The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences welcomes the following new faculty in the 2020-2021 academic year.

 

Jose Edgardo L. Aban, Ph.D. 

Aban joined the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences in August as an assistant professor of geography. Prior to joining UOG, he served as vice president and division head of the plantation monitoring and planning division of Sinarmas Agribusiness and Food in Jakarta. He also previously taught environmental studies and geography as a senior lecturer at the Universiti of Brunei Darussalam. He holds a bachelor’s in biology and a master’s in remote sensing from the University of the Philippines as well as a doctorate in remote sensing from Chiba University in Japan.

 

 

Elizabeth Rutun, M.A.

Rutun became an English instructor with the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences in August after having taught freshman composition as a graduate student at UOG and a writing course last semester in an adjunct capacity. She holds bachelor’s in English literature and historical and political studies from Chaminade University (Hawaii) and a master’s in English with an emphasis in literature from the University of Guam.