Dr. Crina Escabarte Tañongon is a Communication faculty member at the College of Communication, Art, and Design, University of the Philippines Cebu. She holds a PhD in Development Communication from the University of the Philippines Los Baños and regularly teaches Organizational Communication, Communication Theory, and Research Design. Drawing from the Constitutive Communication of Organizations (CCO) framework, her research explores how organizations are communicatively constructed, focusing on how discourses shape and sustain the identities, practices, and legitimacy of social enterprises, civil society and people’s organizations, and agribusiness groups.

Her work interrogates how these organizations frame development, peacebuilding, and sustainability in response to complex institutional and socio-environmental challenges. Her current research is grounded in interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches, bringing together communication, environmental science, education and communication technologies, and development practice. These include a Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) study on watershed protection and water use in the Argao-Dalaguete reserve; a digital archiving project on food (in)security that examines how organizations construct alternative food systems; and a cross-institutional initiative documenting loss and damage in Cebu’s island communities facing climate change. These projects are situated within a broader inquiry into how communication constitutes organizational life and enables sustainability action in complex socio-ecological contexts.

Dr. Tañongon regularly presents her work in local, national, and international academic conferences, and has published in Management Communication Quarterly, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Philippine Journal of Development Communication, among others.

Cora Jane C. Lawas holds dual master’s degrees in Environmental Science (MSES) at the University of the Philippines Visayas Cebu College in 2007 and Geo-information Science & Earth Observation at the University of Twente, ITC, the Netherlands in 2016. She has been contributing to academia as a University Researcher since 2004, demonstrating a remarkable commitment to advancing knowledge and innovation in her field.

Danna Blair N. Briones is currently pursuing a Master of Education with a specialization in English as a Second Language at the University of the Philippines Cebu. She has been an administrative staff member at Central Visayas Studies Center since 2021, showcasing her dedication to both professional growth and academic excellence.