Friday, October 10, 2008

On research interests

  • Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan (UP Medicine professor) = longitudinal research on the movement of health professionals from rural to urban and urban to abroad; national inventory of Filipino traditional healers; equities and inequities in the Philippine healthcare: past and current trends
  • Prof. JPaul Manzanilla (UP Humanities professor) = history and memory: Martial law, EDSA people power
  • Dr. Jocelyn del Mundo (UP Behavioral Science professor) = Filipino views on obesity; how teenagers cope with courtship rejection or absentee parents; why teens resort to frat violence
  • Prof. Jercylene Velayo (English professor) = curricula in the Philippine educational system
  • Regent Nelia Gonzalez (UP Board of Regents) = cancer
  • Dr. Reynaldo Imperial (CAS Dean) = behavior vulnerabilities; health seeking behaviors and STDs
  • Dr. Sheila Leynes (DOH) = status of healthcare delivery in DOH hospitals in NCR;
    quality and safety in DOH hospitals
  • Prof. Melissa Alcazaren (CSB Psychology professor) = learning processing disorder
  • Mr. Reginald Vallejos (CENPEG researcher) = CARP effectiveness as a social justice tool
  • Mr. Mike Wootton (Manila Times columnist) = private sector finance industry
  • Ms. Lina Eguico (UP Development Studies student) = political economy of traffic congestion;
    political economy of predatory criminality
  • Prof. Danilo Arao (UP Journalism professor) = rate of exploitation across all economic sectors
  • Prof. Carol Pulumbarit (UP Speech professor) = patients rights; maternal mortality rate
  • Mr. Angelo Murillo (UP PolSci student) = violence brought about by video games
  • Ms. Camille Rodriguez (UP DevStud student) = political economy of the Philippine education system
  • Ms. Veronica Arreza (social researcher) = LGBT subculture
  • Prof. Natividad Lacdan (UP Ecology professor) = ecotourism; ecohealth; gender and water
  • Prof. Jerome Ong (UP History professor) = health history
  • Prof. Mary Dorothy Jose (UP History professor) = different faces of women's heroism in contemporary Philippine history; level of awareness of Filipino families on the reproductive health issues
  • Atty. Rowena Soriano (UP PolSci professor) = prostitution; syndicates operating among government agencies; review of the Philippine criminal justice system
  • Prof. Erle Frayne Argonza = past life, reincarnation, karma, post-church spirituality
  • Diwang Palaboy = Cross-cultural study of Philippine indigenous people's concept of poverty

DS 112 recorded speech (alternative theories and approaches)

Present a recorded 3-minute speech about your assigned topic. Situate it in the context of the Global South. Provide an appropriate title. P...