Congratulations, Prof. Mai Peñalba!
Congratulations, Prof. Mai Peñalba for finishing her PhD in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland in New Zealand with a dissertation entitled “Developing Citizen Competence: Indigenous Peoples and Multiculturalism Policies in Cordillera, Northern Philippines” this year, 2022. Her other recent publications have tackled water security and local policy.
Prof. Mai Peñalba is an Assistant Professor of Political Science under the Department of Economics and Political Science (DEPS) of the College of Social Sciences.
Some of the subjects Prof. Mai teaches are Pol Sci 150, Philippine National and Local Administration, and Pol Sci 178, Government and Politics in Southeast Asia.
About Political Science in the CSS
Political Science teaches its practitioners both the questions that political scientists ask in their attempt to understand politics and the manner of asking them. It develops independent and critical thinking on the application of concepts to current political events.
A student of political science will be able to discuss distinguishing concepts, perspectives, and methods of political science, implement research on relevant questions on various fields of political science, and apply their knowledge of concepts and theories in proposing interventions to address issues affecting society, among others.
