Asst. Prof. Jessa A. Amarille

Asst. Prof. Jessa A. Amarille

Chairperson, Division of Humanities

Literature and Creative Writing

Efmer E. Agustin

  • Assistant Professor
  • MA Comparative Literature, UP Diliman
  • BA Communication Arts, UP Visayas Tacloban College
  • eaagustin@up.edu.ph
  • Philippine literature, folklore, history

Jessa A. Amarille

  • Assistant Professor
  • MA English Studies (Anglo-American Literature), UP Diliman
  • BA Communication Arts, UP Visayas Tacloban College
  • jaamarille@up.edu.ph
  • Chicana literature, ecoliterature, Waray literature

Pauline Joyce L. Arnould

  • Assistant Professor
  • MA Creative Writing, UP Diliman
  • BA English (Creative Writing), Montclair State University (USA)
  • pjlacanilao@up.edu.ph
  • Creative nonfiction, poetry, postcolonial literature

Daphne M. Daño

  • Instructor
  • BA Communication Arts (cum laude), UP Visayas Tacloban College
  • dmdano@up.edu.ph
  • Cebuano literature in Eastern Visayas

Antonino Salvador S. De Veyra

  • Assistant Professor
  • MA English (Creative Writing), Silliman University
  • BA Communication Arts, UP Visayas Tacloban College
  • asdeveyra@up.edu.ph
  • Ecopoetry, ecocriticism, Waray literature

Marianne Kaye G. Distrajo

  • Instructor
  • BA Communication Arts (cum laude), UP Visayas Tacloban College
  • mgdistrajo@up.edu.ph
  • Literature, pop culture, feminism

Media Arts

Jericho Sandino R. Aliposa

  • Instructor
  • BA Film, UP Diliman
  • jraliposa@up.edu.ph
  • Regional cinema, development communication, science communication

Nelfa M. Glova

  • Assistant Professor
  • MA Health Communication, Michigan State University (USA)
  • MS Development Communication, Minor in Agricultural Extension, Visayas State University
  • BA Social Sciences (Political Sciences), UP Visayas Tacloban College
  • nmglova@up.edu.ph
  • Mediatization of childhood; effect of persuasive messages on cognitions, attitudinal predispositions, and behavior in the context of health and politics

Jerome M. Montecalvo

  • Instructor
  • BA Communication and Media Arts (magna cum laude), UP Mindanao
  • jmmontecalvo1@up.edu.ph
  • Communication, media, culture

Melchor C. Paete

  • Assitant Professor
  • MA Applied Arts and Design, Shu-Te University (Taiwan)
  • BA Communication Arts, UP Visayas Tacloban College
  • mcpaete@up.edu.ph
  • Design research, applied arts and design, semiotics research

Gian Paulo R. Paglinawan

  • Assitant Professor
  • Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands) Universidad de Deusto (Spain)
  • Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s (Double MA) in Euroculture: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Global context (cum laude)
  • BA Communication Arts (Major in Media Arts) (cum laude), UP Mindanao
  • grpaglinawan@up.edu.ph
  • Media, Culture and Society, Postcolonial and Intersectionality Studies, Political Communication (Disinformation and Misinformation), Gender Communication in International Student, Mobility Programs, Digital Communication in Transnational Migration

Irma R. Tan

  • Assistant Professor
  • MA Communication, UP Diliman
  • BA Communication Arts, UP Diliman
  • irtan1@up.edu.ph
  • Communication, media arts

Physical Education

Ma. Zenia C. Dulce

  • Assistant Professor
  • MS Physical Education, UP Diliman
  • BS Education (Physical Education), Dalubhasaang Normal ng Pilipinas
  • mcdulce@up.edu.ph
  • Dance and sports, and cultural and indigenous studies
  • (On study leave)

Adrian S. Garcia

  • Instructor
  • Bachelor in Physical Education - UP Diliman
  • asgarcia2@up.edu.ph
  • Physical education, particularly the impact of exercise and sports on physical fitness and overall well-being such as running, athletics, and other sports-related activities.

Michael Joshua C. Lora

  • Instructor
  • Bachelor of Sports Science, UP Diliman
  • mclora@up.edu.ph
  • Anthropometry, strength and conditioning, sports psychology, exercise physiology, health & nutrition
  • (On study leave)

Anna Laurice M. Pinoc

  • Instructor
  • BSEd major in Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health, Leyte Normal University
  • ampinoc@up.edu.ph
  • Physical education, dance

Division Staff

Rachel J. Pabro

  • Division Secretary
  • rjpabro@up.edu.ph