Abad

ABAD, RICARDO G.
Artistic Director, Areté Fordham University, PhD Sociology Survey research,

statistics, quantitative methods, & performance studies Most Outstanding Teacher
(2001, Metrobank Foundation)
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Email:
rabad@ateneo.edu
rickyabad@yahoo.com
Biography:
Ricardo Abad completed his doctorate in sociology at Fordham University, New York,
in 1975 on a Fulbright-Hays grant, and soon after came to teach at the Department
of Sociology and Anthropology, Ateneo de Manila University and to work as a
Research Associate, two years later as Director, of the Institute of Philippine
Culture (IPC).
In 1979, while still serving as IPC director, he began his eight-year term as
Chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology where he was instrumental
in overseeing the opening of three programs: the Bachelor of Arts major in the
Social Sciences (1979), and the Professional Social Science Program for Southeast
Asian Students (1986) and the Master of Arts in Social Development (1987). In 1981,
he was elected President of the Philippine Sociological Society, and appointed
editor of the Philippine Sociological Review for the 1981 to 1990 issues. He also
obtained a Fulbright Research Fellowship in 1986 to work on Filipino international
migration at the East-West Center in Hawaii. Since then, he has also been associate
editor of Philippine Studies and editor of the social science edition of the Loyola
Schools Review. In 1994, he became a senior fellow (and for several years, board
member) of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), taking special interest in the SWS’
annual surveys with the International Social Survey Program as data base for his
writings on religion, social inequality, and social networks as well as a data
source for his classes in statistics and quantitative methods.
His teaching achievements have been recognized by three major prizes: the Most
Outstanding Senior Lay Teacher Award given by the Association of Parents of Ateneo
College Students (1993), the Most Outstanding Teacher Award granted by the
Metrobank Foundation (2001), and Metrobank Award for Continuing Excellence and
Service in Teaching (2009). His work, The Asian Face of Globalization, garnered the
Most Outstanding Research in the Social Sciences Award in 2006.
Alongside this sociological enterprise lies Ricardo Abad’s work in the theater.
From 1984-2104, he was moderator and artistic director of Tanghalang Ateneo, the
college theater company, where he has directed and acted in over 130 productions.
Twice he was awarded for his work as Outstanding Moderator in the University’s
Service and Excellence awards (1991, 1999); twice, too, was he awarded Best
Director for the national ALIW awards (2007, 2012). He has also directed and acted
for professional companies like Teatro Pilipino and Tanghalang Pilipino of the
Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the Metropolitan Theater Guild. Many of his
theater productions interrogate classics of western drama, notably Shakespeare, in
terms of a Filipino and Asian sensibility.
He also helped to establish the Fine Arts Program of the Loyola Schools (2000),
becoming its founding Director and for many years, as Coordinator of Theater Arts.
He has also represented the Ateneo Theater Arts Program in various international
festivals and conferences. In recognition of his theater achievements, the Loyola
Schools honored him, in 2009, an award for his Most Outstanding Contribution to the
Humanities.
Ricardo Abad also uses theater techniques as the basis for workshops and lectures
in pedagogy for teachers from the primary to the tertiary levels. In 2006, he
organized Dynamic Classrooms, a summer workshop to enhance teacher performance in
the classroom using active learning or student-centered teaching strategies. The
workshop has toured many schools around the country, most recently at the Antipolo
Institute of Technology in Metro Manila and the Visayas State University in Leyte.
As part of a group called RolePlayers, a company he co-founded with former
students, he also gives workshops on creative communication for students, parents,
priests and managers as part of his outreach work.
In 2014, Dr. Abad received a fellowship under the Asian Public Intellectuals
Program and spent several months in Malaysia to explore the link between theater
and nation. He is also slated to spend five weeks in India in late 2015 to do a
performance piece on overseas labor migration with students of the National School
of Drama in New Delhi. His home base remains, however, with the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology where Professor Abad, in addition to teaching, serves as
Department Chair and does research on postcolonial theater, cosmopolitanism, and
citizenship.

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