Emmanuel Silvestre
Emmanuel Silvestre
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Consultant on Social, Community and Market Research,Translation, Marketing, Advertising and Organizational Development. Inter-American Dialogue (DC); Hartford Public Schools (CT); ASPIRA (CT);Diario Libre New York (NY);Institute for the Study of International Migration (Georgetown University); Innovation Network for Communities (MA); Laparkan World Wide Money Transfer (NY); Remesas Quisqueyana (NY); VISA CASHPIN (NY);Jamaica National Overseas (FL); Center for Exports and Investment from the Dominican Republic in New York (CEI); Banco Solidario de Ecuador; Mexico Express (IL); IIN-IDB-OAS (Chile); UNICEF; UNESCO; ILO; Labatt Breweries (Ontario); Protectora Holdings (NY); INDUVECA (DR); Nandy Rivas Advertising Agency (DR); Young & Rubican, Damaris (DR), FCB, Siboney (DR). Certified by the Department of Administrative Services(CT).
Director of Market Research & Manager of Human Resources
Nandy Rivas Advertising Agency, Dominican Republic
Visiting Scholar
Division of Comparative Studies in the Humanities
The Ohio State University
Visiting Lecturer
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
University of Connecticut
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Psychology
University of Florida
Professor of Social Psychology
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
EDUCATION
1978UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAINBELGIUM
Ph. D. in Social Psychology (Distinction)
197172UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAINBELGIUM
Certificate of Admission to Ph. D. Program
196971UNIV. NACIONAL PEDRO HENRIQUEZ UREÑASANTO DOMINGO
B. A. in Psychology (Cum Laude)
196769UNIV. NACIONAL PEDRO HENRIQUEZ UREÑASANTO DOMINGO
Diploma in Counseling
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Research Design. Statistical Analysis. Tests and Measurements.Market Research. Attitude Change. Attribution Theory. Dissonance Theory.Community Psychology. Race Prejudice. Group Dynamics. Organizational Development.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
At present, doing Market and Community research with Hispanic populations. Before, researched on Latin American cultural contradictions and beliefs, as promoters of adapted and unadapted behavior, and on comparative clinical psychology, interpreting the healing witchcraft as folkloric psychotherapy. Research included experimental design with advanced statistical analysis to field surveys, as well as focus groups in market research,community settings and Organizational Development.
Academically, developed a cognitive oriented line of research, applying social psychology theories to solving individual, community and social problems. Coauthor of the Venezuelan adaptation of the CPM tests (Cognitive, Perceptive, and Motor dysfunction in children).
As a teacher, mastered standard communication tools, DVDs and computer devices, as group dynamics andVisualization in Participatory Programs (VIPP) techniques. As a researcher, work with database systems such as Microsoft Access, Excel and SPSS.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1994Visiting Scholar. Division of Comparative Studies in the Humanities.
The Ohio State University. From 1/20 to 3/20.
1994Invited Lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Course in Latino/a Literature.
Tufts University. February 22.
1994Visiting Lecturer. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
University of Connecticut. From 2/28 to 3/2.
1994Visiting Lecturer. Department of Psychology
University of Florida. March 18.
19761977Professor of Behavioral SciencesResearcher. Center for Psychological Research. University of Los Andes. Mérida, Venezuela.
19721975/Professor of Psychology: Social Psychology. Organizational Development.
1978-1985/Group Dynamics. Probabilistic Research Design. Tests and Measurements. WISC.
1988-1998Introduction to Psychotherapy. Dissertation Adviser. Coordinator of Supervised Internship. Member of the Academic Committee.
Department of Psychology. National University Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1986-1987Chairperson. Department of Psychology. Technological University of Santiago.
Santiago, Dominican Republic.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999-to dateConsultant on Marketing, Advertising, Organizational Development and Community Psychology. CEI-RD; Innovation Network for Communities; Banco Solidario de Ecuador; Mexico Express; Jamaica National Overseas (FL); Inter American Dialogue; IIN-IDB-OAS; Institute for the Study of International Migration (Georgetown University); UNICEF; UNESCO; ILO; LabattBreweries Ontario; Remesas Quisqueyana; VISA CASHPIN;Protectora Holdings; INDUVECA; Nandy Rivas Advertising Agency; Young & Rubican; FCB.
1994-1998Director of Market Research & Manager of Human Resources
Nandy Rivas Advertising Agency
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
198493Consultant in Social Psychology and Organizational Development
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
198283Chief of Human Resources and Social Studies.
National Commission on Energy Policy. Dominican Republic.
198081General Director. General Direction of Planning and Budget.
Ministry of Education. Dominican Republic.
197980Chairperson. Mental Health Division.
