Faculty members
Emeritus
Alfredo P. Co
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST), Post-Doc (Chinese University of Hong Kong; Sorbonne, Paris)
Chinese Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, East-West Comparative Philosophy
apco@ust.edu.ph
Core Faculty
Professor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics (CTRSE)
AB (UST), PhL (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Specialization: Karol Wojtyla, Martin Buber, Phenomenology, Existentialism
Interests: Christian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
jsaguas@ust.edu.ph
Instructor
AB (UST), MA (UST), MA (Université de Picardie Jules Verne), PhD (UST, on-going), PhD (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, on-going)
Aesthetics, Jean Baudrillard, French Contemporary Philosophy
gdagbisit@ust.edu.ph
Fleurdeliz R. Altez-AlbelaProfessor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics (CTRSE)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Emmanuel Levinas, Phenomenology, Existentialism
faalbela@ust.edu.ph
Kriedge Chlaire C. Alba
Instructor
AB (UST), MA (UP-D), PhD (UST; in-progress)
Specialization: Hannah Arendt, Feminism
Interests: Existentialism, Bioethics
kcalba@ust.edu.ph
Cathlyne Joy P. Alvarez-AbarejoInstructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UP-D), MA (UP-D), PhD (UP-D; in-progress)
Specialization: Epistemology (Virtue Epistemology, Social Epistemology), Philosophy for Children (Lipman-Sharp)
Interests: Philosophy of Education (Dewey), Virtue Epistemology of Education, Logic, Ethics, Analytic Philosophy (Wittgenstein)
cpalvarez-abarejo@ust.edu.ph
Kyle Alfred M. Barte
Instructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (Siliman University), MA (Siliman University), PhD (UST; in-progress)
Specialization: Chantal Mouffe, Philippine Democracy, Pierre Bourdieu
Interests: Byung-Chul Han, Neoliberalism, Democratic Theory
kmbarte@ust.edu.ph
Marc Aldous C. BaccayAssistant Professor
AB (UST), MA (UST), JD (UE), LLM (UST; on-going)
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Existentialism, Thomistic Philosophy, Daoism, Political Philosophy
mcbaccay@ust.edu.ph
Professor; Philosophy Graduate Program Lead
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), MA (Brock, Canada), PhD (Macquarie, Australia)
Specialization: Friedrich Nietzsche, Theodor Adorno, Gilles Deleuze, Critical Theory, Post-Marxism
Interests: Radical Politics, Critique of Neoliberal Academia
pabolanos@ust.edu.ph
Professor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics (CTRSE)
AB (Sto. Domingo), SThB (UST), SThL (UST), MA (UST), MA (AdMU), PhD (UST)
Thomas Aquinas, Alasdair MacIntyre, Social and Political Philosophy
jvcarino@ust.edu.ph
Professor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (CKMS), MA (CKMS), PhD (UST)
Paulo Freire, Critical Business Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy
Paulo Freire, Critical Business Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy
ffcortez@ust.edu.ph
Instructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (Macquarie, Australia)
Continental French Philosophy, Aesthetics, Politics, Feminist Philosophy, Political Subjectivation
dodemandante@ust.edu.ph
Emmanuel C. De LeonAssociate Professor
AB (St. Augustine Seminary), MA (UST), PhD (UST), JD (in-progress)
Filipino Philosophy
Filipino Philosophy
ecdeleon@ust.edu.ph
Assistant Professor
AB (Notre Dame of Marbel), MA (AdMU), PhD (UST)
Hans-Georg Gadamer, Philosophy of Information Technology
Hans-Georg Gadamer, Philosophy of Information Technology
ordiamante@ust.edu.ph
Zhea Katrina R. EstradaInstructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UP-D; in-progress)
Specialization: Memory Studies, Urban Anthropology, Feminism
Interests: Democracy and Democratic Backsliding, Decolonialism
zrestrada@ust.edu.ph
Instructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST; in-progress)
Specialization: Simone Weil, Philosophy of Gerontology
Interests: Søren Kierkegaard, Existentialism
pceugenio@ust.edu.ph
Instructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
BSBA (DLSU-D), MEd (AdMU), MA (UST)
Specialization: Critical Pedagogy, Philosophy of Education
Interest: Philosophy for Children
psgapo@ust.edu.ph
Joshua Cedric A. Gundayao
Instructor
AB (ICMAS), MHRE (Universiti Malaya), MA (UP)
Specialization: Bonaventure, Health Research Ethics
Interests: Bioethics, Christian Philosophy, Resource Allocation
jagundayao@ust.edu.ph
Allison Cruyff V F. Ladero
Instructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (Siliman University), MA (UST), PhD (UST; in-progress)
Specialization: Herbert Marcuse, Chantal Mouffe
Interests: Left Populism, Neoliberalism
afladero@ust.edu.ph
Emerito C. Gonzales
Assistant Professor; USTFU President
AB (UST), PhL (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST; in-progress)
Cosmology, Philosophy of Science
Cosmology, Philosophy of Science
ecgonzales@ust.edu.ph
Assistant Professor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MLT (DLSU)
Philosophy of Education, Immanuel Kant, Constructivism
Philosophy of Education, Immanuel Kant, Constructivism
jpignacio@ust.edu.ph
Instructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST; in-progress)
Jacques Rancière, Post-Marxism, Social and Political Ontology
jzlino@ust.edu.ph
Assistant Professor
AB (UST), MA (UST)
Richard Rorty, Pragmatism
Richard Rorty, Pragmatism
armaglalang@ust.edu.ph
Instructor
AB (UST), MA (UP), JD (UST), PhD (UST; Cand.)
