Personal Background
Prof. Simbulan has been teaching full-time at the University of the Philippines in Manila for the past 20 years(1981-2001). He is currently Full Professor in Development Studies at the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, U.P. Manila. He teaches courses in Development Planning, Development Economics, Economic Theory, Development Theory, Philippine Economic History, Philippine Nationalism and Mass Movements, Program Implementation and Program Management, Project Development, Public Policy, Organizational and Management Theory and Research Methods. He is married to Chit Estella, former Managing Editor of the Manila Times and currently Editor in Chief of the political daily, Pinoy Times.

Administrative and Leadership Experience
Prof. Simbulan has served as Officer-in-Charge of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines. He was Department Chair, Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences for two terms or a total of six years. He has Chaired the CAS Research Committee, CAS Committee on New Programs and Chaired the Board of Judges of the UP Manila Editorial Exams for the past four consecutive years. He was Convenor/Coordinator of the Manila Studies Program, the regional studies program of the U.P. system for Metro Manila. Prof. Simbulan was founding Executive Director of the UP Interdisciplinary Forum, a system-wide association of scholars.

National Awards/Recognition
In 1995, Prof. Simbulan was chosen Bayaning Pilipino Awardee for the National Capital Region by the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation and the Ateneo University's Ugat Foundation "in recognition of outstanding service to fellow Filipinos, the community, the nation and humanity." He also received the Award for Outstanding Leadership from the Children's Museum and Library,Inc. in 1975. In 1998 he was Prize Winner of the National Centennial Writing Contest of the Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE) with his essay"Manggagawang Pilipino: Ang Patuloy na Pagrerebolusyon ng Sikmura"(The Filipino Worker: The continuing revolution of the stomach). Simbulan was also mentioned in the list of "Pinoys Who Made us Proud in 1998" by the Philippine Daily Inquirer Magazine of Dec. 17,1998.
He is Lifetime Member of the PI GAMMA MU International Honor Society for Excellence in the Social Sciences. Recently, he was honored with the UP Manila's Most Outstanding Extension Service Award for 1999. He was Benedicto Professorial Chair Holder, 1994-95.

Books Published/Published Works
Prof. Simbulan has authored the following books: The Bases of Our Insecurity(1983,1985, 1987); A Guide to Nuclear Philippines(1989); and The Continuing Struggle for an Independent Philippine Foreign Policy(1991). He has written a widely-circulated pamphlet on the "The Hidden History of the CIA in the Philippines." His articles on security issues and globalization have been published as chapters in the book by Sakamoto, Yoshikazu, ed., Militarization of the Asia Pacific and Journal of Contemporary Asia, among others. He was former editor in chief of the Philippine Development Forum which he edited from 1985-1992. His recent articles on Philippine-US relations and the US-Japan Security Alliance have been published in Public Policy Journal, Diliman Review,Journal of Contemporary Asia, AMPO Asia Pacific Quarterly and Manila Studies Occasional Papers,among others. He is currently finishing a book on the Visiting Forces Agreement and the Continued Toxic Poisoning of the Philippines, as well as a Political Biography of Philippine labor leader and CPP founder Crisanto Evangelista .

NGO Commitments/Extension Service
Since 1990, Prof. Simbulan has served as the National Chairperson of the Nuclear-Free Philippines Coalition(NFPC), a national coalition of 128 organizations, which successfully led the people's opposition to the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant and the expulsion of the US military bases from the Philippines.

As an NGO advocate, Prof. Simbulan Chaired between 1988-1998 the Board of Directors of a progressive "think tank", Ibon Databank and Research Center(now Ibon Foundation), and also Chairs the Board of Director s of SOLJUSPAX, an NGO involved in propagating solar energy. As Research Fellow of the Institute of Political Economy, he helps undertake people-oriented researches and support activities for policy formulation and development of alternatives for socio-economic issues, especially in sharpening the tools of analysis for sectoral groups like trade unions, peasant federations, indigenous people's movements, etc. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the People's Task Force on Bases Clean-Up and the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research. From 1982 -1985, he was founding National Executive Board member of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers(ACT).

Commitment to University Constituents
From 1983-1985, as General Secretary of the United Teachers and Employees of U.P. or UNITE-U.P., an alliance of 8 major organizations of faculty, academic non-teaching and non-academic personnel of the U.P. system, he led concerted actions and won three times across-the-board increases and benefits for U.P. faculty and personnel. UNITE-U.P. is the predecessor of the All U.P. Workers' Union. In 1988, Simbulan was elected member-at-large to the Executive Committee of U.P. Manila's University Council and served as Chairperson of the Editorial Board of the Information, Publication and Public Affairs Office(IPPAO) of U.P. Manila from 1990-1993. Simbulan is also currently the faculty adviser of the U.P, Manila Chorale(1995-present).

National and International Impact
Prof. Simbulan has been regularly invited as expert resource person before the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress during public hearings by the committees on Foreign Relations, National Defense and Security, Economic Affairs, Health and Environmental Committees for his opinions on the impact of globalization agreements on the Philippines. In an advisory capacity, he helped design strategies and tactics for the historic Senate rejection of the bases treaty in 1991 and helped design the post-bases alternative development and bases conversion program of the Philippine government.

From 1991-95, he was anchorperson and commentator of the weekly radio program RADYO KASARINLAN. Simbulan has guested as resource person in popular talk shows such as DONG PUNO LIVE, Pulso, Public Forum, CNN-International Reports, Sarimanok News Network(SNN), among others. In April-May 1996, he was Visiting Research Fellow of the Asia Pacific Center and the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington,D.C. As keynote or commencement speaker, guest of honor and resource sperson, Prof. Simbulan has given lectures to civic organizations, universities, NGOs and trade unions, Rotary Clubs in more than 69 of the 77 Philippine provinces. He has also been invited to lecture in universities, academic communities and conferences in the United States, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Hongkong, South Korea, Vietnam, Austria, U.K., Switzerland, Germany, Thailand, Canada, Libya, Netherlands, and Singapore. According to former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Abraham Sarmiento, "Simbulan is a technically-excellent educator, author and staunch nationalist whose works have been well-cited and have influenced the thinking of many government officials, policy-makers, students and scholars."(Nomination by Justice Sarmiento for The Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines).