Faculty

Wilhelm Patrick Joseph S. Strebel

Assistant Professor
Department Chair

wstrebel@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Roque Ferriols, Filipino Philosophy, Teilhard de Chardin, Ancient Western Philosophy

Research Interests
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Philosophy, Nietzsche Studies

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion), PHILO 13 (Ethics)
Major Courses: Philo 21 Logic, Philo 50 Ancient Western Philosophy

Graduate Courses Taught
Advanced Phenomenology

Rowena A. Azada-Palacios

Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Coordinator

razada@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education, University College London

Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Education, Decolonial Political Philosophy,  Phenomenology and Existentialism, Critical Social Theory

Research Interests
Climate Education, Social Justice in Education

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion),Discerning Life's Questions
Major Courses: Political Philosophy, Value and Aims of Education

Graduate Courses Taught
Political Philosophy, Arendt, Philosophy of the State, Philosophy of Education

ORCID
0000-0001-6027-487X

Personal Website
www.azadapalacios.com

Albert E. Lagliva

Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Program Coordinator

alagliva@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Antonette Palma-Angeles

Professor

aangeles@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Areas of Specialization
Ethics, Leadership  

Research Interests 
Filipino Leadership, Ethics

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 13 (Ethics)
Major Courses: PHILO 24 (Epistemology)

Remmon E. Barbaza

Professor

rbarbaza@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy,

Hochschule für Philosophie - München

Areas of Specialization

Heidegger, Phenomenology, Philosophy of the City, Translation

Research Interests
Photography, Katutubong Etika

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 13 (Ethics)
Major Courses: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of the City, Philosophy of Photography, Philosophy of Technology, Heidegger

ORCID

0000-0002-7290-5760

Manuel B. Dy, Jr.

Professor

mdy@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy,

University of Santo Tomas

Areas of Specialization

Chinese Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Philosophical Anthropology, Phenomenology, Business Ethics

Research Interests

Comparative Philosophy, Eco-Ethica

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)
Major Courses: Philo 40 (Indian Philosophy), Philo 41 (Chinese Philosophy), Philo 42 (Contemporary Asian Philosophy), Philo 60 (Comparative Philosophy)

Graduate Courses Taught

Philo 281 (Philosophical Perspectives), Philo 301 (Philosophy of the Human Person)

Rainier A. Ibana

Professor

ribana@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy,

Fordham University

Areas of Specialization

Climate Change Ethics, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Ethics

Research Interests

Philosophy for Children, The Community of Inquiry

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 13 (Ethics)
Major Courses: Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of the Global South

Graduate Courses Taught

Social Philosophy, Advanced Reflexive Metaphysics, Environmental Ethics, Teaching Philosophy

ORCID

0000-0002-7290-5760

Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez

Professor

arodriguez@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Social Justice, Political Philosophy, Film, Literature, Art, History, Governance, Disaster, Development, Discourse Theory

Research Interests
Philosophy of Art, Education, Filipino Art and Literature

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)
Major Courses: Filipino Philosophy, Political Philosophy

ORCID
0000-0001-7047-0268

Leovino Ma. Garcia

Associate Professor

lgarcia@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Areas of Specialization

Ricoeur, Levinas, Ethics, Aesthetics

Research Interests
Ethics & Aesthetics, Philosophy of Justice

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion), PHILO 13 (Ethics)
Major Courses:  Philosophy of Art, Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-Luc Marion

Graduate Courses Taught
Ricoeur, Levinas, Marion, Ethics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of History

Ranilo B. Hermida

Associate Professor

rhermida@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

Monash University

Areas of Specialization

Jurgen Habermas, Theory of Law and Democracy, Critical Theory

Research Interests
Critical Theory, Law and Democracy

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion, PHILO 13 (Ethics)
Major Courses:  PHILO 21 (Logic), PHILO 32 (Metaphysics)

Graduate Courses Taught
PHILO 229.1 (Thesis I), PHILO 339.1 (Dissertation I), PHILO 339.2 (Dissertation 2)

ORCID

0000-0001-9182-5451

Nemesio S. Que, SJ

Associate Professor

nque@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

Fordham University

Areas of Specialization

Ethics, Political Philosophy (Hannah Arendt), Metaphysics, Theology

Research Interests

Ethics, Metaphysics (Thomistic Realism), Philosophical Theology

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 13 (Ethics)
Major Courses:  Philo 23 (Metaphysics)

Graduate Courses Taught

Hannah Arendt, Philosophy of State, Faith and Reason (LST)

ORCID

0000-0001-9182-5451

Oscar Bulaong Jr.

