Loyola University Chicago

Isaias Rivera
Degree	Pursuing Ph.D., Cultural and Educational Policy Studies
Major	Philosophy of Education
E-mail:	isaias.rivera@itesm.mx

Dissertation Title: 

Business Ethics and Global Age Cosmopolitanism (in progress) 

Education:

Ph.D. candidate, 2004-present, Cultural and Educational Policy Studies
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 

M.A., 2004, Social Philosophy
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL

M.A., Educational Institutions Administration Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) (To be completed upon return to Mexico)

Collaborative Learning Teaching Certification, 2002
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 

Ethics Across the Curriculum Teaching Certification, 2002
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL

B.A., 1998, English/Spanish
Texas Tech University, TX 

Professional Experience:

Research professor at Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM).  School of Business and Humanities. 2006 – present. Courses taught: Ethics in the Professional Practice, Ethics, Sociology, Social & Political Development.

Workshop Instructor, Social Political Ethics and the Role of Education. Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM), Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (December 2007)

Visiting Professor 2007, Universidad Privada San Pedro, Peru.
Graduate School. Courses taught: Seminars on Comparative Education.
June – August 2007

Workshop Instructor, Business Ethics. Tecnlogico de Monterrey (ITESM), Guadalajara, Mexico. (December 2006).

Visiting Professor 2006, Universidad Privada San Pedro, Peru.
Graduate School. Courses taught: Seminar on Comparative Education
July 2006.

Part-Time Instructor, 2004-2006, Loyola University Chicago
Philosophy department Courses Taught: Action and Value: Business Ethics. Social Political Thought. Philosophy of Culture and Civilization.

Workshop Instructor, Ethics and the Professional Disciplines, Tecnlogico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City (Summer 2005).

Workshop Instructor, Ethics Across the Curriculum, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) CD. Juarez, Mexico (Summer 2004).

School Adviser, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)
Orientation programs for High School Students CD. Juarez, Mexico 2000-2003

High School Tenure Professor, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)
Courses Taught: English, Philosophy, Introduction to Business, World History, and Literature. Professor Excellence Award 2000-2001 School Year CD. Juarez, Mexico.

Research Interests:

Ethics, Philosophy of Education, Globalization and Education, Cosmopolitanism and Education, Education and Democratization, Business Ethics, Social Political Philosophy, and Comparative Education.

Publications and Presentations:

Book chapter entitled, "Mexican and Peruvian National Identity Formation."  In J. Harris(ed.) The Nation in the Global Era: Conflict and Transformation. Leiden: Brill. Expected June, 2009.

Paper entitled, Mexico’s Identity Formation According to Octavio Paz and Samuel Ramos; Peru’s Identity Formation According to Ciro Alegria and Jose Carols Mariategui. Presented at the annual GSA Global Studies Association meeting. Pace University, New York. (June 2008)

Article Published: Isaias Rivera, "Etica y Cosmopolitanismo", El Heraldo de Chihuahua, March 30, 2008

Paper entitled "Education and Globalization, Latin American Impacts" presented at Universidad Privada San Pedro (July 2007). 

Paper entitled "Ethics and Cosmopolitan Education" presented at the Congreso de Investigacion Cientifica, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) Chihuahua, Chihuahua; Mexico (October, 2007). 

Paper entitled "Cosmopolitan Education. Liberal Education and some Perspectives" presented at the XIII International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children(ICPIC) Conference, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (June 2007). 

Paper entitled "Ethics and Cosmopolitanism" presented at the Congreso Internacional de Investigacion Educativa, Universidad Nacional del Santa, Peru (July 2006). 

Paper entitled "Comparative Education, A Historical Perspective" presented at the Third International Conference on Education, Universidad Nacional Del Santa, Peru (June 2006).

Paper entitled "Resistance: Corporations and Ethics in the Global Age" presented at Purdue University (March 2006). 

Paper entitled "Alternative Globalizations" presented at DePaul University (May 2006). 

Paper entitled "Postmodern Condition, Modernity: Comparing the Educational Dialectic in a Border Region" presented at Cleveland State University(October 2005). Paper to be published.

Paper entitled "Ethics and Corporations in the Global Age" presented at the Encuentro Cientifico sobre Educacion y Globalizacion, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) Leon, Guanajuato; Mexico (April 2005). 

Paper entitled "Justice as Virtue and Transformation of One's Self. Globalization and its Victims" presented at Loyola University Chicago (February 2005).

Article Published: Rivera, I. 2006. Educacion Comparada: Una Busqueda Academica. LUCES Revista Para la Educacion. 1:01 (2006). 

Awards:

Graduate Studies in Humanities: Full-Scholarship awarded by Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico from 2003-present

Local Government (Nuevo Chimbote, Ancash, Peru) awarded the "Declaration of Honorary Guest" & "City Emblem" for positive contributions to the local educational system. Office of the Mayor, Resolution - Number 146-2006-MDNCH. June 9, 2006  

International Experience:

Peru, Mexico, USA, and Israel

Languages:

Spanish and English. Working knowledge of Portuguese and French.