Conveners

Pia Arboleda

Recipient of the 2015 Regent's Medal for Excellence in Teaching, Pia Arboleda is Director of the Center for Philippine Studies and Coordinator  of the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program at the University of Hawai''i at Manoa. She holds a Doctor of Arts degree in Language and Literature. She produces multi-media bilingual materials on folklore and indigenous culture; and is a Filipino <> English translator.

Federico Magdalena

Federico Magdalena is the associate director for the Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a faculty affiliate at the UH Manoa Asian Studies Program. His research specializations are on Mindanao, Islam, Philippine society and culture, and globalization of cultures.

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Secretariat Head

Clemen Montero

Clemen C. Montero is the Educational Specialist at the Center for Philippine Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM).  She teaches both the Ilokano and Filipino/Tagalog languages - Ilokano and Filipino Language and Literature Programs, UHM and Filipino Instructor with the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is also a Certified Berlitz Instructor, a method of teaching presented in a conversational style based on listening and speaking in the target language.  It was introduced in 1878 and over time has become the standard for language learning. ​

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Student Assistants

Rovie Jay Dacumos

Rovie is a senior pursuing his B.A. in Philippine Language and Literature and B.F.A in Graphic Design. He has been with the Center for Philippine Studies for two years and a previous Katipunan Club officer.

Angela Christie Mastrile

Angela Christie Mastrile. First generation to go to college. I am a freshman at UH Manoa. I am double majoring in Philippine Language & Literature and Psychology. On my free time I like to go to the beach and spend time with my friends or you will most likely see me in Target.

Markee Micu

Markee is a Baguio native and San Francisco transplant majoring in Biology and Filipino. Besides being a pre-medical student, he is also currently the Ingat Yaman for the Katipunan Club. He joined the Center for Philippine Studies this year and spearheaded a webinar on the West Philippine Sea. He is also one of the organizers for a student-initiated virtual conference aimed at addressing the issues faced by the Filipino diaspora.