Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Publications
Accomplishments
CONFERENCE, SEMINARS AND OTHERS
Affiliations
References
Timeline
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DORIS E. LUGO- RAMÍREZ

Saint Louis,MO

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Publishing Editing Services and Administration

OwnerFreelance Editor
01.1995 - Current
  • www.dorislugopr.com
  • Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, Publications, and Recordings Office (2015-2021)
  • CoopERA: Educational Cooperative for Reinvention and Action. Executive Director and General Coordinator (2011–2015)
  • Isla Negra Editorial, Inc. San Juan, PR. Director of Operations and Editorial Board Member (1995-2005).

Consultant & Designer and Project Coordinator

Private Companies
03.2015 - 01.2019
  • CESE, Inc. Editorial Edelvives: Congress for Public School Librarians of Puerto Rico: Inspirers in the Development of Reading Comprehension. Hotel Intercontinental Isla Verde, Carolina, PR, and Hotel Ponce Hilton, Ponce, PR, 2019.
  • CoopERA. Designer and CoopERA's resource for Reading Comprehension strategy and ABP: Problem-Based Learning. Schools SIG Program and Municipal Alliances, 2012-2014.
  • CoopERA and Organization for the Promotion of Critic Thought Development. Ex post facto evaluator, Reading Congress. SM Editores, 2014.
  • Universidad del Este, SUAGM. Conference: 'Effective communication competence.' Project Development of General Education Professor, Competency-Based Approach, 2016.
  • CoopERA and USC (Sagrado Corazón University). Consultant, author, and guest editor in research: Profile of the PR High School Graduate Student. https://issuu.com/editorialedp/docs/congreso2/s/10645125
  • Flamboyan Foundation. Consultant and Project Coordinator, Professional Learning Community Initiative with Effective Teachers, 2012-2013.
  • AMPR VIRTUAL: Teacher Association of PR. Consultant and resource for seminars and workshops on planning effective teaching through the use of the GUIAPAD Portal.
  • EDUPRO: Educational and Professional Services, Corp, Inc. Educational Consultant for the design and delivery of workshops on pedagogical methodology, language teaching, and reading comprehension strategies, 2009-2010.
  • After-School Program, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (2006-2008).
  • LetrArte del Caribe Foundation, Inc. Projects Director, 2003.

PROFESSOR

Universities, Junior Colleges & Schools
San Juan, PR
01.2001 - 01.2018
  • University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (2001-2018). Dept. of Hispanic Studies and the Department of Humanities. University of PR, Cayey, PR; Dept. of Spanish, UPR, Río Piedras School of General Studies, and Dept. Of Spanish, UPR, Humacao, PR.

Teaching Basic Spanish I, II, and IV, Language and Discourse, Literary Genres and Writing; Humanities I & II, History and Appreciation of Art.

  • Eugenio María de Hostos School of Education (2001-2007; 2011).

Mother Language Education Course on Orality. Literacy and Integration of Language Arts in Other Disciplines; Supervise Teaching Practice, Spanish K-12.

  • Elementary Laboratory School, UPR (2001; 1994-1993; 1989), Lab. Elementary School, UPR.

Professor K-3, Instructor, Research Assistant.

Education

PhD. - Humanities

University of Sevilla
Spain
01.2009

Master - Comparative Literature

University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico
01.1996

Bachelor of Art - Education

University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico
01.1989

Skills

  • Administration planning and management
  • Research on style guide requirements
  • Editing and proofreading stories, articles, theses, and books
  • Design thinking
  • Assessment and evaluation
  • Project design and strategic content planning
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Educational methods (PBL, cooperative learning, community of learning, etc)
  • Workshop and training design, and implementation
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Students and community relations
  • Distance learning and technology integration
  • Creativity and adaptability

Publications

· Articles:

  • “Dinorah Cortés-Vélez, Fugas de duermevelas: prosas heridas”. Review. Revista Cruce, feb, 2019, https://issuu.com/revistacruce/docs/14_de_febrero.
  • Before the mirror of death: An approach to funerary iconography in Puerto Rican painting. ” Revista Patrimonio: Revista Oficial de la Oficina Estatal de Conservación Histórica de Puerto Rico V5 (Magazine: Official Journal of the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office, 2013).
  • “The student as an effective communicator" (“El estudiante como comunicador efectivo”) in The student profile: a new challenge for Puerto Rican education (El perfil del estudiante: nuevo desafío para la educación puertorriqueña, 2013). San Juan, PR: USC, IPEDCo: Institute of Educational Policy for Community Development. http://www.ipedcousc.org/images/libro/IPEDCo-3Finalj.pdf
  • “Effective Strategies to Refine the Communication Skills of Young People. Workshop for Teachers: Teaching Reading and Writing in the School of the Twenty Century. SM Editorial, abril, 2011, CD (Estrategias eficaces para refinar la competencia comunicativa de los jóvenes. Jornada para Maestros: Enseñar a leer y escribir en la escuela del siglo XXI, Ediciones SM, abril, 2011).
  • “Listening and Speaking in Schools: Towards an Awareness and Systematization of "Listening" and "Know How to Speak” at the School” (for Spanish Teachers). Workshop for Teacher: The Challenges of Teaching Reading and Writing in the Twenty-First Century School, SM Editorial, November 12, 2010, CD. (Escuchar y hablar en la escuela: Hacia una conciencia y sistematización del “saber escuchar” y del “saber hablar” en la escuela en Jornadas para maestros de Español: Los retos de la enseñanza de la lectura y la escritura en la escuela del siglo XXI).

