Jose Antonio R. Clemente, Ph.D. 

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Macau, Macau SAR China

M.A. in Psychology, University of the Philippines – Diliman

B.A. in Psychology, University of the Philippines – Diliman

Capulong, A. D. G., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2025). Digital media practices among infants and toddlers based on Filipino mothers’ self-reports. Plaridel, 22(1), 1-43. https://doi.org/10.52518/2023-03cplcmt

Hamamura, T., Clemente, J. A. R., English, A. S., Ishii, K., & Siddiqui, R. N. (2024). Internationalising imperatives and decolonising aspirations: Navigating social psychology teaching in Asia. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 27(4), 911-922. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12647

Bilon, X. J., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2023). What predicts homonegativity in Southeast Asian countries? Evidence from the World Values Survey. Psychology & Sexuality, 15(4), 488-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2023.2296591

Teng-Calleja, M., Bertulfo, D. J., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2023). Closing the capability gap in tackling precarious work. In S. C. Carr, V. Hopner, D. J. Hodgetts, & M. Young (Eds.), Tackling precarious work: Toward sustainable livelihoods (pp. 174-199). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003440444-10

Teng-Calleja, M., Clemente, J. A. R., Bertulfo, D. J., & Menguito, M. L. M. (2023). Championing well-being in the workplace through HR programs. In M. T. D. Mactal, E. J. D. Ilac, J. F. Caringal-Go (Eds.), A guidebook to enhancing workplace well-being in the Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University Press.

Tuazon, A.T., & Clemente, J.A.R. (2022). Colonial mentality and mental health help-seeking attitudes: Testing a mediation model on Filipino Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 13(1), 41–50. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000243

Teng-Calleja, M., Clemente, J.A., Bertulfo, D.J., & Menguito, M.L.M. (2021). Toward the pursuit of what people value: Determining a living wage based on capability gaps. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research Practice, Consultation, 10(2), 59-73. https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000007

Bernardo, A.B.I., Clemente, J.A.R., & Wang, T.Y. (2018). Working for a better future: Social mobility beliefs and expectations of Filipino migrant workers in Macau. Australian Journal of Psychology, 70(4), 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12209

Clemente, J.A.R., Daganzo, M.A.A., Bernardo, A.B.I., & Pangan, C.A.C. (2017). Filipino adolescents' conceptions of socioeconomic mobility: A consensual qualitative research. Child Indicators Research, 10(1), 117-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-016-9370-6

Clemente, J.A.R., Galang, A.J.R., & Arpon, A.T. (2017). Sino ang may hiya at sino naman ang wala? Paunang pagpapatibay sa Panukat ng Hiya bilang Isang Pagpapahalaga. Diwa E-Journal, 5, 39-73. https://www.pssp.org.ph/diwa/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/3-Artikulo-Clemente-Galang-Arpon.pdf

Clemente, J.A. (2011). An empirical analysis of research trends in the Philippine Journal of Psychology: Implications for Sikolohiyang Pilipino. Philippine Social Sciences Review, 63(1), 1-33.

Clemente, J.A., Belleza, D., Yu, Angela, Catibog, E.V.D., Solis, G., & Laguerta, J. (2008). Revisiting the Kapwa Theory: Applying alternative methodologies and gaining new insights. Philippine Journal of Psychology 41(2), 1-32.

Lifetime Member, President (2020-2021), Vice President and Managing Director (2012-2013), and Secretary and Board member (2010-2012), Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino 

Associate Member, Psychological Association of the Philippines

Member, Asian Association of Social Psychology

UP Social Scientist I (2024-2026)
University of the Philippines

Fellow (2024)
U.S.-Philippines Partnership for Skills, Innovation, and Lifelong Learning (UPSKILL) Program
USAID, University Design Institute-Arizona State University, RTI International

3rd prize, 6th Outstanding Achievement Awards for Macao Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (2023)
Macao Foundation and the Social Sciences in China Press
Bernardo, A.B.I., Clemente, J.A.R., and Wang, T.Y. Working for a better future: Social mobility beliefs and expectations of Filipino migrant workers in Macau.

One U.P. Professorial Chair Award in Sikolohiyang Pilipino for Outstanding Teaching and Research (2022-2024)
Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines

One U.P. Professorial Chair Award in Sikolohiyang Pilipino for Outstanding Research and Public Service (2019-2021)
Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines

IPC Merit Research Awards (2016)
Institute of Philippine Culture, School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University
Teng-Calleja, M., Menguito, M.L.M., & Clemente, J.A.R. (2021). Expanding the capability framework: Determining the relationships among income, capability gap, and organization citizenship behaviors.

