Nathaniel Punongbayan Candelaria is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, UP Diliman. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and Master of Arts (Political Science) degrees at UP Diliman. Prior to joining the regular faculty, he was Teaching Associate at the UP Department of Political Science, UP Diliman, Senior Project Assistant at the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), and Research Assistant at the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS Philippines) and at the Foundation for Integrative and Development Studies (FIDS).