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

READING EDUCATION

Padilla, Portia P.
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: Beginning Reading, Literacy Instruction for Intermediate Learners, Reading Intervention, Diagnostic Teaching
Research interests: Literacy Assessment and Instruction, Challenges in Learning to Read and Write, Diagnostic Teaching, Assistive Technology for Reading and Writing, Literacy Across the Lifespan, Children’s Literature
Email address: mrpreclaroongtengco@up.edu.ph

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

Salvador, Ana Maria Margarita S.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Literacy Education, Montessori Education, Early Childhood Education, Children’s Literature
Research interests: Reading Motivation, Children’s Literature, Literacy in Early Childhood, Oral Language Development, Family Literacy
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:
Lucasan, Kathrina Lorraine

TEACHING IN EARLY GRADES

Concepcion-Alcazar, Marie Yvette C.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Early Childhood Education, Early Literacy and Numeracy
Research interests: Learning through play, Oral language development, Parenting and mental health, Mental health of children, Counseling young children
Email address: mcalcazar@up.edu.ph

Diaz, Leonor E.
Associate Professor
Specialization: early childhood education
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, Graphic Design, Traditional & Digital Art
Research interests: Expressive Arts, Inclusive Arts, Curative Education, Art and Wellness
Email address: cvdefeobaquial@up.edu.ph

Beltran-Almazan, Romina
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Art Education, Curriculum Development and Instructional Design, Space Planning, Painting
Research interests: Art education program development and implementation; Curriculum Overload; Art and literacy; Visual Literacy; Aesthetic development; Stakeholders’ beliefs about and participation in art education; Heutagogical practices and strategies in art education; Art Education approaches including art for wellness, universal learning, inclusive, expressive, culture-based art education
Email address: rbalmazan@up.edu.ph

LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Metila, Romylyn A.
Associate Professor
Specialization: Mother tongue education or mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE), multilingualism, code-switching, translanguaging, language program design and evaluation, discourse analysis
Research interests: MTB-MLE implementation, language planning and policy, code-switching, translanguaging, language acquisition
Email address: rametila@up.edu.ph

Morallo, Audrey B.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Discourse analysis, linguistic mitigation, corpus linguistics, teacher training, language acquisition
Email address: abmorallo@outlook.up.edu.ph

Sicat-De Laza, Crizel P.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Language Policy and Planning, Critical Language Education, Materials Development
Email address: cpsicatdelaza@up.edu.ph

Zara, Nerissa O.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Multimodality, Linguistic Landscape, Social Semiotics, Alternative learning Systems, Technology in language education
Email address: nozara@up.edu.ph

Lecturers:
Salayo, Juland D.
Suarez, Cecilia A.
Wyson, John Daryl B.
Zafra, Reynele Bren G.