The Department of Communication (DC) offers a quality academic program to help students (1) acquire effective oral, written, and multimedia skills; (2) demonstrate analytical and critical skills in communication research and practice; (3) create innovative and democratic forms of communication; and (4) adopt interdisciplinary perspectives with socio-cultural rootedness, accountability, and civic responsibility.
Faculty members of the department specialize in various areas of communication such as journalism, broadcast communication, and speech communication. These are also the areas of concentration in the Bachelor of Arts in Communication program.
Faculty Roster
CECILIA FE L. STA. MARIA-ABALOS
Professor of Speech Communication
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of the Philippines, 1996, 2001, 2014
MARIA RINA L. AFABLE
Associate Professor of Mass Communication
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of the Philippines, 1981, 1998, 2011
JETHRO BRYAN S. ANDRADA
Instructor in Communication
B.A., magna cum laude, University of the Philippines, 2023
MARKNEEL I. BALGOS
Instructor in Speech Communication
B.A., cum laude, University of the Philippines, 2019
VAL A. BALITA
Instructor in Broadcast Communication
B.A., University of the Philippines, 2020
ZENAS L. CHAPAP-DULATRE
Instructor in Journalism
B.A., University of the Philippines, 2011
CHRISTIAN EZEKIEL M. FAJARDO
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
B.A., M.A., University of the Philippines, 2007, 2016
JIMMY B. FONG
Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., cum laude, M.A., Ph.D., University of the Philippines, 1986, 1994, 2011
DENNIS V. GUTIERREZ
Assistant Professor of Broadcast Communication
B.A., University of the Philippines, 1998
STEPHANIE LUANNE R. LAGASCA
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
B.A., M.A., University of the Philippines, 2001, 2009
CARLO FRANCES H. LUAYON
Instructor in Broadcast Communication
B.A., M.A., University of the Philippines, 2016, 2025
LEIA FIDELIS GISELA F. CASTRO-MARGATE
Assistant Professor of Journalism
B.A., cum laude, M.A., University of the Philippines, 2003, 2024
Ll.B., University of the Cordilleras, 2013
BENJAMIN GEORGE P. MEAMO, III
Instructor in Speech Communication
B.A., cum laude, M.A., University of the Philippines, 2017, 2025
SHEKINAH DORELLE P. QUERI
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
B.A., M.A., University of the Philippines, 2007, 2016
ORVILLE B. TATCHO
Associate Professor of Speech Communication
B.A., cum laude, M.A., University of the Philippines, 2011, 2017
Ph.D., The University of Alabama, 2021
DORIS B. WILSON
Assistant Professor in Speech Communication
B.A., University of the Philippines, 2013
M.A., Universiteit Utrecht, 2018
Lecturers
PAULO M. BAUTISTA
B.S., Ll.B, Saint Louis University, 2009, 2017
REBECCA C. COSTALES-DIVINAGRACIA
A.B., Saint Louis University, 1991
M.A., University of the Philippines, 1998
The BA Communication Program
The BA Communication program provides students with an in- depth understanding of critical and analytical frames used in the communication discipline. It implements a “major-minor” scheme where students select a major area and a minor area among broadcast communication, journalism, and speech communication (e.g., major in speech communication and minor in broadcast communication). Although the program offers concentration areas, it emphasizes their interrelatedness by providing a core curriculum that focuses on their shared conceptual structures, frameworks, and methodologies.