Assistant Professor

obulaong@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Institut für Philosophie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Areas of Specialization
Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Poverty and Global Justice, Anti-Corruption and Reform Research

Research Interests 
Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Poverty and Global Justice, Anti-Corruption and Reform Research

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)
Major Courses: Philo 52, Philo 53

Graduate Courses Taught
Advanced Ethics

Pamela Joy Mariano Capistrano

Assistant Professor

pmariano@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Université de Namur, Belgium

Areas of Specialization
Philosophical Foundations of the Capability Approach, Structural Injustice, Iris Marion Young, Amartya Sen

Research Interests
Philosophical foundations of the capability approach, structural injustice, philosophy of society (particularly informality/informal social structures), sustainable development, development ethics, feminism and critical social theory, post- and decolonial approaches to Philippine society

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)
Major Courses: Political Philosophy; Philosophy of the State (both team-taught with R. Azada-Palacios)

Graduate Courses Taught
Graduate course on the philosophical foundations of the capability approach; Philosophy of the State (team-taught with R. Azada-Palacios)

ORCID

0009-0004-2484-9073

Personal Website
https://pjmarianocapistrano.carrd.co/

Noel L. Clemente

Assistant Professor

nclemente@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy,

Macquarie University

Areas of Specialization
Virtue Epistemology, Philosophy of Education

Research Interests
Feminist Epistemology, Social Epistemology, Privilege and Structural Injustice

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 13 (Ethics)

Graduate Courses Taught
Epistemology, Advanced Ethics, Philosophy of Education

ORCID
0000-0002-9120-4222

Personal Website
https://www.noelclemente.com/

Chandima Gangodawila

Assistant Professor

cgangodawila@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Areas of Specialization
Early Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Psychology, Buddhist Meditation and Mindfulness, Contemporary Buddhist Thought, Indian Philosophy, Modern Hinduism, and Gandhian Philosophy.

Research Interests
Early Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Psychology, Buddhist Meditation and Mindfulness, Contemporary Buddhist Thought, Indian Philosophy, Modern Hinduism, and Gandhian Philosophy.

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)
Major Courses: PHILO 40 (Indian Philosophy)

Graduate Courses Taught
PHILO 261/361 Buddhist Thought

ORCID
0000-0001-9411-7995

Personal Website

https://ateneo.academia.edu/ChandimaGangodawila/

Michael Ner E. Mariano

Assistant Professor

mmariano@ateneo.edu
M.A. in Philosophy, 

Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion

Research Interests
Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)
Major Courses: PHILO 30 (Philosophy of Science), PHILO 190.1 (Science and Religion)

Jovino G. Miroy

Assistant Professor

jmiroy@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven

Areas of Specialization
Medieval Philosophy, Narrative Inquiry, Philosophy of Religion, Intersection between Philippine Culture and Philosophy

Research Interests
International relations and Philosophy; National Security Intelligence and Philosophy

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)
Major Courses: Ph 51 (Medieval Philosophy Western)

Graduate Courses Taught
Nicholas of Cusa, Thomas Aquinas

Fr. Patrick Vance S. Nogoy, SJ

Assistant Professor

pnogoy@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

University College London (UCL)

Areas of Specialization
Religion, Theories of Justice, Rawls, Liberalism, Egalitarian Theories

Research Interests
Political Epistemology, Belief Formation, Popular Faith, Freedom and Dignity

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)

ORCID

0009-0007-6060-8922

Personal Website

https://philpeople.org/profiles/patrick-nogoy

Maria Lovelyn C. Paclibar

Assistant Professor

mpaclibar@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Areas of Specialization
Jurgen Habermas on Solidarity, Philosophical and Reconstructive Analysis of Kwentuhan

Research Interests
Kapwa and Kwentuhan in Philippine culture, its relevance to Philippine politics, its contributions to global political culture

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)
Major Courses: Philo 20, Introduction to Logic, Seminar on Special Topics in Philosophy