Ministry of Public Health and Welfare. Dominican Republic.
197879TherapistResearcher. Alcohol and Drugs Department. Mental Health Division.
Ministry of Public Health and Welfare. Dominican Republic.
197375Staff Psychologist. Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital.
Ministry of Public Health and Welfare. Dominican Republic.
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Mother Tongue
English: Full Command
French: Full Command
SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATIONS
Social Psychology Network, Inter-American Society of Psychology (Executive Secretary for México, Central America and the Caribbean, 19791981). Latin American Association of Social Psychology. Venezuela Association of Social Psychology. Venezuela Association for Scientific Advance. Dominican Association of Psychology. Ad Hoc Editor for the Inter-American Journal of Psychology.
PUBLISHED BOOKS & PAPERS: (International)
Violencia y Explotación Sexual Contra Niños y Niñas en República Dominicana. In G. Leal. Violencia y Explotación Sexual Contra Niños y Niñas en América Latina y El Caribe. Montevideo: Instituto Interamericano del Niño-OAS-IDB, 2000.
La NeoProstitucion Infantil en República Dominicana (FirstAuthor). Santo Domingo: UNICEF, 1999 (First Edition 1993).
Internalidad Mágica: La Suerte de América Latina. Santo Domingo: UNPHU, forthcoming.
Análisis de la Situación de los Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes De y En la Calle en América Latina y el Caribe (First Author). Paper for the Independent Commission for Population and Quality of Life, UNESCO, 1994.
Magical Internality and Child Prostitution. Visiting Lecture. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, 1994.
Cultural Identity and Racial SelfPrejudice. Visiting Lecture. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, 1994.
Folkloric Psychotherapy in the Dominican Republic. Visiting Lecture. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, 1994.
Externalidad y Ahorro de Energía en la Industria. Revista Interamericana de Psicología Ocupacional, forthcoming.
La Suerte y Otras Desgracias: Internalidad Mágica en América Latina. Conference Speaker at IV Encuentro Venezolano sobre Motivación. Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, October, 1992.
Batería CPM (First Author: M. Morales), Mérida, Venezuela: Universidad de Los Andes, 1983.
Efecto de la persuasión y la externalidad sobre el ahorro de combustible. Revista Interamericana de Psicología. 1983, Vol. 17, No. I.
Degree of Development and Distance as Related to Mutual Perceptions and Attitudes Among Students in Seven American Countries (First Author: J. M. Salazar). Paper presented at VI International Congress of Crosscultural Psychology, Aberdeen, Scotland, July, 1982.
Contribuciones de la Psicología Social a la Educación. Boletín de la AVEPSO, 1982, 5 (2).
Prueba para la Identificación de Disfunciones Cognoscitivas, Perceptivas y Motrices en Escolares de Segundo y Cuarto Grado (First Author: M. Morales). Paper presented at XVIII Inter-American Congress of Psychology, Santo Domingo, June, 1981.
La Investigación para el Desarrollo de la Educación en República Dominicana (First Author). Paper presented at XVIII Inter-American Congress of Psychology, Santo Domingo, June, 1981.
Niveles de disonancia cognoscitiva y evitación de información. In G. Marín. La Psicología Social en Latinoamérica (Vol. II). México: Trillas, 1981.
Evaluación de un Programa Integral de Prevención del Alcoholismo y la Neurosis. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología. 1980, 12 (1).
La Psicología Social y la Psicología Comunitaria en Latinoamérica.Paper presented at XVII Inter-American Congress of Psychology, Lima, July, 1979.
La Motivación a la Consistencia Cognoscitiva y la Psicología Social Latinoamericana. Paper presented at XVII Inter-American Congress of Psychology, Lima, July, 1979.
Investigación Evaluativa en Planificación Familiar: Evaluación de un Programa de Entrenamiento. (First Author: O. RomeroGarcía). Issues from Centro de Investigación Psicológica, No. 6, Mérida: Universidad de Los Andes, 1978.
Efecto de la Seguridad, Niveles de Disonancia y Expectativa sobre la Conducta de Búsqueda de Información. Issues from Centro de Investigación Psicológica, No. 3, Mérida: Universidad de Los Andes, 1978.
Índices Verbales de Tensión Psicológica como Medida de la Disonancia Cognoscitiva. Issues from Centro de Investigación Psicológica, No. 5, Mérida: Universidad de Los Andes, 1977.
La consistencia cognoscitiva como variable motivacional en psicología social. Revista del Colegio de Médicos del Estado Mérida, 1975, 13 (35).
Ph.D. DISSERTATION:
Effets de la Dissonance, la Sécurité et l'Expectative sur la Motivation pour l'ExpositionSélective. Ph.D.Dissertation, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1978.
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