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ROBERTO RIVAS CONTRERAS

Norwood,MA

Summary

I'm a political scientist with Bachelor and Master degrees. I've been a speaker at international conferences and workshops to customize the experience for clients. I'm a critical writer-researcher that has published several articles and participated at competitive grants (NGO's, IGO's and Non-Profit organizations). I enrolled to the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University Research Directorate. My main topics of interest are Outer Space Politics, electoral systems, quantitative methods and Think Tanks activities. I'm planning to get a doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships in the United States.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Spanish Teacher

Stoughton High School
09.2023 - Current
  • Developed and wrote Student Learning and Professional Teaching goals based on Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) standards.
  • Submitted grades, managed classrooms through PowerSchool+Clever software and implemented the Scope & Sequence via Carnegie Learning software.

Founding Partner

Consultores Avanzados M&P Contreras SRL
10.2023 - Current
  • Founded the firma and legally registered as a provider for public institutions and Civil Society Organizations.
  • Offered professional services connected to digital marketing-branding and political affairs or policies.

Political Consultant

Deputy Fior Peguero
09.2021 - 10.2022
  • Increased voter engagement by developing targeted political messaging and campaign strategies. Managed Social Media accounts, media tour and Youtube channel.
  • Enhanced client satisfaction through thorough research, analysis and strategic planning for electoral campaigns. Contributed to congress agenda and wrote speeches.

Community Manager

Dominican Revolutionary Party
11.2021 - 06.2023
  • Boosted ads on several Social Media accounts and analyzed metrics and performance by targeting.
  • Created and edited images, photos and flyers for posting by Abode Photoshop and Premier.

Analyst

Con Contacto Directo
12.2018 - 05.2019
  • Identified and looked for new potential clients to captivate by brochure design and needs detection.
  • Assisted the company main CEO in order to facilitate investigation, communications and other process.

Political Analyst

Institutional Democratic Party
10.2019 - 07.2020
  • Lead a Call-Center with interns and trained them for contacting members and promoting on Social Media.
  • Elaborated reports and memorandums about meetings, campaign war-room, budget and public relations.

Education

Master of Arts - International Relations

Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University
Dominican Republic
11.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Central University of Venezuela
Venezuela
07.2018

Skills

  • Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Social Media analytics, reporting and copywriting
  • Survey designing and report writing
  • Qualitative and Quantitative research

Accomplishments

I've earned a considerable amount of diplomas, symposiums, conferences, credentials, workshops and courses related to International Relations, Political Instruction, Poll Survey, Electoral System and Political Communication.


I was a student representative during the College. I represented my University in the course of a United Nations Model-Arab League in Bogotá (2015) and Inter-Colleges Olympics in Santo Domingo (2021).


I've been speaker in several international Political Science on-line Conferences and in the flesh. Besides, I'm the legal registered owner of a research about the electoral system in the Dominican Republic.


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Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
German
Limited Working

Additional Information

I consider myself as a passionate researcher on electoral systems, outer space politics and skillful advancement of the Political Science and International Relations as disciplines. I foment its employability and I've also participated in a Seminar focused on this topic and hosted by the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM).


I've recently been contributing to the CLEA Project administrated by Michigan University. It's a contribution regarding the Dominican Republic electoral system updates. In addition, I use to follow the most important periodic prizes within the Political Science field like Mattei Dogan (International Political Science Association), or Johan Skytte (Uppsala University, Sweden).

Affiliations

I use to follow the institutional activity of National and International Political Science Associations, their conferences and contributions to the discipline. In addition, I'm constantly getting updates from several Political Science and International Relations indexed scientific journals around the world. I've been affiliated to some of them (association, conferences and journals). Recently, I was participating in NEPSA annual conference (Mystic, Connecticut) as an observer and NYSPSA annual conference (Staten Island, New York) as a speaker.

Certification

  • Blackboard Academy (LMS) Training - 12/2022

Timeline

Founding Partner

Consultores Avanzados M&P Contreras SRL
10.2023 - Current

Spanish Teacher

Stoughton High School
09.2023 - Current

Community Manager

Dominican Revolutionary Party
11.2021 - 06.2023

Political Consultant

Deputy Fior Peguero
09.2021 - 10.2022

Political Analyst

Institutional Democratic Party
10.2019 - 07.2020

Analyst

Con Contacto Directo
12.2018 - 05.2019

Master of Arts - International Relations

Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Central University of Venezuela
ROBERTO RIVAS CONTRERAS