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  RESEARCH INTERESTS up

Social Movements; Social Networks; Cognition, Emotions and Collective Identity; Memory, Projectivity and Nostalgia; Interpretive Theories.

  STUDIES up

Currently Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Rutgers University.
2007 M.A., Sociology, Rutgers University.
M.A. Qualifying Paper Title: "Political Culture in Times of Crisis: Trust and Satisfaction with Democratic Performance in Argentina.” Evaluated as "Exceptional."
2002 B.A. (Licenciatura, 5-year program), Sociology, University of Buenos Aires.
Magna Cum Laude
Overall grade average: 9.12/10
1996 1-year Entrance Course, Sociology (Ciclo Básico Común para la Carrera de Sociología), University of Buenos Aires.
Overall grade average: 9.16/10
1995 1-year Entrance Course, Law (Ciclo Básico Común para la Carrera de Derecho), University of Buenos Aires.
Overall grade average: 9.16/10
1994 High School Degree, Specialization In Humanities, Parochial Institute “Jesús en el Huerto de los Olivos.”
Graduated top of my class.

  SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED up

2004 International Institute of Education Scholarship, 2004-2006.
2003 Fulbright Master’s Scholarship, 2004-2006.

  PUBLICATIONS up

Chapters in Books
2007 “A Multi-narrative Approach to Study the Neighborhood Assembly Movement in Argentina” (“Un Enfoque Multi-Narrativo para el Estudio del Movimiento Asambleario en Argentina”), in R. Sautu (ed.), Práctica de la Investigación Cuantitativa y Cualitativa. Articulación entre la Teoría, los Métodos y las Técnicas, Buenos Aires: Ediciones Lumiére, in collaboration with B. Freidin.
2007 “Political Culture in Times of Crisis: Trust and Satisfaction with Democratic Performance in Argentina” (“Cultura Política en Tiempos de Crisis: Confianza y Satisfacción con el Funcionamiento de la Democracia en Argentina”), in idem, in collaboration with R. Sautu.
2007 “Procedures in the Construction of a Political Collective-Efficacy Scale. Theoretical and Methodological Reflections” (“Procedimientos para la Construcción de una Escala de Eficacia Colectiva Ciudadana. Reflexiones Teóricas y Metodológicas”), in idem, in collaboration with R. Sautu.
2007 “The use of E-mail Surveys in the study of Perceptions of Corruption among Professionals and Entrepreneurs in Buenos Aires” (“El Uso de Encuestas por E-Mail en el Estudio de las Percepciones de Corrupción de Profesionales y Empresarios en Buenos Aires”), in idem, in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo.
2007 “Social Representations of Corruption among Middle Class Citizens of Buenos Aires” (“Representaciones Sociales de la Corrupción en Ciudadanos de Clase Media de Buenos Aires. Reflexiones Teóricas y Metodológicas”), in idem, in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo.
2004 “Corruption. What is it? And how is it measured?” (“¿Qué es la corrupción y cómo medirla?”), in R. Sautu (ed.) Catálogo de Prácticas Corruptas. Corrupción, confianza y Democracia, Buenos Aires: Ediciones Lumiére, in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo.
2004 “Lay Catalogue of Corrupt Practices” (“Catálogo Lego de Prácticas Corruptas”), in idem, in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo.
2004 “Metaphors of Corruption” (“Metáforas de la Corrupción”), in idem, in collaboration with B. Freidin & P. Boniolo.
2004 “Perceptions of Corruption and Trust in Political and Economic Actors” (“Percepciones de Corrupción y Confianza en Actores Políticos y Económicos”), in idem, in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo.
2004 “Research Design: objectives, theory and methodology” (“Diseño de una investigación: objetivos, teoría y metodología”), in idem, in collaboration with R. Sautu, B. Freidin, P. Boniolo, P. Dalle & R. Elbert.
Articles in International Journals
