Dr. Felipe Bacalso, Ph.D

Dr. Felipe Bacalso is the Vice-Director of the Macau Ricci Institute and graduated from Boston College, Massachusetts, USA with a Ph.D. in sociology. He finished his undergraduate studies at Xavier University, Philippines, with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He also studied for a bachelor's in sacred theology and a master's in divinity at St. Bellarmino School of Theology in Taiwan. He is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese, with a background in the secondary and tertiary level of Spanish, as well as Tagalog and Cebuano languages. He has taught as a full-time assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The courses taught in Mandarin Chinese and English included Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Immigration, as well as Introduction to University Life, Philosophy of Life, and Professional Ethics. With an emphasis on the integration of academics and practicum, he organized Service-Learning activities in Taiwan and facilitated volunteerism programs in Cambodia and the Philippines for students from Fu Jen Catholic University and Sun Yat-sen University in Zhuhai, China. Identifying with the youth in society, he has attended youth camps and training in Taiwan and in the Philippines. Currently, he is teaching Social Doctrine of the Church, Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution, Sociology of Religion, Axiology and Ethics, and Theological English in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the University of St, Joseph (Macau).