Curriculum Vitae

 Luis Eduardo Gómez Valderrrama

 Modern Languages & Literatures
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, Idaho 83725-1530
lgomez@boisestate.edu
(208) 426-3798 (tel)
(208) 426-4285 (fax)

Education

 Post-Graduate Study:

           University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2000

                        Certificate in Education, Democracy and Political Socialization

            Rosary University of Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia, 1998

                        Certificate in Criminal Investigation Socio-Juridical Investigation

            Cooperative University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 1997

                        Certificate in Interdisciplinary Methodology with emphasis in Group Workshops   

            Professional Graduate School and Colombian Institute for the Development of

                        Higher Education, Bogotá, Colombia, 1997. 

                        Post-graduate diploma in Curriculum and Instruction for Higher Education

            District Association of Educators, Bogotá Colombia, 1995

                        Certificate: Symposium on Pedagogical Directives.  Administrative and

                        Pedagogical Theories in the Leadership of Educational Institutions

            Secretary of Education, Capital District, Bogotá Colombia, 1993

                        Certificate:  Classroom Research and Institutional Projects

            Pontificate University Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, 1991

                        Certificate in Managerial Administration Applied to Educational Institutions

            National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 1990’

                        Certificate in Criminal Justice

 Master’s Degree in Law and Politics and Administrative Sciences, 1989

            Libre University of Colombia Law School, title of attorney

           
Bachelor’s degree in Social Science and Economics, 1981

            National University of Colombia

            Major in South American Literary History

           
Elementary and Secondary Teaching Certification, 1972

            National Teacher’s College Pitalito, Huila, Colombia

 

Professional Experience

 Adjunct Instructor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Boise

            State University, August 2001-present

Spanish Instructor, Berlitz, Boise, Idaho, 2002-present.

President of the Educational Local Council.Distrit # 8 John F. Kennedy, Bogota, D.C. Colombia .- 1995 – 2000.

Population of District # 8: 2 million.

                       Students ………………… 50.000

                       Teachers………………….1.500

                       Annual Budget………….. US $ 1.500.000(one million five hundred thousand. )

Principal, John F. Kennedy School, 1990-2000

            Elementary, Secondary and Technical School with 3,000 students; 450 instructors; 75 staff, and an operating budget, capital budget of $80,000 (excluding salaries)

Part-time Research Section Head, Socio-Juridical Research, Higher Institute of Public

            Administration of the Presidency of the Republic, Bogotá, Colombia, 1999-2000

Director of the Center of Socio-Juridical Research, Law School, Cooperative University

            of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 1996-2000

Full-time Adjunct Professor, Law School, Cooperative University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 1990-2000

Part-time Adjunct Professor of Journalism, College of Social Communication,

            Professional Technical School, Bogotá, Colombia, 1990-2000

Part-time Adjunct Professor of Research Methodology, College of Social

            Communication, Javeriana University, 1996

High School Teacher and Head of the Department of Spanish and Literature, John F. Kennedy School (Elementary, Secondary and Technical School) 1975-1990

 

Courses Taught

 Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA

            Spanish 497               Special Topics: Latin America Today

            Spanish 497 -597       Special Topics: Environmental Issues in Latin America

            Spanish 497 -597       Special Topics: Human Rights in Latin America

            Spanish 397               Special Topics: Advanced Spanish Conversation

            Spanish 305               Spanish for Business

            Spanish 480         Advanced Business  Spanish

            Spanish 377          Latin American Civilization & Culture.

            Spanish 304          Introd. To Hispanic Literature

Higher Institute of Public Administration of the Presidency of the Republic, Bogotá, Colombia

            Research and Methodology Techniques for Case Studies

Law School, Cooperative University, Bogotá, Colombia

            Introduction to Law

            Juridical Ethics

            Juridical Sociology

            General Criminal Law

            Philosophy of Law

College of Social Communication, Professional Technical School, Bogotá, Colombia

            Research Methodology in Journalism

            History of Political Ideas

            Law and Journalism

College of Social Communication, Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia

            History of Political Ideas

            Research Methodology

            Ethics in Journalism


John F. Kennedy School, Bogotá, Colombia

            Regional Geography of North and South America

            Regional History of Medieval Europe

            Regional History of Contemporary Latin America

            Introduction to Law

Research

 Research on Human Rights in the Armed Conflict in Colombia

Etiology of Crime in Adolescents from 12 to 15 years of age

Projects on Classroom Research

Perspectives on the Metropolitan Development of Bogotá

 

Community Service

 Catholic Charities, Boise, Idaho

  

Languages

Spanish:                     native fluency

English:                      reading knowledge; developing fluency

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   August 2005