Curricular Guides:

  • Teacher's Guide-Theater as a strategy for the development of scientific and linguistic skills in Spanish language learners (Guía para el maestro-Teatro como estrategia para el desarrollo de destrezas científicas y lingüísticas en aprendices de español). Program for learners of Spanish as a second language and immigrants, Department of Education & CESE. (Programa para aprendices de español como segundo idioma e inmigrantes, Departamento de Educación, CESE, 2018).
  • Green Adventure: Educational Activities Guide based on the film Green Adventure, (Aventura Verde: Guía de actividades basadas en la película Aventura Verde by Abdiel Colberg, Director and Produced by Cine-Coop) Cine-Coop & CoopERA, 2011.
  • The Juntilla. Special Project for Schools in Middle and High Levels of Loíza, Canóvanas, Río Grande and Luquillo, Puerto Rico. After School Program, Education Department of P.R., 2007.

· Books:

  • Proceedings Ante el espejo de la muerte: 1st Colloquium about death, dying and the dead in Puerto Rico (Actas Ante el espejo de la muerte:1er Coloquio sobre la muerte, el morir y los muertos en Puerto Rico 29 de octubre de 2016). Coordinator, Compiler and Editor (Coordinadora, compiladora y editora).FPH:Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades & Isla Negra Editores, 2018. https://cosechacultural.org/ante-el-espejo- de-la- muerte/
  • Passerby (Transeunte) Poetry (poesía). RD: Editorial Isla Negra, Inc., 2017.
  • Before the mirror of death: An approach to funerary iconography in Puerto Rican painting (Ante el espejo de la muerte: Aproximación a la iconografía funeraria en PR) Editorial Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP) e Isla Negra Editores, 2016.
  • Chocolat- The Master (of my heart) (Chocolat- Mi ama, porque me ama) Traslated by (Traducción al inglés por) Marcela Gómez Lugo, Isla Negra Editores, 2020.- 2nd edition (2da edición), Isla Negra Editores, 2019.- 1st edition (1ra edición), CESE, Mankato MN, Estados Unidos, 2014.
  • Book 9: Units and Notebooks, Book 10: Guidelines (Libro 9: Unidades y Cuadernos; Guías para el maestro). Collection: Language and Fantasy (Colección Lenguaje y Fantasía). Norma Editorial, 2006.
  • The Figure of Narratee in Stories by José Martí, Horacio Quiroga, Camilo José Cela and Rosario Ferré (La Figura del Narratario Infantil en Cuentos de José Martí, Horacio Quiroga, Camilo José Cela y Rosario Ferré). Arturo Morales Carrión Collection. FPRH: Puerto Rican Foundation for the Humanities, 2000.

Accomplishments

  • CHOCOLAT -a narrative ballet played by Ballet 314 Saint Louis, MO. Based on the book Chocolat / The Master of My Heart. Libraries and KPAC: Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, Event Lawn ( Since Summer, 2022).
  • Certificate Proofreading and style and language variations (2021). Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Online. Coursera.org
  • Sponsorship of the Esvelma, Inc. with Goya Brand. Reading Project for and young people in 12 educational institutions (2019 ).
  • Concept and editing of commemorative book NosOtros by Miranda Foundation, 2020. 25 years of strategic philanthropy of Miranda Foundation and its award: Premio Solidaridad at Puerto Rico.
  • Honorable Mention in Essay to Ante el espejo de la muerte. Best Books Award 2016. PEN Club PR, 2017.
  • The 2015 Merit Award as the most outstanding Professional Leader of the CoopERA Cooperative. Liga de Cooperativas de Puerto Rico (2015).
  • Winner of the Humanities Month Donation . Puerto Rican Foundation of the Humanities (2016)
  • Founding member CoopERA, Cooperative of Professional Service. San Juan, PR, 2010.
  • Participant of Collective Project. New Forms of Democracy, New Forms of Citizenship and Civic Education. Red Hispano American Educational Collaborative, UPR and Organization for the Promotion of Critic Thought Development.
  • Distinguish Award Winner Dr. Arturo Morales Carrión Collection, Puerto Rican Foundation of Humanities, 2002.
  • Presidential Scholarship to Doctorate Degree Thesis. President’s Office, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR. 2002.

