Joel Tabora
Jesuit priest
Joel Eduque Tabora, is a Filipino Jesuit priest and was the fourth president of Ateneo de Davao University from 2011 to 2023. He served as the president of PAASCU from 2012 to 2021. He also served as the second president of Ateneo de Naga University from 1999 to 2011. He is currently taking his sabbatical leave in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines.
Early life and education
Tabora was born on September 26, 1947, in Manila, Philippines. In 1960, he spent his elementary education at the St. Agnes Parish School in San Francisco, California, where his father was serving in the foreign service. After his return to the Philippines, he enrolled at the Ateneo de Manila University in his high school years. He obtained his Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from Ateneo de Manila University and completed his doctoral studies in Philosophy at Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria. His doctoral research predominantly centers on the works of Karl Marx.
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