Regular Faculty

Abejo, Raymund Arthur G.

Assistant Professor

Focus: Asian Studies, Area Studies, and Korean Studies, with a particular focus on discourses and representations on the Philippines in Korean print media from 1890s to 1930s

Alfonso, Ian Christopher B.

Assistant Professor

Focus: 16th-17th century Philippines, Philippine Revolution, toponymy, cultural heritage, animal history, local history of Manila Bay communities (especially Bulacan and Pampanga)

Alvarez, Kerby C.

Associate Professor

Focus: Environmental History, History of Hazards and Disasters in the Philippines, Philippine Nationalism, Popular Culture, Local History of Malabon

Bailon, Rowena Q.

Associate Professor

Focus: American colonial period, Anti-Imperialist league, Philippine Historiography

Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V.

Assistant Professor

Focus: Cultural history of science (astronomy and cosmology), Literary studies (Philippine folk epics, poetry, and children’s literature), Folklore studies, Local history (Marinduque)

Concepcion, Grace Liza Y.

Assistant Professor

Focus: Asian mobilities in the Philippines and Spanish empire; Land ownership, property, inheritance in the 17th-18th century

Costelo, Ros A.

Assistant Professor (On Leave)

Focus: history of Spanish colonial public works in the Philippines, history of Spanish colonial engineering, history of urbanization and local history of Leyte.

De Leon-Bolinao, Ma. Luisa

Professor

Focus: Philippine and Asian environmental and disaster history, and post-war Philippine history

Del Mundo, Larah Vinda

Assistant Professor

Focus: Marcos regime research, urban history

Esquejo, Kristoffer R.

Associate Professor

Focus: Local history and religious history

Galang, Jely A.

Associate Professor

Focus: Nineteenth century Philippines, Modern history of East Asia particularly China, History of Crime and Punishment

Guiang, Francisco Jayme Paolo A.

Assistant Professor (Study Leave)

Focus: Marxism in historical scholarship, the history of activist and student movements in the Philippines, and nationalism in the Philippines.

Lapar, Dedina A.

Associate Professor

Focus: Philippine economic history and Asian civilizations.

Malban, Francis Justine M.

Assistant Professor

Focus: history of mental health and mental health institutions in the Philippines.

Obispado, Kristyl N.

Associate Professor

Focus: Early global history, colonial labor history, maritime history, and 16th-18th century Philippines

Pagunsan, Ruel V.

Associate Professor

Focus: Environmental history, History of science, and Diplomatic history.

Perez, Micah Jeiel R.

Assistant Professor

Focus: Sports history, Philippine nationalism, Military history, Martial law, defense and security studies, and Urban history.

Planta, Ma. Mercedes G.

Professor

Focus: History of medicine in the Philippines and Asia, history of science, and history of Southeast Asia.

Poblador, Karl Friedrik K.

Assistant Professor

Focus: economic history, transport history, political economy, institutional histories, corporate histories

Ramos, Dondy Pepito G. II

Assistant Professor (Study Leave)

Focus: history of memory, memorialisation of early modern maritime empires (Spanish Empire and VOC), comparative history, maritime history, monuments, public commemorations, museum exhibitions

Ranera, Lorenz Timothy Barco

Assistant Professor

Focus: Philippine legal history, natural language processing, computational history

Reguindin-Estella, Janet S.

Assistant Professor

Focus: Life history, women’s history, and local and environmental history of Zambales

Santillan, Neil Martial R.

Professor

Focus: contemporary Philippine History, film history, and history of Mindanao.

Serra, Patrick James B.

Instructor (Study Leave)

Focus: diplomatic history of the Philippines, cultural heritage studies, Cold War period

Sy, Nicholas Michael C.

Assistant Professor (Study Leave)

Focus: early modern Spanish empire, demographic history, the history of conversion, political elites, historical biography, and digital humanities.

Viernes, Aaron F.

Assistant Professor

Focus: local history, military history, cultural history, and sports history.

Villan, Vicente C.

Professor

Focus: heritage studies and museology, discourse studies in the social sciences, Spanish Philippines, Visayan history and culture, history of the Philippine Revolution, and Philippine Martial History.

Wani-Obias, Rhodalyn C.

Assistant Professor

Focus: networks of propaganda between 19th century Philippines and Europe, nationalism and identity, social history, and history of emotions.