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List of Accepted Abstracts for Oral Presentation (Batch 2)

10. Klein Mamayabay (St. Mary's College) - An automatic Hate Speech detection in Social Media through Computational Linguistics

11. Jessa Diane Auza (Ateneo de Davao University) - Dying for tomorrow: A Critical Theoretical Analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through the lens of Ludwig Feuerbach

12. Glenford Franca (SPAMAST) - B'laan T'logan

13. Fr. Ronelo Bentayao (Ateneo de Davao University) - Becoming the Artist: Unveiling Creativity and Freedom in Herbert Marcuse's Dialectic of Freedom 

14. Ronilo Genon Jr. (Cor Jesu College) - Utilization of Open Educational Resources among HEI faculty

15. Zandee Jaquias (University of Southern Mindanao) - Ecological Crisis and the Ethics of Ecological Restoration

16. Queen Kris Rebosquillo and Maria Lorena Abangan (Cor Jesu College) - Nearing Retirement Struggles and Coping Mechanisms of Academic Librarians 

17. Rea Pamat and Maria Lorena Abangan (Cor Jesu College) - Librarian's VUCA Preparedness, Grit and Organizational Commitment

18. Garth Anthony Pabilan (Davao de Oro College) - A Critical Analysis of the Identification of Modernity with Disenchantment

19. Maria Lorena Abangan, Leticia Cansancio,  Eva Carla Gadia, Marjorie Jorillo Jennifer Reyes, and Rea Pamat (Cor Jesu College) - Bridging the Gap: Stories of Bringing Libraries into the Doorstep of Users amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

20. Christia Ferrer Penas, Henry See and Antonina Rebato (Cor Jesu College) - Battling Covid-19 from the Grassroots: Views from Barangay Health Workers.

21. Karl Exala (Ateneo de Davao University) - Reflecting on our Pursuit of the Common Good: Returning to John Rawls' Treatment of the Problem of Envy and Alastair McIntyre's Arguments 

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