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
Spanish:
native fluency
English:
reading knowledge; developing fluency
August 2005