MARIA CELESTE H. HERMIDA, Assistant Professor
Office Phone: 89818500 ext. 2222; Room Number: Bulwagang Silangang Palma 418
Celes specializes in Population Geography and Quantitative Geography. She currently serves as the Quality Assurance Officer of the Department and a Scientific Alternate Review Member of the UP Diliman Research Ethics Board, inspired to maintain high academic standards and promote effective teaching practices. Her research interests include 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. Through these studies, she hopes to contribute valuable insights into the interplay of geographic factors and social well-being.
EDUCATION
> Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Program, Université de Namur
> MA Demography, UP Diliman;
> BS Geography, UP Diliman;
SPECIALIZATION
> Population Geography
> Quantitative Methods
COURSES TAUGHT
> GEOG 1. Places and Landscapes in a Changing World
> GEOG 100. Physical Geography
> GEOG 103. World Regional Geography
> GEOG 109. Quantitative Methods in Geographic Analysis
> GEOG 133. Geography of the Tropics
> GEOG 143. Geography of Asia
> GEOG 190. Map & Air Photo Interpretation
> GEOG 192. Field Methods in Geography
AWARDS AND GRANTS
> One UP Faculty Grant for Teaching and Public Service (2022-2024)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
> Spaces in Transition? Mapping Manila’s Peri-Urban Fringe (2013-2015)
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
COMPETENCES
> Spatial data analysis
> Advanced statistical analysis