Dr. Elizabeth T. Urgel is an educator, a researcher, and a writer. As a faculty consultant of the Department of Asia Pacific Studies of the UA&P College of Arts and Sciences where she was Chair for nine years, she teaches Southeast Asian Studies and Asia Pacific Societies. She is currently a part-time Senior Lecturer at the Political Economy Program of the UA&P School of Social Sciences, Law, and Governance. As a Visiting Professor at the University of Navarre in Spain, she lectured on Leadership and Economic Development. She was a part-time Senior Lecturer on international relations at the University of the Philippines (UP) Asian Center.
Prior to joining UA&P, Dr. Urgel was a University Researcher at UP Diliman.