16th DLSU Arts Congress Proceedings
Volume 7 No. 1, June 2023
Patricia Marinelli Ciron is a Manila-based Interior Designer who has got a passion for well-designed space. She graduated BS in Interior Design from De La Salle College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) and passed the Professional Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) board exam for Interior Design professionals. She was a “Design Sales Consultant” at a French furniture shop, Habitat Manila, for a short period. She was also a “Kitchen Designer and Sales Consultant,” for two years at a Spanish tile manufacturer and distributor at Porcelanosa Gruppo. She is taking up her M. A. degree in Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) while being a full-time Senior High Faculty teacher at De La Salle University-Integrated School and doing freelance interior design projects on the side. She also advocates for quality education and art appreciation, which is why she chose her research topics: indigenous weaving patterns, block-printing, and wallpaper, as she saw the need to spread awareness and appreciation of Filipino culture and arts.
Christopher E. Cruz is the University Legal Counsel and Director of the DLSU Intellectual Property Office and Manager of the Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO) of De La Salle University (DLSU), Manila. He is also a Full Professor at the Commercial Law Department and Philosophy Department at the DLSU College of Law where he has been teaching Intellectual Property Law and commercial law subjects, and Philosophy subjects for the last 31 years. He was also the Vice-Dean of the Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business and Chairman of the Commercial Law Department. He served as a Court Attorney at the Court of Appeals for seven years. He is the project leader of IMPACT, a PCIEERD funded capacity building project for technology transfer and IP offices. He is also the project leader of CAPACITA, a PCHRD funded project for commercializing bio-medical and health technologies. He is the President of the Alliance of Techtransfer Professionals of the Philippines (ATOP), a private, non-government professional organization advancing the technology transfer profession in the Philippines.
Athen Elijah Martin Esteves is a psychology student at De La Salle University.
Martin Joseph Esteves is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Philosophy Department of De La Salle University and has been teaching Philosophy for 26 years. He graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman’s BA Philosophy program (1995), and an MA degree from the same course and university. He first taught in the University of the Philippines Los Banos from1996 to 2001. He also taught philosophy and social sciences subjects in Miriam College, Ateneo de Manila University, and UP Clark Pampanga. His research interests include Filipino Philosophy, Ethics, and Epistemology.
Jihan Marie Claire Ferrer received her Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English from De La Salle University in 2022. She also completed a minor in Public History and Heritage. Her previous experiences in arts creation included being a prose writer in Malate Literary Folio for four years and contributing artworks to The LaSallian as an Art & Graphics staffer. She also had experience in art leadership roles, being the previous Art & Graphics Editor of The LaSallian in 2020 to 2021, and the Layout Editor of Green & White 2021. In the 2020 DLSU Arts Congress, she presented her study “Exploring the roles of the LGBTQIA+ Community in Philippines: A film analysis on Jun Robles Lana’s Die Beautiful.” As a faculty of the Arts & Design Track Department in DLSU IS Laguna, she teaches Arts Management and Research subjects to Senior High School students.
Leni Garcia is a Full Professor at the Department of Philosophy, De La Salle University (DLSU). She currently serves as the Associate Provost of DLSU, but also served in the past as Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Assistant Dean for Research and Advanced Studies for the College of Liberal Arts, and Director of the Lasallian Core Curriculum Program. She initiated the annual DLSU Arts Congress in 2007 and served as its convenor for several years. She is a UBCHEA-Asian Interfaith Dialogue Network Fellow, Catholic University of America’s Council for Research in Values and Philosophy Fellow, Mahidol University Visiting Fellow for the Center for Buddhist Studies, and a MASHAV (of Israel) Scholar. She researches and publishes on non-Western philosophies, Existential Philosophy, alternative ontologies, epistemologies, and aesthetics. She writes, paints, and dances, having been a faculty of classical ballet at the Children’s Dance Workshop (now Acts Manila), and a member of the Señor Gomez Grupo Flamenco de Manila. She is an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is an avid recyclist for the environment.
Rene M. Nob is an Associate Professor at De La Salle University-Manila, where he completed his PhD in Educational Psychology. He is a member of the Psychology of Hope and Well-being Research Lab at DLSU. His research focuses on self-regulated learning, specifically motivational problems, and motivation regulation. His other research interests include hope and academic self-efficacy.
Rhoderick V. Nuncio is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and a Full Professor of Philippine Studies at the Department of Filipino, De La Salle University. He has conducted research work and advocacy programs related to ICT for education and development. He was visiting researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in Mahidol University, Thailand. His book, Sanghiyang sa Mundo ng Internet (2010), won the National Book Award for Best Book in Social Sciences. He has also produced novels such as Omnibus at ang Misteryo ng Nawawalang Ulo (2019) and Lihim ng Ultramar (2009); and literary criticism such as Ang Kritika ay Pagsusuri na/ng may Sinasabi: Mga Piling Sanaysay (2019).
Patricia D. Simon is a Registered Psychologist (8th place in the 2016 PRC board examination for Psychologists), and an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology of DLSU-Manila. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Hongkong’s Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. Her research covers clinical psychology, educational technology, and environmental psychology topics. She is mainly interested in developing preventive mental health and psychoeducational interventions that would address the needs of at-risk populations.
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