Graduate Courses Taught
Habermas (MA/ PhD)

ORCID
0009-0009-3052-276X

Marc Oliver D. Pasco

Assistant Professor

mpasco@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Media and Technology, Ethics, Philosophy of Society, Filipino Philosophy, Metaphysics

Research Interests
Philosophy of Media and Technology, Metaphysics

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 13 (Ethics)

Graduate Courses Taught
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Technology

Mark Raftery-Skehan

Assistant Professor

mraftery-skehan@ateneo.edu
Ph.D. in French, Trinity College Dublin

Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Imagination, Phenomenology (Husserl/Derrida debate); Derrida and Deconstruction, Aesthetics (Kant. Hegel); 19th Century French Poetry

Research Interests
As above; Working on a book on the Husserl/Derrida debate, plus others on Kantian Aesthetics, plus various literary works (the novel of manners and satire, etc.)

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 13 (Ethics)

Roy Allan B. Tolentino

Assistant Professor

rtolentino@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Phenomenology, Religion, Philosophy and Literature

Research Interests
Philosophy of Education, Critical Realism

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)
Major Courses: PHILO 20 (Introduction to Philosophy)

ORCID

0000-0002-2833-8009

Wilzel A. Adriatico

Instructor

wadriatico@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Phenomenology, Teaching Philosophy

Research Interests 
Phenomenology, Philosophy of Religion

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)

Jasmin B. Advincula

Instructor

jbadvincula@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, 

University of the Philippines Diliman

Areas of Specialization

Edith Stein, Phenomenology, and Philosophy of Religion

Research Interests 
Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Edith Stein, Feminist Philosophy, Phenomenology

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses:

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion), PHILO 13 (Ethics)

ORCID

0009-0002-4432-5184

Anamarie R. Avecilla

Instructor

aavecilla@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Arendt, Kant

Research Interests 
Philosophy of Education (including plurality, transsubjectivity, imagination, and AI in education), Ethics and Technology (especially AI, agency, and digital ethics), Philosophy of Religion (phenomenology, existentialism, and the intersections of embodiment, sexuality, and spirituality), Political and Moral Philosophy (Arendt, Kant, and contemporary ethical frameworks)

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion), PHILO 13 (Ethics)

ORCID

0009-0000-4643-585X

Carl Jayson D. Hernandez

Instructor

cjhernandez@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, 

University of Santo Tomas

Areas of Specialization
Albert Camus, Ethics, Existentialism, Philosophy and Fiction, Philosophy of Religion

Research Interests 
Aesthetics, Existential Aesthetics, Social Epistemology

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion), PHILO 13 (Ethics)

ORCID

0000-0003-3818-0978

Sophia P. Manapat

Instructor

smanapat@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization

Daoism, Eastern Philosophy, Ethics

Research Interests 

Martin Heidegger, Nonduality, Daoism

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)

Angelo Julian E. Perez

Instructor

ajperez@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization

Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism, Martin Heidegger, Engaged Philosophy of Science

Research Interests 
Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism, Martin Heidegger, Philosophy of Science and Chemistry (particularly engaged philosophy of science), Philosophy of Education

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)

Dennis O. Temporal

Instructor

dtemporal@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Immanuel Kant, Paul Ricouer, Bernard Lonergan

Research Interests 
Business Ethics

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 13 (Ethics), DLQ 10 (Discerning Life Questions)
Major Courses: COMM 64.03 (Philosophy and Film)

Graduate Courses Taught
Business Ethics (at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business)

Jacqueline Marie J. Tolentino

Instructor

jtolentino@ateneo.edu

Education

Ph.D. Cand. in Philosophy, 

La Trobe University

Areas of Specialization
Contemporary Egalitarian Theory, Philosophy of Human Person

Research Interests 
Paul Ricoeur, Philosophy of the Human Person, Contemporary Egalitarian Theory

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)
Major Courses: PH 135/PHILO 21, PH 131/PHILO 24

Michael Stephen G. Aurelio

Lecturer (Part-time)

maurelio@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Heidegger, Supererogation

Research Interests 
Marion

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)

Graduate Courses Taught
Advanced Reflexive Metaphysics

ORCID

0009-0000-4643-585X

Roberto G. Barredo

Lecturer (Part-time)

rbarredo@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

University of the Philippines Diliman

Areas of Specialization
Paul Ricouer, Gadamer, Philosophical Hermeneutics, Kant and his Third Critique, Modern Democracy, Claude Lefort

