Division of Social Sciences

Rosalie Arcala-Hall, PhD

Professor

Executive Director, University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP-CIDS)

PhD Public and International Affairs, Northeastern University
MA Political Science, Northeastern University
BA in Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman

Mary Barby P. Badayos-Jover, PhD

Associate Professor

PhD Rural Sociology and Women’s Studies, Pennsylvania State University
MS Health Social Sciences, De La Salle University
BA (Political Science-Psychology), University of the Philippines Visayas

Juhn Chris P. Espia, PhD

Associate Professor

PhD Political Sciences and International Relations, University of Canterbury
MA Political Science, Ateneo de Manila University
BA (Political Science-History), University of the Philippines Visayas

Research: State-civil society relations, Disaster risk management, local governance and policymaking, Foreign policy, Elections, Comparative politics of the Indo-Pacific, Migration

Public service: Indo-Pacific Foreign policy podcast, SDGs tracking

Pepito R. Fernandez, Jr.

Professor

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

MA Geography, McGill University
BA (Political Science-History), University of the Philippines Visayas

Research: sustainable development and equity; governance of socio-ecological systems; political ecology; public policy

Public Service: civic education; upgrade of basic education facilities; pre-school feeding and health program

Brian C. Ventura

Assistant Professor

MA International Relations, International University of Japan
BA (Political Science), University of the Philippines Visayas

Clyde Ben A. Gacayan

Assistant Professor

MA Political Science, Ateneo de Manila University
Juris Doctor, West Visayas State University
BA (Political Science-Economics, University of the Philippines Visayas