K.S. Yang Award for AASP Summer School Research Grant (2016)
Asian Association of Social Psychology
Money and Freedom Project (supervised by Prof. Stuart C. Carr, PhD)

Emerging Psychologists’ Program (2016)
International Union of Psychological Science          

Park Jung-Heun Young Scholar Award (2015)
Asian Association of Social Psychology

CSSP Writing Grant Junior Faculty Fellowship (2009-2010)
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman

Member, Technical Panel for Psychology, Commission on Higher Education (Start of Appointment: December 2024)

Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Faculty Development), Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines System (May 2023-July 2025)

Director, Office for the Advancement of Teaching - Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines Diliman (April 2020-February 2023)

Southeast Asia Regional Representative, Asian Association of Social Psychology  (2019-2023)

Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman (August 2018-August 2020)

Project Leader, Evaluating the cascade of care process of a mental health crisis hotline: Implications for mental health interventions (01 February 2022-2025). Funded by the University of the Philippines Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Grant.

Co-Principal Investigator, Socio-economic profile of LGBTQI Filipinos: a baseline study (September 2023-2025). Project supported by TLF SHARE, Inc.

Research Associate, National Baseline Study on Community-led Monitoring for HIV (June 2022—August 2022). Project supported by United States Agency for International Development through Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS.

FGD Associate, Focus Group Discussions on LGBTQI+ Experiences for YAFS 5 Instrument Development (March-July 2021). Funded by the U.P. Population Institute.

Research Associate, The First Word in HIV is Human: A Needs Assessment of People Seeking Information on HIV and AIDS (December 2019-February 2020). Funded by the United Nations Development Programme.

Program Manager, Data Science and Society: Application in Public Education Project 2. Data and Science Journalism for Public Policy Reporting (June-October 2017). Funded by the University of the Philippines Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Grant (Grant No. EIDR C06-13).

Keynote Presentation

Tungo sa buhay na may dignidad: Ang papel ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino sa pagpapahusay ng buhay. Ika-48 Pambansang Kumperensya ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino. 22-23 November 2024 (virtual).

Plenary Paper Presentations

Decolonizing and Indigenizing Psychology: Challenges and Possibilities in the Philippine Context. Decolonizing and Indigenizing Psychology Summer School, 15-17 July 2025, Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman.

Indigenous Psychologies and Community: How Indigenous Psychology could bring healing and hope to marginalised communities in Southeast Asia?. 4th Southeast Asian Indigenous Psychology Conference (SEAIP-2024), 6-7 December 2024, University of the Philippines Baguio.

DEI for LGBTQIA+ Clients. 47th Annual Conference Philippine Association for Counselor Education, Research, and Supervision, Inc. 28 February-1 March 2024, The Bayleaf Intramuros, Manila.

Sikolohiyang Pilipino: Can it be everything, everywhere, all at once?. Reflections and conversations on decolonial Asian knowledge: An International Seminar, 21-22 February 2023, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.

May mga umaasenso at may mga nananatiling agrabyado: Mga perspektibo, panukala, at paanyaya tungkol sa pag-aaral ng kapangyarihan at katayuan sa lipunan. Ika-42 Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, 16-18 November 2017, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. 

Academic Participation in International Conferences- Paper and Poster Presentations

Domingo, P.R.C., Bilon, X.J., Senga, B., & Clemente, J.A.R. (2024, March 7-8). A socio-economic profile of LGBTQ-identifying youth in the Philippines. Paper presented at the 2024 Philippine Population Association International Scientific Conference. Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

Bilon, X.J., & Clemente, J.A.R. (2024, March 7-8). Who’s in and who’s out? The complexities of measuring sexual orientation and gender identity among youth in the Philippines. Paper presented at the 2024 Philippine Population Association International Scientific Conference. Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

Tan, B.E., Clemente, J.A.R., & Grepo-Jalao, L. (2023, August 22-25). Context matters in LMS use: Exploring instructors’ pre-semester experiences. Paper presented at the Tri-Conference 2023 (ICODeL, ISEAC, and ASEANnale) (virtual).Doble, L.J.M, Sio, C.P., Clemente, J.A.R., & Domingo, P.R.C. (2020, December 3). The producibility crisis in Philippine psychology: A replication crisis in the making? Poster presented at the AIMOS 2020: Interdisciplinary Meta-research & Open Science Conference (virtual).