Clarita Carlos Biography - Life Story, Career of UP Professor

Here’s the Clarita Carlos Biography, the famous UP Professor who impressed everyone during the presidential debate.

CLARITA CARLOS BIOGRAPHY – Details about Clarita Carlos, a professor of political science at the University of the Philippines.

After the SMNI presidential debate, the public observed the similarities between Professor Clarita Carlos and late Senator Miriam Santiago, and from there, she was named the new Miriam. With her strong-worded opinions and insightful remarks, there’s no denying that she is indeed the new Miriam and stood out during the SMNI presidential debate outshining the aspirants.

Prof. Carlos is a political science and international relations expert which gave people a strong reminder of MDS. And just like the late senator, she’s also an expert in Philippine politics and government, political psychology, political theory, methodology, and among others. With her expertise, she was known as one of the pioneers of Political Psychology in the country.

She had a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service at the University of the Philippines. In the same institution, she received her master’s and doctorate degrees in Political Science. She then pursued her post-doctoral work in Political psychology at Cornell University and Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis at the University of California.

Carlos was a consultant in the Senate of the Philippines from 1988 to 1998. She was also Maximo Kalaw Professor of Peace and Environment from 1994 to 1995 and Elpidio Quirino Professor of International Relations from 1995 to 1996 at the UP Diliman.

Here are some of her other career highlights:

from 1998 to 2001, she served as the President of the National Defense College of the Philippines
consultant of the Local Government Development Foundation since 1993
President of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies
Full Professor at the University of the Philippines of Political Science
she conducted lectures at National Defense University in the United States and Council of Asian Liberals & Democrats

And according to the ABS-CBN ANCx report, she has this strong stand about probing a presidentiable and what can make her determine if one is deserving to be a leader or not:

“Kasi talagang ipupruweba mo: Do you really have what it takes [to be president] or dapat magtinda ka na lang ng maruya dyan sa tabi? I always say that to exaggerate and make a point. Lider ka nga e. Dapat nage-excel ka. You have to be exemplar of something, otherwise you have no place there whatsoever.”