Problem with default shell and home directory

Problem with default shell and home directory

I have recently been granted access to a machine at work. However, I have
been having trouble setting up my development environment. Relevant
information about the machine:
$ uname -a
Linux blackhawk2 3.2.0-41-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 25 03:27:11 UTC
2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I use OpenSSH to login into to this machine remotely. The thing I noticed
immediately, was that my home directory was not set properly.
$ echo $HOME
/
Further my shell of preference is Bash, but:
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/csh
I am aware that the home directory and the default shell is setup in
'/etc/passwd'. Inspecting this file I find:
glperez:x:1015:1015:glperez,,,:/home/glperez:/bin/bash
Anyone have any idea what is going on here?