CONFERENCE, SEMINARS AND OTHERS

Workshops (talleres educativos):

  • Cooperative Collage: Living and learning cooperation through art(Collage Cooperativo: Viviendo y aprendiendo la cooperación a través del arte) Designer and resource of CoopERA. (Diseño y recurso de CoopERA). At opening of Dpto. Educación Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, 2017.
  • Effective design of the teaching experience to make learning occur. (Taller-Diseño efectivo de la experiencia de enseñanza para que ocurra aprendizaje) , 2011-2013). GuÍaPad Virtual, Asociación de Maestros de PR (AMPR)
  • APB: Problem Based Learning (3 Cycles, 9 workshops. Iniciative: Educational Practices to Facilitate the Process of Teaching and Learning in the Classroom (Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas; Iniciativa: Prácticas para Facilitar el Proceso de Enseñanza Aprendizaje en el Salón De Clases) Editorial Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, 2011.
  • Curriculum adjustments to meet the needs of students in writing, (Ajustes curriculares para atender las necesidades de los alumnos en la escritura). PRISMA Foundation, SM Editorial. Superintendent of Catholic Schools (Superintendencia de Escuelas Católicas) Colegio San José Rio Piedras, P.R. (2011)
  • Listening and Speaking in Schools: Towards an awareness and systematization of "listening" and "know how to speak": Workshop for elementary school teachers (Hacia una conciencia y sistematización del “saber escuchar” y del “saber hablar” en la escuela elemental: Jornada para maestros de nivel elemental) PRISMA Foundation, SM Editorial. Convention Center, San Juan, PR, 2010 – 2011.
  • Effective Learning: Didactic Strategies for Teaching Spanish (Taller- Aprendizaje eficaz: Estrategias didácticas para la enseñanza de Español). Educational residential: Teaching strategies in the disciplines of Spanish, English and Mathematics, PR Dept. of Education, 2010.
  • Microhistory: Photography as a Strategy for Teaching Social Studies (Microhistoria: La fotografía como estrategia para enseñar Estudios Sociales). To Teachers of Social Studies, Bayamón Region. Univesidad Interamericana Bayamón Campus, PR, 2008.
  • How to read a piece of art? (¿Cómo leer una obra de arte?). In The Juntilla Project, Region Educational Humacao, PR, Open School Program, Department of Education, 2008.

Conferences:

  • "The eternal feminine in Puerto Rican funerary art" (El eterno femenino en el arte funerario puertorriqueño). Lecture Series Museum and Center for Humanistic Studies (Ciclo de conferencias Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos), USAGM, Gurabo, PR, Nov. 21, 2022. Broadcasting recording FBMuseo UAGM (Transmisión y grabación FB Museo UAGM)
  • “Approach to funerary iconography (Aproximación a la iconografía funeraria)”. Inaugural Lecturer Cemetery Restoration Workshop, College of Architects and Landscape Architects of PR. San Juan, PR, May 13, 2021. ICP, “Coloqueo”. You Tube.
  • “Funerary Iconography, Maria Magdalena de Pazzi Cemetery: Metaphors against death (Iconografía funeraria, Cementerio María Magdalena de Pazzi: Metáforas contra la muerte)”. Speaker at table 2 Art International Congress on the History of San Juan- 500 years, Old San Juan History Association. San Juan, PR e ICP Abr. 13-17, 2021. You Tube.
  • “In front the mirror of death: an approach to funerary iconography in Puerto Rico from the analysis of statuary and funerary painting. (Ante el espejo de la muerte: Una aproximación a la iconografía funeraria en Puerto Rico desde el análisis de la estatuaria y la pintura funeraria)”. Speaker -Virtual modality- XXII Meeting of the Iberoamerican Network of Valuation and Management of Heritage Cemeteries XI Meeting of the Argentine Network of Valuation and Management "Cemeteries as open-air museums".Nov. 29-Dic.3, 2021, Catamarca, Argentina.
  • Speaker at the table Art and iconography of death VIII International Congress on Images of Death (Ponente en mesa Arte e iconografía de la muerte). VIII International Congress Images of Death ( VIII Congreso Internacional Imágenes de la Muerte, Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mx., Oct. 28- Nov. 2, 2018.
  • “Ante el espejo de la muerte: 1st Colloquium on Death, Dying and the Dead in Puerto Rico (1er Coloquio sobre la muerte, el morir y los muertos en Puerto Rico”, Oct. 28-29, 2016). (Inaugural speaker & Project Director. Las Américas Museum, 2016.
  • “Students have the word: The development of essential competences in PBL and PBL experiences (Los estudiantes tienen la palabra: El desarrollo de competencias esenciales en experiencias de ABP y ABP)”. Resources of CoopERA.XIII Puerto Rican Congress on Education Research XIII (Congreso Puertorriqueño de Investigación en la Educación), Mar. 12-14, 2015. Escuela de Educación, UPR, Río Piedras.
  • “Assessment: Challenge, Risk and Renewal” ("Evaluación: Desafío, riesgo y renovación”) in Workshop: Effective Learning: Teaching Strategies for Teaching Spanish at Residential: Strategies in the Disciplines of Teaching Spanish, English and Mathematics, CADI: Training Center for Teaching Inc., Fajardo Inn, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2009.
  • Reading Strategies to Texts of Historical Content: Reading Visual Text (Estrategias de Comprensión Lectora para Textos de Contenido Histórico:Lectura del texto visual). Spanish Program, Department of Education (Programa de Español, D.E., PR). Residential at Intercontinental Hotel, Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico, 2008.

