Her professional responsibilities included being Chair of Ateneo's Department of Sociology and Anthropology (2005-2010), President the Philippine Sociological Society (2006–2007) and Vice President of the Research Committee on Science and Technology of the International Sociological Association (2010–Present). Saloma-Akpedonu's brother, Caesar Saloma, is a physicist, a former chancellor of the University of the Philippines-Diliman who was also a recipient of the award in 1992 for his innovative works on Applied Physics. Her sister, Charito, a chemist, works at the UP Natural Science Research Institute.