Reading, Early Grades, Art and Language Education (REGALE)

READING EDUCATION

Padilla, Portia P.
Associate Professor
Specialization and research interests: bi/multilingual reading, reading comprehension, metacognitive/reading strategies, children’s literature, struggling readers
Email address: pppadilla@up.edu.ph

Preclaro-Ongtengco, Maria Hazelle
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Literacy Instruction: methods and strategies, Reading intervention/remediation, Beginning reading programs
Research interests: Children’s literature, Literacy assessment and development, Learning disabilities, Literacy tools/materials development
Email address: mrpreclaroongtengco@up.edu.ph

Reoperez, Marie Grace C.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Adolescent Literacy
Research interests: Adolescent Literacy, Content Area Reading, Adolescent Literature, Literacy Assessment
Email address: mcreoperez@up.edu.ph

Salvador, Ana Maria Margarita S.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Developmental Psychology, Montessori education, Early childhood education, Reading education
Research interests: Literacy, Children’s literature
Email address: assalvador1@up.edu.ph

Ocampo, Dina Joana S. 
Professor
Specialization: Literacy development and difficulties, literacy program development, assessments and research on literacy
Research interests: Multiliteracy development and literacy difficulties, Teacher professional development, Development of assessments for language and literacy, Education policy and school improvement
Email address: dina.ocampo@up.edu.ph

Lecturers:
Almario, Ani Rosa
Aquino, Lalaine
Fua, Margaret Mary Rosary Carmel
Hermosa, Nemah
Lucasan, Kathrina Lorraine

TEACHING IN EARLY GRADES

Concepcion-Alcazar, Marie Yvette C.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Teaching in the early grades, beginning reading, beginning writing
Research interests: Mentoring and Student Teaching, Counselling in Early Childhood (K – 3)
Email address: mcalcazar@up.edu.ph

Diaz, Leonor E.
Associate Professor
Specialization: Reading education, Early childhood education, curriculum development and assessment
Research interests: Early childhood curriculum design and assessment, literacy and numeracy education and assessment
Email address: lediaz@up.edu.ph

Alipustain, Eva Haydee
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Early childhood education, curriculum development and assessment
Research interests: Social Studies in Early Childhood Education, Critical Thinking, Critical Pedagogy
Email address: egalipustain@up.edu.ph

ART EDUCATION

Defeo-Baquial, Charo Marie V.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Art education, Special education, digital art and graphic design
Research interests: ICT, Special education, Art education, Art curriculum, Art and grade-schoolers
Email address: cvdefeobaquial@up.edu.ph

Beltran-Almazan, Romina
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Art Education, Curriculum Design and Implementation, Teacher Training, GAD Training
Research interests: Historical Development of Philippine Art Education, Program Design, Curriculum Alignment and Implementation, Museum Education, Design Thinking and Other Approaches in Teaching Art Education, GAD Education
Email address: rbalmazan@up.edu.ph

LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Baetiong, Lourdes R.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Language Education, Communication Research, Communication Arts (English)
Research interests: language teaching, language learning, language as a learning tool, teacher-training, student teaching, mentoring
Email address: lrbaetiong@up.edu.ph

Metila, Romylyn A.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education, Code-switching
Research interests: Communicative Language Teaching, Discourse Analysis, Reflective Teaching
Email address: rametila@up.edu.ph

Zara, Nerissa O.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Language Teaching, Learning Resources Development in Language Teaching
Research interests: Technology in Language Education, Multiliteracies and Multi-modality, Alternative Learning Systems
Email address: nozara@up.edu.ph

Sicat-De Laza, Crizel P.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Filipino Education, Pagpaplanong Pangwika, Language Education
Research interests: Language Planning, Language Policy, Critical Pedagogy and Language Teaching, Transformative Education in Language Teaching, Filipino Language Elaboration and Intellectualization
Email address: cpsicatdelaza@up.edu.ph

Lecturers:
Chiu, Menelea
Cordova, Catherine
Martinez, Julius