Academic and Professional Preparations

ACADEMIC Preparation

Ph.D. in Anthropology 
University of the Philippines Diliman
June 2007-June 2019
Dissertation Project: The Everyday Political Economy of Gutom: Food Insecurity among Older Adults in an Informal Settlement in Manila

Watch here my graduation for PhD in Anthropology.

M.A. in Education major in Social Sciences
Palawan State University
April 2005- March 2007
Master thesis title: Political Action Repertoire of Muslims in Palawan                                  (Read articles produced from this thesis here and here)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching major in Social Science
Palawan State University
April 2005- October 2006

B.A. in Social Sciences major in Anthropology and Political Science
University of the Philippines Baguio
June 2000-April 2004
Undergraduate thesis title: Pala’wan Customary Law: Conflict Resolution in the Context of Legal Pluralism                                                                                                                          (Read article produced from this thesis here)

 

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Professional Development

World Health Organization and Story Collider

• Certificate on Storytelling for Infodemic Management August 23-25, 2022

University of Washington (Department of Global Health E-Learning)

• Leadership and Management in Health September 14-December 4, 2021

Harvard University, USA (edX, Inc. MOOC platform)

• Certificate on Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster July 9-November 16, 2019
• Certificate on Health Effects of Climate Change September 25, 2020- November 10, 2020

Grounded Theory Institute, USA (in cooperation with UST, Manila) October 6-8, 2015
• Seminar-workshop on Grounded Theory

Brown International Advanced Research Institute/Brown University, Rhode Island, USA/ June 7-21, 2014
• 2015 Recipient (Collaborator) BIARI Seed Grant
• Research Paper: Food Insecurity and Resilience in Manila Slum: Experiences of Hunger and Poverty among the Elderly
• 2014 Fellow in the Institute of Population and Development
• Research Paper: Kapositan: AIDS Advocacy in the Philippines

Asia Reasearch Institute, National University of Singapore/ July 9-10, 2007
• Graduate Workshop on Piety and Pietization in Asia
• Paper Presented: Of Aglipayans and El Shaddais: The Paradigm Shifters of Popular Catholicism in the Philippines

Development Center for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific/ University of the Philippines, Diliman, Phils./ June 5-9, 2006
• Training Seminar on O-KFIQ Approach in Social Science Research
• Training on Rapid Rural Appraisal method

Conservation International/ Legend Hotel, Puerto Princesa, Palawan/ May 29-30, 2006
• Monitoring and Evaluation Training to Assess the Management Effectiveness of the Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park (TRNMP)
• Training on Marine Protected Area Management, TRNMP Monitoring and Evaluation, Management and Implementation

EnglishTech Language Center/ Cubao, Quezon City/ December 2010- January 2011
• 120 hours of TESOL Grammar and TESOL Comprehensive Certificate