About the Department
Since the 70’s, the Department of Community Development has been offering undergraduate and graduate academic degrees that seek to educate, train and nurture competent development professionals who are committed to people’s empowerment and participation, sustainable development and gender equity.
From its nascent beginning as a service delivery mechanism of the government in the 1950’s, CD as an academic discipline has evolved alongside with the dynamic character of social development. The growing concern for popular participation and social equity has brought to fore the need for an integrated strategy of organizational capability building among grassroots organizations as well as concrete community-managed welfare and livelihood programs.
Our goal is to help create and build a society that provides equal access to men and women for social, economic, political and cultural opportunities through people’s collective actions.
We continue to make our programs truly responsive to emerging challenges in the lives of marginalized communities and the larger society in general such as those arising from climate change and disasters, globalization, conflict and violence, and migration.
CD Education thru Praxis-Oriented and Committed Service
As an academic program, the CD curriculum is designed to provide our students with a praxis-oriented education that allows complementation between theoretical knowledge and practice. It is for this reason that the Field Instruction Program has been made an integral part of both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Field Instruction serves as an effective vehicle for both learning and service through which our faculty and students mutually apply, validate and critique CD concepts, theories, approaches, strategies and methods to help communities address real-life issues and problems.
Faculty
Oscar P. Ferrer, DPA
Ma. Linnea V. Tanchuling
Associate Professor 1
Wilfredo P. Awitan
Assistant Professor 1
John Erwin S. Bañez
Assistant Professor 5
Aleli B. Bawagan, Ph.D.
Professor 2
Honorio B. De Dios
Instructor 4
Lenore P. De la Cruz
Associate Professor 6
Lourdes P. Espenido
Senior Lecturer 2
Maria Rosario S. Felizco
Senior Lecturer 2
Elmer M. Ferrer
Professorial Lecturer 4
Devralin T. Lagos
Assistant Professor 1
Efren V. Lubuguin
Senior Lecturer 1
Emmanuel M. Luna, Ph.D.
Professor 12
Thelma B. Magcuro
Assistant Professor 5
Fermin P. Manalo Jr.
Assistant Professor 4
Victor G. Obedicen
Assistant Professor 3
Maureen C. Pagaduan
Professor 11
Venarica B. Papa
Assistant Professor 1
Lisa Victoria N. Rosel
Assistant Professor 1
Ma. Corazon J. Tan
Associate Professor 4
Amaryllis T. Torres, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Professorial Lecturer 5
Ma. Theresa V. Tungpalan, Ph.D.
Professor 12
Jessica A. Viliran
Senior Lecturer 3
Romano Antonio V. Wamil
Lecturer 2
Paul Edward N. Muego
Assistant Professor 2