· Seminars:

  • Seminar for School Principals, San Juan Region, Curriculum Framework for the Fine Arts Program, Dept. of Education, San Juan Region. (Seminario a Directores Escolares Región San Juan Marco Curricular Programa de Bellas Arte, Dpto. De Educación). East University, Ana G Méndez System, Carolina, P.R., 2006.

Critical Reading Presentations:

  • La sonrisa vertical (The Vertical Smile) (Poetry) by Orlando Planchart, Isla Negra Editores, 2020.
  • La Muralla del Amor (The Wall of Love) (Novel) by Dr. Migdalia López Carrasquillo, Divinas Letras Editorial, 2010. University of Puerto Rico, School of Education, 15 de abril de 2011.

Affiliations

Deudas pagadas (Historia…de un espíritu) by Leilani Beléndez, ZOOMideal, 2024); Alma Magenta (Magenta Soul) by Jacqueline Vélez Méndez, ZOOMideal, 2022; NosOtros by Miranda Foundation, 2020; Conservación mediante documentación: Myrna Báez, la artista y su voz* (Preservation through documentation: Myrna Baez, the artist and her voice) by Dra. Irene Esteves Amador, 2019; Nacer al morir (Born ar Death) by Luis G. Bravo ZOOMideal, 2019; Mujer Tenaz* (Tenacious Woman) by Sonia Lugo Ramírez, 2018); Tercera serie (2015-2021), Revista del ICP (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture Magazine) in ISSUU; Cuando los dibujos hablan: Percepciones tanatológicas: un estudio contemplativo sobre la muerte y el duelo (When drawings speak: Thanatological perceptions: a contemplative study of death and bereavement) by Dra. Shirley Silba, Publicaciones Metamorfosis, 2017; Riquezas verdes (Green Wealth) by Evelyn Ortiz, Inst. de Permacultura, Publicaciones Rica Siembra, 2016; La Aventura del currículo auténtico (The Adventure of Authentic Curriculum) by Drs. Lizzette M. Velázquez, Frances Figarella y Linda Clarck, 2016; La niña y el río (The girl and the river) by José Vega, CESE, 2014; Yo Soy Derek (I am Derek) by Adamaris Cruz, CoopERA, 2014; El Perfil del Estudiante (The Student Profile) by IPEDCO, USC, 2013; De:“¡Escucha!¡Copia!¡Repite!”a “¡Investiga! ¡Comparte! ¡Crea!”: El enfoque constructivista y las interacciones en la sala de clase (From: "Listen!Copy!Repeat" to "Investigate! Share! Create! ("The constructivist Approach and Interactions in the Classroom*) by Dra. Frances Figarella 2011; El Cacique Aymón* by Echeandía, 2005; Círculo de Luz* (Circle of Light) by Sonia Carmona, 2005; Las Tres Tristes Tribus*, by Silverio Pérez, 2004; La pasión de lo absurdo (The Passion of the Absurd*) by Dr. Johanna Ricart, 2003; Lajas* by Dr. Aravind Enrique Adanthaya, 2002; El beso de los erizos (The Kiss of the Sea Urchins*) by Dr. Orlando Planchart, 2002); El vientre, la luna y la memoria* (The Womb, the Moon and the Memory*) by Melissa Trelles, 2000); Devientres (Of Wombs*) by Prof. Lillian Valle Rivera, 1996). *Isla Negra Editores, Inc.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Consultant & Designer and Project Coordinator

Private Companies
03.2015 - 01.2019

PROFESSOR

Universities, Junior Colleges & Schools
01.2001 - 01.2018

Publishing Editing Services and Administration

OwnerFreelance Editor
01.1995 - Current

PhD. - Humanities

University of Sevilla

Master - Comparative Literature

University of Puerto Rico

Bachelor of Art - Education

University of Puerto Rico
DORIS E. LUGO- RAMÍREZ