Instructor – Theology
2007 – Present
Academic Degrees
- Doctor of Sacred Theology, Katholieke Unversiteit Leuven (2015)
- Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus, Katholieke Unversiteit Leuven (2010)
- Master of Advance Studies in Theology and Religion, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2007)
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Santo Tomas (1993
Areas of Specialization & Research Agenda
- Biblical Studies
Affiliations
- Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP)
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Research and Publications
- “COVID-19 response, NICE and community participation in the Philippines,” Journal of Public Health. (2021)
- “Wanted: quality telehealth for all,” Journal of Public Health. (2024)
- “Filming Biblical Interpretations from the Ground: Anti-Empire Matthean Interpretations in Huwag Kang Papatay (2017) and the Philippine “Drug War.” Religion. (2024)
- “Matthew 13.1-9 and Soil Degradation: A Subaltern and Ecological Reading,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament. (2025)
- “Urban gardening, health, and Doughnut Economics in Amsterdam,” Journal of Public Health. (2025)
Lectures Delivered and Seminars Attended
- “Dinner and Dissent: Interpreting the Corinthian Lord’s Supper from a Time of Famine to COVID-19 Pandemic,” an online lecture delivered at Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology Online Conference. Octobe 20-23, 2021.
- “Enriched Pastoral-Theological Spiral for Pandemic Biblical Education and Ibita, Ma. Marilou S. 10 January 2022 CV 20 Beyond. Teaching Biblical Studies in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts,” an online lecture delivered at Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. November 20-23, 2021.
- “#Choosetochallenge: COVID-19, Community Research and the Canaanite Woman,” an online lecture delivered at Ecclesia of Women in Asia 10th Biennial Conference: Toward Life-giving Communities in a Time of Pandemic: Asian Feminist Theological Perspectives. February 24-26, 2022.