

Cordillera Analogues: The Photographs of Eduardo Masferré. Baguio Convention and Cultural Center, November 2023-January 2024.

Pasiking: Handwoven Backpacks of the Luzon Cordillera, Museo Kordilyera, January-February 2023.

Handwoven Tales: The Warp and Weft of Cordillera Textiles, 2019 to present, Museo Kordilyera.

Feasts of Merit: Wealth, Status and Feasting in the Luzon Cordillera, 2018-2019, Museo Kordilyera.

Body as Archive: Tattoos of the Cordillera (Inaugural Exhibition) 2016-2018. Museo Kordilyera.

https://museokordilyera.upb.edu.ph

Relevant Awards

Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Senior Faculty (2021) and Junior Faculty (2011), University of the Philippines Baguio.

One of the Outstanding Filipinos (Outstanding Teacher) Metrobank Foundation, 2015.

Outstanding Young Scientist (Anthropology), National Academy of Science and Technology, 2014.

Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies (2023). Edited by Stephen Acabado et al. 2024 Elfren Cruz Price for the Outstanding Book in the Social Sciences, National Book Development Board (NBDB) and Manila Critics Circle. Included in the volume is Ch 5 on Cordillera Cultural Revival by Analyn Salvador-Amores, Chapter 3.

Tapping Ink, Tattooing Identities: Traditional and Modernity in Contemporary Kalinga Society. 2014 Elfren S. Cruz Prize for Best Book in the Social Sciences, National Book Development Board (NBDB), and the Manila Critics Circle;

Tapping Ink, Tattooing Identities: Traditional and Modernity in Contemporary Kalinga Society. 2016 Best Book in the Social Sciences conferred by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) in the Philippines

Guide to Isinay Orthography (2016) with Lawrence Reid and Analyn Salvador-Amores. Finalist, Outstanding Book in Language by the National Book Development Board (NBDB).

International Publication Awards, University of the Philippines System

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

Academic Background

Ph.D., Sociology – University of the Philippines Diliman, 2015
M.A., Social and Development Studies – University of the Philippines College Baguio, 1997
B.A., Anthropology-Sociology – University of the Philippines College Baguio, 1987

Research Interests

Social and Cultural Gerontology; Family Studies; Social Theory; Social Science Research

Extension Service

Resource Person for CSS SSREI (Social Science Extension and Research Institute) – Research Process; Paradigm in Social Science Research; Qualitative Research Methods

Publications

Florendo, N, San Luis, MC, Salinas-Ramos, TA. (2011) “Critical Research in Philippine Community Psychology “. Annual Review of Critical Psychology: Critical Psychology in a Changing World: Building Bridges and Expanding the Dialogue

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

Academic Background

M.A., Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman, ongoing
A.B., Psychology, Tarlac State University, 2012, magna cum laude

Research Interests

Mental health and culture – well-being as kaginhawaan, indigenous people’s experience of well-being; optimism and personality traits & processes; psychological variables in relation to voting

Publications

Yabut, H., Dumaop, D., Simpao, A. C., Quiñones, D. M., Silvestre, J. P. (2022). Cultivating Democratic Citizenship, Political Values, and Filipino Social Identification in Philippine Elections and Beyond (Policy Brief Volume 2 Issue 9 – ISSN 2719-0145).

Silvestre, J.P. (2020). Sense of Quality of Life from the Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples: A Narrative Analysis. Inquest: Research Journal of Tarlac State University 13(1). 3. 

Assistant Professor in Management
Institute of Management
College of Social Sciences

Academic Background

Master of Management, University of the Philippines, 2006
B.S., University of the Luzon, 2000

Publications

Stephen, Jay & Siy, C. (2022). Compliance Regimes in Publicly-Listed Mining Firms: Mineral Resources and Financial Reporting Issues.

Siy, J.S.C.. (2009). Compliance regimes in publicly-listed mining firms: Mineral resources and financial reporting issues. 27. 372-383.