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Full-Time
Carmel V Abao
PHD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
PolSc Practicum Coordinator & SOSS Coordinator for Faculty Involvement
Ph.D. in Development Studies
De La Salle University-Manila
Email: cabao@ateneo.edu
Diana J Mendoza
PHD CHAIR
Chair and Graduate Program Coordinator
Ph.D. in Political Science
City University of Hong Kong
Email: dmendoza@ateneo.edu
Arjan P Aguirre
MA INSTRUCTOR
Ateneo de Manila University
Email: aaguire@ateneo.edu
Pilar Preciousa P Berse
PHD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SOSS Coordinator for Junior Term Abroad
Ph.D. in International Studies
Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies
Waseda University
Email: pberse@ateneo.edu
Anne Lan K Candelaria
PHD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
LS Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Ph.D. in Education Management (Policy and Leadership Studies)
National Institute of Education
Nanyang Technological University-Singapore
Email: acandelaria@ateneo.edu
Maria Elissa J Lao
PHD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
AB Dip-IR Program Coordinator
Doctor of Public Administration
National College of Public Administration and Governance
University of the Philippines
Email: mlao@ateneo.edu
Jennifer S Oreta
PHD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Coordinator, Ateneo Initiative for Southeast Asian Studies
Ph.D. in Political Sciece
University of Santo Tomas
Email: joreta@ateneo.edu
Oliver John C Quintana
MA INSTRUCTOR
Director, Korean Studies Program
M.A. in International and Area Studies with Specialization in
Indian and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Studies
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Email: oquintana@ateneo.edu
Ma Lourdes V Rallonza
PHD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Director, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect – Philippine Office
Ph.D. in Political Science
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Email: mrallonza@ateneo.edu
Miguel Paolo P Rivera
MA INSTRUCTOR
PolSc Junior Term Abroad Coordinator
M.A. in Political Science, Major in Global Politics
Ateneo de Manila University
Email: mprivera@ateneo.edu
Alma Maria O Salvador
PHD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
LSQA Coordinator for Standards & Accreditation
Ph.D. in Development Studies
De La Salle University-Manila
Email: asalvador@ateneo.edu
Benjamin Gerardo T Tolosa, Jr
PHD PROFESSOR
LS Associate Dean for the Core Curriculum
Ph.D. in Political Science
University of Minnesota
Email: btolosa@ateneo.edu
Gino Antonio P Trinidad
MA INSTRUCTOR
AB PolSc Service Learning Coordinator
M.A. in Political Science, Major in Global Politics
Ateneo de Manila University
Email: gtrinidad@ateneo.edu
Part-Time
Benjamin Roberto G Barretto
MA LECTURER
Master in Management
Asian Institute of Management
Email: bbarretto@ateneo.edu
Hansley A Juliano
MA INSTRUCTOR
M.A. in Political Science, Major in Global Politics
Ateneo de Manila University
Email: hjuliano@ateneo.edu
Millard O Lim
MA
MA in Political Science; MA in Theological Studies
Ateneo de Manila University
Email: mlim@ateneo.edu
Ricardo A Sunga III
LL.M.
Master of Law
University of New South Wales, Australia
Email: rsunga@ateneo.edu
Ruby Rosselle L Tugade
MA
LL.M (Master of Laws) in Transnational Crime & Justice
University for Peace and United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute
Email: rtugade@ateneo.edu
Jore-Annie Rico
LL.M.
Master of Human Rights
The University of Sydney
Email: jrico@ateneo.edu
Stephanie Beatriz O Valera
MA
Ph.D in in Psychology major in Social-Organizational Psychology, M.A in Political Science
Ateneo de Manila University
Email: svalera@ateneo.edu
Emille S De la Cruz
LL.M.
M.A. in Geography, Planning, Environment, and Development (International Development Studies track)
Université Grenoble Alpes – Institute of Urban Planning and Alpine Geography
Email: edelacruz@ateneo.edu
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Sedfrey M Candelaria
LL.M.
Master of Laws
University of British Columbia, Canada
Email: scandelaria@ateneo.edu
Antonio Gabriel M La Viña
J.S.D.
Doctorate in the Science of Law
Yale Law School
Email: tonylavs@gmail.com
Benjamin A San Jose
PH.D.
Ph.D. in International Public Policy
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Email: bsanjose@ateneo.edu
Javier Rico Israel R Tionloc
M.A.
MA in Political Science, major in Global Politics
Ateneo de Manila University
Email: jtionloc@ateneo.edu