Patricia G. Panganiban-Lambino

Dr. Patricia Panganiban-Lambino is the Dean of the School of Humanities at Ateneo de Manila University. She earned her MA in Theological Studies from Loyola School of Theology in 2001 and her PhD in Religious Education and Catechetics from the Catholic University of America in 2010. Her master’s thesis explored the communio approach to theology, drawn from theological aesthetics, which emphasizes the role of emotions, imagination, art, and beauty in religious education. Her academic interests include religious education, catechesis, and contextual approaches to theological reflection.

Dr. Lambino has served as coordinator of the faculty cluster for the Discerning Life Questions (DLQ) course, which invites students to reflect on life’s meaning and purpose amid suffering and human finitude, in the pursuit of happiness, wholeness, and transcendence. She also headed the Formation Institute for Religion Educators (FIRE), founded by her mentor, Fr. Roche, and oversaw the Department of Theology’s MA Program from June 2017 to May 2020.