Department of Sociology
The Faculty
The Department of Sociology of the University of Santo Tomas is staffed by a community of educators, researchers, and practitioners who bring together theory, research, and practice.
Assistant Professor Froilan A. Alipao, MCD, is a development worker, educator, and researcher with communities, community leaders, and students.
He is the current Assistant Director of the UST-SIMBAHAYAN Community Development Office and a Research Associate at the UST Research Center for Social Sciences and Education.
Contact him at: faalipao@ust.edu.ph
Maru B. Percela is a part-time instructor at the department and is currently the Head of the Office of Student Affairs and International Linkages and instructor for Social Sciences at Guang Ming College in Malate Manila.
Her professional engagements includes community development work, teaching, leadership, organization and management. Her research interests includes social inclusion for people with disabilities and religious socialization.
Contact her at: mbpercela@ust.edu.ph
Dr. Sampson Lee Blair is a visiting professor at the University of Santo Tomas. He is family sociologist and demographer at The State University of New York (Buffalo). Much of his research focuses upon family relationships, with particular emphasis on child, adolescent, and young adult development.
Contact him at: slblair@ust.edu.ph