Amihan April Mella-Alcazar, Ph.D., MBA, LLB, BSBSA
AUSN Visiting Professor of Law, Education & Human Rights
Former President, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (University of Pasig City), Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
President – Emeritus (September 2021 – onwards); President, Philippine Association of Extension Program Implementers (PAEPI Global) Inc. (2014 – 2021)
Secretary & Member, Board of Directors, Association of Local Colleges and Universities (ALCU)
(2014 – 2019)
Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines
Former Chief Operating Officer, Imus Rural Bank, Inc., Cavite, Philippines
Former Consultant, Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Department of Trade & Industry, Makati City, Philippines
Former Lecturer, M.B.A. Program, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Former Adjunct Professor, Asian Institute of Management, M.B.A. Program and Centre for Development Management, Makati City
Post – Doctoral Fellowship, University of Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee, U.S.A., Academic Year 2020- 2021 (April to July 2021) Senior Scholar for Research Full Scholarship from the Fulbright Commission (Philippine-American Education Foundation)
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (Ph.D.), Tohoku University Graduate School of Business and Economics, Sendai City, Japan, April 2003 to March 2006, Full Scholarship of the Japan Ministry of Education
Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.), Tohoku University Graduate School of Business and Economics, Sendai City, Japan, April 2001 to March 2003, Full Scholarship of the Japan Ministry of Education
Intensive Japanese Language Course and Research Student, Tohoku University, Sendai City, Japan, April 2000 to March 2001, Full Scholarship of the Japan Ministry of Education
Bachelor of Laws (Ll.B), University of the Philippines College of Law, Quezon City, Philippines, June 1989 to March 1994
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), Cum Laude, University of the Philippines College of Business Administration, Quezon City, Philippines, June 1985 to March 1989, University and College Scholar
High School, Maryknoll College (now Miriam College), Quezon City, June 1981 to March 1985
Extemporaneous Speaker of the Year
Grade 5-6, St. Mary’s College, Quezon City, June 1979 to March 1981 Honor Student
Grade 1-4, St. Pascual’s Institution, Obando, Bulacan, June 1975 to March 1979 Honor Student
Awardee, Fulbright Commission Senior Scholar Program, University of Tennessee-Martin, U.S.A., Academic year 2020-2021.
Official Delegate to the Mission in Canada, Canadian Bureau of International Education and Commission on Higher Education, Winnipeg and Victoria, Canada, November 2019.
Most Outstanding CEO and Educator Award, Asian Council of Deans, Administrators and Educators, Cebu, Philippines, March 2018.
Diplomate in Business Education and BEST CEO Education Award, Philippine Association of Deans and Educators, Manila, Philippines, February 19, 2015.
Certificate of Commendation, Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council, Tennessee, U.S.A., October 15, 2014.
Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) Balsamo Asian Scholar, Shizuoka, Japan, November 2009.
Philippine Representative Scholar, Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship, Japan Patent Office – Tokyo, Japan, September to October 2007.
Awardee, Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Ministry of Education, Tohoku University, Sendai City, Japan, April 2000 to March 2006.
International Traineeship Exchange Program, AIESEC (International Association of Students in Business and Economics), University of Bayreuth, Germany November 1990 to April 1992.
Cum Laude Honors and University and College Scholar, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, June 1985 to March 1989.
Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society Paper Writing Contest Third Prize Winner, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., October 1990.
Philippine Representative, International University Congress, Rome, Italy, April 1987.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
July 2021 Fulbright Commission (Philippine-American Education Foundation) Senior Scholar Research Scholarship Program, conducted research and presented paper on “A Model for Portability of Academic Units from Community Colleges and Development of Ladderized Curriculum Credited to Baccalaureate Degrees in the State Universities and Colleges”, University of Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee, U.S.A.
July 2021 American University of Sovereign Nations, presented paper on “Community Colleges for the delivery of community-based indigenous education”, Sacaton, Arizona, U.S.A.
May 2021 Long Island University, presented paper on “Special Needs Education in the Philippine setting”, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
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November 2019 Canadian Bureau of International Education, presented paper on “The Canadian Community College Model: Possible Adaptation to the Philippine Higher Education Sector”, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
October 2014 Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council International Conference, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, U.S.A., presented paper on “Pasig City: An Ecopolis – The Best Environmental Practices”.
October 2014 IBM Big Data and Analytics Education Conference, Mandalay Convention Center, Las Vegas, U.S.A., presented paper on “A Case Study of the Business Analytics Couse at the University of Pasig City”.
March 2014 German Academic Exchange Council (DAAD) ASEM Experts Seminar on ASEAN Youth Exchange, Nuremberg, Germany, presented paper on “A Study of the On the Job Training Program at the College of Business Administration of the University of Pasig City”.
October 2013 Lecture in Kyungbuk College on “How to become a Globally Competitive Student” Yeong-ju, South Korea.
March 2011 International Conference on Vulnerable Migrant Workers, Osaka University, Japan, presented paper on “Legislation for Japanese-Filipino Children”.
November 2009 Japan Association for Language Teachers National Conference, Shizuoka, Japan, presented paper on “Contextual Learning Theory as Applied to English Language Learning: Part 1 & 2”.
November 2009 Japan Lecture Tour as Balsamo Asian Scholar in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Kokura, Wakayama, Himeji and Kobe on “NGO Activities in the Universities”.
November 2009 Tohoku University Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Sendai City, Japan presented paper on “Intercultural Studies in Japan”.
Paper Published in Japan Association of Language Teachers Journal “Contextual Learning and Functional Literacy: Theories in Language Learning”, August 2009, Japan.
May 2009 Business Cases on Integrated Microelectronics, Inc., Phoenix Petroleum and Stradcom, Inc. for the M.B.A. Program at the Asian Institute of Management.
Doctoral Dissertation “A Study of the Economic Profit Model on the Global Automotive Industry” Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, December 2006.
Master’s Thesis “A Study of the Economic Profit Model on the Japanese Automotive Industry” Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, December 2003.
Bachelor of Laws Thesis “A Study of Corporate Governance in the Philippines”, University of the Philippines, March 1994.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Thesis “A Study of a Multi-Storey Restaurant Business”, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, March 1989.
Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society Paper Writing Contest, Third Prize, October 1990. “A Study of Developmental Concepts in Muslim Mindanao (Southern Philippines)”, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.