Academic Profile – Maria Celeste H. Hermida

Maria Celeste H. Hermida

Assistant Professor
Education:

  • MA in Demography, University of the Philippines
  • Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Program, Université de Namur
  • Bachelor of Science in Geography, University of the Philippines

Specialization: Population Geography, Quantitative Geography

Research Interests: Living alone, loneliness and aloneness; geographies of development and well-being; cluster analysis; social network and belongingness; geographies of everyday life; geographies of health and healthcare utilization

Courses Taught:

  • Geog 1
  • Geog 100
  • Geog 103
  • Geog 105
  • Geog 109
  • Geog 133
  • Geog 143
  • Geog 190

Publications:

  • Ortega, A.A., Acielo, J.M.A. and Hermida, M.C. (2015). Mega-regions in the  Philippines: accounting for special economic zones and global-local dynamics. Cities, 48, pp. 130-139

Papers/Poster Presented in Conferences:

  • Homeownership and Place Attachment: Housing Recovery among Different Homeownership Categories in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, 2018 NCGS, UP Diliman, 12-13 November 2018.
  • Spatio-demographic Profiling of One-Person Households in the Philippines, 2017 National Conference on Geographical Studies (Session on Spatial Analysis and Geospatial Technologies), University of the Philippines Hotel, UP Diliman, 10-11 November 2017
  • One-Person Households in the Philippines, 2016 Philippine Population Association Scientific Conference (Poster Presentation), One Vittoria Hotel, Vigan City, 3-5 February 2016
  • Identifying Poor Households in Metro Manila using Housing Data from the Census, 2015 Philippine Population Association Scientific Conference (Session on Urbanization), Seda Abreeza Hotel, Davao City, 28-30 January 2015