BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

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NAME

  POSITION TITLE

ALVAREZ, Ana I.

Associate Professor

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE
(if applicable)

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

 

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

B.A.

1974

Psychology

 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

M.S.

1977

Developmental Psych.

 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Ph.D.

1979

Developmental Psych.

 

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:  Concluding with present position, list, in chronological order, previous employment, experience, and honors.  Include present membership on any Federal Government public advisory committee.  List, in chronological order, the titles, all authors, and complete references to all publications during the past three years and to representative earlier publications pertinent to this application.  If the list of publications in the last three years exceeds two pages, select the most pertinent publications.  DO NOT EXCEED TWO PAGES.

 

Employment

1981-­1986:  Instructor of Psychology, City College of San Francisco, CA.

1984­-1986:  Faculty  of Psychology, Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA.

1988­-1991:  Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, UPR-RP, PR.

1990­-1994:  Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, UPR-RP, PR.

Consultations

Board of Governors, Planning Committee for the Symposium on Poor Representation of Minority Groups in Two Year Colleges, California, September, 1985.

Program for Research on Prevention of Depression, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, General Hospital of San Francisco, 1994-1995.

Therapy Project of Intergenerational Family Therapy, University of California, Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital of San Francisco, California, 1994-1995.

Federal Office of Civil Rights, New York, N.Y., July 1977 to Sept. 1977.

Bilingual Program, Superintendent’s School Office, Education Department, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 1975 to June 1975.

Publications

Alvarez, A.I. (1996).  Psicología en el Caribe isleño.  Manuscríto Inédito.  San Juan:  UPR.

Alvarez, A.I. (1995).  Simposio Centrales del XXV Congreso Interamericano de Psicología.  Rio Piedras:  Imprenta UPR.

Alvarez, A.I. (1994).  La historia de la enseñanza de la psicología en la UPR-Río Piedras del 1903-1950.  Revista Puertorrqueña de Psicología.

Alvarez, A.I., & Cantera L. (1993). Women in Puerto Rico. Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Bernal, G., & Alvarez, A.I.  (1991).  Some Considerations for the Development of a Critical Conceptual Framework of the Psychodiagnostic Evaluation.  In G. Bernal & W. Rodríguez Arocho (Eds.), The psychodiagnostic classification in Puerto Rico:  Conceptual, Methodological, and Sociopolitical Problems.  Río Piedras: Puertorriqueña Ed.

Pagan, N., Santos, D., & Alvarez, A.I. (1990).  Reading Comprehension as a function of the cognitive style and dislexia.  Second Congress on Research Education, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Bernal, G. & Alvarez, A.I. (1990).  Psychology and Family Therapy from Latin America.  A Special issue of the Revista Interamericana de Psicología, 23, 119-149. 

Bernal, G. & Alvarez, A.I. (1990). Bibliography on psychology and family therapy in Spanish.  Revista Interamericana de Psicología, 23, 119-149.

Alvarez, A.I.  (1989). Contributions from organized psychology to the development of psychology in the Americas.  Presentation in the XXII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Buenos Aires, June. 

Alvarez, A.I. (1989).  The Integration of Teaching and research in the needs identification Project and Resources of  Physical and Psychological Health of the Employees of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.  Presentation in the XXII Interamerican Congress of Psychology , Buenos Aires, June.

Alvarez, A.I. & Barrera, M. (1988).  Contributions from organized psychology to the development of Psychology in the Americas.  APA Convention, Atlanta.

Bernal, G. & Alvarez, A.I.  Considerations for the Development of a critical conceptual framework of the psychodiagnostic evaluation.  Simposium at the Convention of the Psychology Association of Puerto Rico, March, 1988.

Bernal, G., Serrano-­García, I., Alvarez, A.I., Ribera -González, J.C. & Rolón, M. (1988). Program of Need and Resource Identification of Physical and Psychological Health for employees in the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.  Río Piedras:  CUSEP, Report Number I.

Alvarez, A.I. & Crespo, J.D. (1988) Stress management through relaxation.  Workshop offered during Secretary’s Week in the Social Sciences Faculty.

Bernal, G. & Alvarez, A.I. (1987).  Intergenerational family therapy.  Three workshops were held during two days, XXI Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Interamerican Society of Psychology, Habana, Cuba.

Bernal, G. & Alvarez, A. I.  (1985). Family therapy:  theory and practice.  Pre-Congress Workshop of three days, XX Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Interamerican Society of Psychology, Caracas, Venezuela.

Bernal, G., & Alvarez, A.I.  Towards an Analytic System for the criticism of the diagnostic category.  Symposium presented at the XXI Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Habana, Cuba, July, 1987.

Alvarez, A.I. (1987).  Education or Technique?  Forum on Intelligence:  One or Many?  Part of the activities from the Committee of Innovative Projects of the President’s Office, University of  Puerto Rico.

Alvarez, A.I. (1987).  Code transference in bilingual children.  Coloquium presented in the Department of Psychology, University of  Puerto Rico.

Bernal, G. & Alvarez, A. I. (1983). Family therapy with latin american families.  Pre-Congress Workshop of three days, XX Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Interamerican Society of Psychology, Quito, Ecuador.

Alvarez, A. I.  Perez, R.  & Griffin, B.  (1983).  Issues on Black and Latino transfer at City College of San Francisco.  Presentation in the 54th Annual Convention of the Community Colleges Association of California, Sacramento, California, November.

Bernal, G., & Alvarez, A. I. (1983).  Class and culture in family therapy.  Paper presented by invitation of the XIX Congress of the Interamerican Society, Quito, Ecuador.

Bernal, G., & Alvarez, A. I.  (1983).  Culture and class in the study of families.  In  C. Falicov (Ed.),  Cultural Perspectives in Family Therapy.  Rockville, Md.:  Aspyn Systems.

Alvarez, A. I.  (1979).  Code switching among bilingual children.  University of Massachusetts, Amherst:  Handwritten.

Alvarez, A.I.  (1977).  Code switching as a function of type of bilingual and level of cognitive development.  University of Massachusetts, Amherst:  Handwritten.

Alvarez, A. I. (1977).  The Puerto Rican Family.  University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Handwritten.

Alvarez, A. I.  (1977). The family and the school.  Presentation during Educational Week, sponsored by the Puerto Rican Teachers Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.