Speakers

Clement Castigador Camposano earned his Ph.D. in Philippine Studies (Anthropology) from the University of the Philippines – Diliman in 2009.  He holds an M.A. in Political Science from U.P. Diliman (1992) and a B.A. in Political Science and History (double major) from U.P. Visayas (1986).  His current research interest is in anthropology of contemporary migration, particularly on the transnationalization of the householding process and on the role of social media in shaping and sustaining narratives of the self among Filipino migrants.  He has published articles in scholarly and peer-reviewed journals and has presented academic papers in local and international conferences.   He sits in the board of the Philippine Anthropological Association/Ugnayang Pang-Aghamtao (UGAT), as well as in the board of the Philippine Studies Association (PSA) where he is the current Vice President.  Dr. Camposano has had a long academic career, serving institutions in different capacities.  He is presently a senior faculty member at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) where he teaches courses in Philippine history and culture, social science research, and politics.  Prior to joining UA&P, he was Assistant Professorial Lecturer at De La Salle University – Taft from 1998 to 2000, Assistant professor of Political Science at U.P. Visayas (UPV) from 1992 to 1997 and its Dean of Student Affairs from 1995 to 1997.  Dr. Camposano began teaching in 1986 at West Visayas State University in Iloilo City (WVSU), joining UPV as an Instructor in 1987.  A person of diverse interest, he has served four consecutive terms as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Center for Civic Education and Democracy (PCCED), a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of citizenship and civic engagement.  Politically active, he was at one time head of the Committee on Education of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) and an active member of the Party’s policy unit. 
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Ernesto D. Grio is the Director for Academic Standards of the Parents for Education Foundation, Inc. (PAREF). He has taught Philippine History, European Geography, and World History in the High School and was a former Social Studies Department Head at PAREF Southridge School. Dr. Grio earned his Ph.D. in Education, Major in Social Studies at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. His research interests include civic education, teaching social studies, history education, instructional leadership and teacher professional learning and development.
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Arnel E Joven is a professor at the University of Asia and the Pacific, Department of History. He teaches courses on research and Philippine history and culture. He obtained his doctorate in History in 2012 from the University of the Philippines. He has presented numerous conference papers on the history of health and medicine in the Philippines and in Asia. He is a recipient of the Asia-Phil Research Grant from July 2012 to July 2013, which enabled him to complete his study entitled Perceptions of Wellness and Illness in Urban East Asia: A Survey of Culture-Based Notions of Health in Japan. He recently received a Samsung-Korean Studies Program Research Grant to undertake another study entitled Medicine, Health, and Disease in Peninsular East Asia: Understanding the Cosmology of Wellness and Illness in Korea. His research entitled Medicine and Health Care in the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation Period, 1941-1945: Adaptations and Negotiations in Lowland Luzon is now being prepared for publication.
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Sophia Martha Bitanga Marco is a member of the faculty of the History Department of the University of Asia and the Pacific since 2002. She is currently taking her doctoral studies in History at the University of the Philippines. Her undergraduate and graduate degrees, AB Humanities (cum laude) and MA Philippine History are from the same university. Her research focus is Spanish Colonial Period, late 19th century (rebellions, evangelization, guardia civil) and she is presently writing her proposal for her doctoral dissertation on the Guardia Civil. Ms. Marco recently participated in the History Retrieval Project of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines from August to November 2014. 
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Elizabeth Tribiana Urgel is the current Chair of the Department of Asia Pacific Studies, University of Asia and the Pacific. She teaches courses on Southeast Asia, North America (focusing on USA) and China.  She earned both her M.A. in Asian Studies and PhD in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. Her research interests include organizations, regionalism, religious studies and cross-cultural relations mostly in the field of area studies. Many of her research outputs have been presented in local and international conferences as well as published as journal articles.   
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