Congratulations Dr Jose Jowel P Canuday and Mr Joselito T Sescon for winning Efren S Cruz Prize for Best Book in the Social Sciences

It is with great pleasure that the Office of the Dean of the School of Social Sciences congratulates

Dr Jose Jowel P Canuday and Mr Joselito T Sescon

on being awarded the

Efren S. Cruz Prize for

Best Book in the Social Sciences

The award-winning work is a hefty volume of 34 chapters written by 44 authors from across the country. The authors from Ateneo de Manila University are: Erik Akpedonu (Institute of Philippine Culture/Department of Fine Arts), Patricia Irene Dacudao (Department of History), Ryan Joseph Dizon (Department of Economics), Estelle Marie Ladrido (Department of Communication), Joseph Lim (Department of Economics), Marjorie Muyrong (Department of Economics), Czarina Saloma (School of Social Sciences), Luz Rimban (Ateneo Center for Journalism/Department of Communication), and Philip Arnold Tuano (Department of Economics/Ateneo School of Government).

The book project, funded by generous grants from the Commission on Higher Education and The Asia Foundation, is a prime example of what the School of Social Sciences can do as a convener and mobilizer of knowledge towards a richer understanding of our country. 

Congratulations, Jowel and Joey!!!