Research Interests 
Virtue Ethics, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Hermeneutics, Kantian Ethics, Kantian Aesthetic Theory, Modern Democratic Politics

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 13 (Ethics)

Jeffrey L. Bartilet

Lecturer (Part-time)

rbarredo@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

University of Santo Tomas

Areas of Specialization
Bookchin, Bioethics

Research Interests 
Bioethics

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)

ORCID

0000-0001-5993-8747

Jose Maria B. Buenagua

Lecturer (Part-time)

jbuenagua@ateneo.edu

Education

LL.M., National University of Singapore - Faculty of Law

Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Law, Social Justice, International Law, Constitutional Theory, Public Policy

Research Interests 
Philosophy of Law, Social Justice, International Law, Constitutional Theory, Public Policy

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)
Major Courses: Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of the State

Personal Website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmbuenagua

Jaybee S. Cabañeros

Lecturer (Part-time)

jcabaneros@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, 

De La Salle University

Areas of Specialization
Filipino Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy

Research Interests 
Filipino Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Epistemology, Ancient Philosophy

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)

ORCID
0009-0008-1416-6585

Bernardo N. Caslib, Jr.

Lecturer (Part-time)

bcaslib@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

University of the Philippines Diliman

Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Ethics, Philosophy of Education, Moral Education, and Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas)

Research Interests 
Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Ethics, Philosophy of Education, Moral Education, and Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas)

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 13 (Ethics)

Graduate Courses Taught

Plato, Aristotle

ORCID
0000-0001-9439-1839

Sergio Andre Gerardo F. Gabriel

Lecturer (Part-time)

sgabriel@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, 

University of the Philippines Diliman

Areas of Specialization
Phenomenology, Alejo, Teaching Philosophy, Filipino Philosophy

Research Interests 
Phenomenology, Kwentuhan, Teaching Philosophy, Formation programs in other universities/schools

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)

ORCID
0009-0001-4259-7875

Michael Roland F. Hernandez

Lecturer (Part-time)

mrhernandez@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Scholasticism, Phenomenology, Deconstruction, Filipinization

Research Interests 
Classical Philosophy, History, Archaeology

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 13 (Ethics)

Federico Jose T. Lagdameo

Lecturer (Part-time)

flagdameo@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Technology, Heidegger, Foucault, Political Philosophy, Ethics

Research Interests 
Philosophy of Technology, Heidegger, Foucault, Political Philosophy, Ethics, Governmentality Studies, Artificial Intelligence

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 13 (Ethics)

ORCID
0000-0002-5180-9120

Fr. Kenneth Masong

Lecturer (Part-time)

kmasong@ateneo.edu

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Areas of Specialization

Philosophy of Religion, Process Philosophy, Religious Epistemology, Metaphysics, Hermeneutics

Research Interests 
Philosophy and Spirituality, Event Metaphysics, Process Philosophy of the Human Person

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)

ORCID
0000-0001-6913-681X

Joshua F. Olano

Lecturer (Part-time)

jolano@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, 

University of the Philippines Diliman

Areas of Specialization
Filipino Philosophy and Ethics

Research Interests 
Filipino Philosophy, Ethics, Metaphysics, and AI

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition)

Chloe Nicole D. Piamonte

Lecturer (Part-time)

cpiamonte@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy

Areas of Specialization
Existential Phenomenology

Research Interests 
Critical Phenomenology, Phenomenology of Place, Filipino Philosophy

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 11 (The Human Condition), PHILO 13 (Ethics)

ORCID
0009-0003-1478-7422

Fr. Gilbert D. Queñano, CMF

Lecturer (Part-time)

gquenano@ateneo.edu

Education
M.A. in Philosophy, 

Institut Catholique de Paris

Areas of Specialization

Henri Bergson, Phenomenology

Research Interests 
Philosophy of Religion, Phenomenology

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Core Courses: 

PHILO 12 (Philosophy of Religion)

Graduate Courses Taught

Advanced Reflexive Metaphysics

Rizza Antonette L. Papina

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rapapina@ateneo.edu

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Office Staff

jsantos@ateneo.edu

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