Judith Butler, Feminism, Social and Political Philosophy
jalombos@ust.edu.ph
Instructor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST; in-progress)
Specialization: Ernst Bloch, Maria Lugones, Philosophies of the Global South, Social Epistemology, Gender Studies (Bakla Studies)
Interests: Jose Medina, Feminism, Intersectionality, Decolonization Studies
aemanalastas@ust.edu.ph
Professor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Søren Kierkegaard, Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion
Søren Kierkegaard, Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion
rematienzo@ust.edu.ph
Professor; Department Chair
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Philosophy for Children, Philosophy of Childhood, Feminism
mmbolanos@ust.edu.ph
Professor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (San Pablo Seminary), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Specialization: Erich Fromm, Social and Political Philosophy
Specialization: Erich Fromm, Social and Political Philosophy
Interest: Hartmut Rosa
ibpacquing@ust.edu.ph
Professor; CHEd Technical Panel Member for Philosophy
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (AdU), MBA (UST), PhD (UST)
Specialization: Thomistic Philosophy, Alan Gewirth
Interests: American Philosophy, Ethics and Human Rights
ramontana@ust.edu.ph
Marciana Agnes G. PonsaranProfessor; Executive Secretary to the Rector
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Philosophy of Science, the Ethics of Nanotechnology
Philosophy of Science, the Ethics of Nanotechnology
mgponsaran@ust.edu.ph
Instructor; Director of RCCAH
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Specialization: Friedrich Nietzsche, Peter Sloterdijk, Philosophy of the City
Interest: Comparative Philosophy (Kyoto School, Daoism), Filipino Philosophy
alrennesland@ust.edu.ph
Associate Professor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Specialization: Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, Axel Honneth, Critical Theory
Specialization: Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, Axel Honneth, Critical Theory
Interests: Niklas Luhmann, Max Stirner, Florentino Hornedo
rdpada@ust.edu.ph
Instructor
AB (UST), MA (UST), MPM (AdMU)
Søren Kierkegaard
cgregalado@ust.edu.ph
Associate Professor
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (PUP), MA (CKMS), PhD (UST)
Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, Franco Berardi, Byung-Chul Han, Social and Political Philosophy
rsreyes@ust.edu.ph
Rene Luis D. TadleAssociate Professor; ALFA President
Research Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities (RCCAH)
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST; Cand.)
Richard Rorty, Paulo Freire, Philosophy of Education
Richard Rorty, Paulo Freire, Philosophy of Education
rdtadle@ust.edu.ph
Michael Anthony C. VascoProfessor; Dean of the Graduate School
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Indian Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, John Rawls, Contemporary European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy
Indian Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, John Rawls, Contemporary European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy
mcvasco@ust.edu.ph
Professorial Lecturers
Peter Paul E. Elicor AB (Rogationist Seminary, Cebu), MA (AdDU), PhD (UST)
Specialization: Philosophy of Childhood, Philosophy for/with Children, Epistemology,
Interests: Feminist Philosophy and Indigenous Philosophy, Epistemic injustice, culture, positionality, and indigenous issues
El Mithra M. Dela CruzAB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Specialization: Indian Philosophy, Sri Aurobindo
Interest: Existentialism
emdelacruz@ust.edu.ph
Jeffry V. Ocay
AB, AB (Holy Name University), MA (University of San Calos), MA (Siliman University), Post-Grad (The New School for Social Research, New York), PhD (Macquarie University, Australia), Post-Doc (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Specialization: Critical Theory (Marcuse and Honneth), Applied Ethics (Social Ethics and Bioethics)
Interests: Indigenous Rights, Politics of Recognition in South East Asia
Leovino Ma. GarciaAB (AdMU), PhL (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belguim), PhD (Louvain, Belguim)
Specialization: Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Levinas
Interests: Phenomenology, Aesthetics
Visiting Professors
Alex Taek-Gwang LeeProfessor of Cultural Studies
Kyung Hee University
Part-time Faculty
Gillian Marian H. Garcia
Instructor
AB (UST), MA (UST)
Specialization: Edmund Husserl, Michael Polanyi
ghgarcia@ust.edu.ph
Carl Jayson D. Hernandez
Instructor
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST; on-going)
Specialization: Aesthetics, Albert Camus, Existentialism, Philosophy and Fiction
Interests: Ethics, Existential Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion, Social Epistemology
kdhernandez@ust.edu.ph
Jayson C. Jimenez
Instructor
AB (PUP), MA (CTMS), PhD (University of Tasmania)
Specialization: Marx, Deleuze, Anthropocene as conceptual framework
Interests: Psychoanalytic theory (Lacan) and Geophilosophy (Deleuze/Guattari), Environmental Humanities
jcjimenez@ust.edu.ph
Administrative Staff
Ronald S. ManalastasAdministrative assistant
rsmanalastas@ust.edu.ph
In Memoriam
+ Magdalena V. Alonso-Villaba
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
Indian Philosophy
July 22, 1928 – September 11, 2023
+ Josephine Acosta-Pasricha 
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST), Post-Doc (University of Delhi, India)
Indian Philosophy
March 26, 1945 - June 6, 2020
+ Romualdo E. Abulad, S.V.D.AB (UST), MA (AdMU), MA (DWST-Tagaytay), PhD (UST), Post-Doc (Universität Hamburg, Germany)
Immanuel Kant, Martin Heidegger, Contemporary Philosophy
September 21, 1947 - December 17, 2019
+ Peter Emmanuel A. MaraAB (UST), MA (UST), MA (Toulouse, France; Cand.)
Karol Wojtyla, Henri Bergson, Phenomenology
July 13, 1986 - August 28, 2023