2004 “The Consequences of Corruption to the Argentine democracy. The Perception of Professionals and Entrepreneurs”, in Papeles de Población, México D.F. (Mexico), in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo (peer reviewed).
2004 “Democracy and Economic Development in Argentina: Interpretations of Participants of Collective Demonstrations of Protest” (“Democracia y desarrollo económico en Argentina. Interpretaciones de participantes en manifestaciones colectivas de protesta”), in Estudios Sociológicos, México D.F. (Mexico), in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo, P. Dalle & R. Elbert (peer reviewed).
2002 “Credibilidad y confianza: el significado de la corrupción en la clase media de Buenos Aires” (“Credibility and Trust: What does corruption mean to the middle class of Buenos Aires?” – Research notes), in Respondabilidad, no. 34, April, Alexandria (U.S.A.), in collaboration with P. Boniolo & V. Maidana.
2002 “La integración de métodos cualitativos y cuantitativos para el estudio de las experiencias de corrupción” (“The triangulation of qualitative and quantitative methods for the study of corrupt experiences”), in Cinta de Moebio, Revista de Epistemología. Santiago de Chile (Chile): Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Chile, in collaboration with R. Sautu & others (peer reviewed).   http://rehue.csociales.uchile.cl/publicaciones/moebio  
Articles in National Journals
2005 “Corruption and Democracy in Argentina: College Students’ Interpretations” (“Corrupción y Democracia en Argentina: Interpretaciones de Estudiantes Universitarios”), in Revista Argentina de Sociología, no. 4, Buenos Aires (Argentina), en colaboración con R. Sautu, P. Boniolo, P. Dalle & R. Elbert (peer reviewed).
2003 “Las prácticas corruptas en el entremado de relaciones sociales” (“Corrupt practices in the social fabric”), in Encrucijadas, November, Buenos Aires (Argentina), in collaboration with R. Sautu & others (peer reviewed).
Op-Ed Articles
2007 “Interview to Janis Karpinski. From Head of Prisons in Iraq to Whistle-blower” (“Entrevista a Janis Karpinski, de Jefa de las Cárceles de Irak a Denunciante”) in Veintitres 34:54-56, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 30, in collaboration with Carlos Diuk-Wasser.
Pedagogical Documents and Translations
2007 “Interpreting Statistical Data. Tactics and Practice,” in Sautu, R. (ed.) Research Methods Pedagogical Documents, Buenos Aires: University of Buenos Aires.
2007 Translation of Denscombe, M. (1999) The Good Research Guide for small-scale social research projects, Buckingham: Open University Press, Chapter 7-8, in idem, in collaboration with B. Freidin & M. A. Otamendi.
2007 Translation of Maxwell, J. A. (1996) Qualitative Research Design. An Interactive Approach, Newbery Park: SAGE, Chapters 1-5, in idem, in collaboration with M. P. Otero.
2003 Translation of Yerushalmi, Y. (1999), Zakhor, Jewish History and Jewish Memory, Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, Chapter 1 “Biblical and Rabinic Foundations”, for the Course on “The Social Construction of Collective Memory”, University of Buenos Aires.

  PAPERS SUBMITTED TO CONGRESSES up

International Congresses
2007 “Supporting the Leaders of Keeping Learning on Track Teacher Learning Communities,” 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Chicago (U.S.A.), April 9-13, in collaboration with C. Lyon, C. Martinez, M. Thompson, C. Wylie & J. Ellsworth.
2007 “How Formative Assessment Ideas Translate from Theory to Practice in Classrooms”, 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Chicago (U.S.A.), April 9-13, in collaboration with C. Lyon, C. Martinez, M. Thompson, C. Wylie & J. Ellsworth.
2006 “Political Culture in Times of Crisis: Trust and Satisfaction with Democratic Performance among Middle Class Residents of Buenos Aires”, 101st American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal (Canada), August 11-14, regular session in the Political Culture Section, in collaboration with R. Sautu.
2005 “A Multi-narrative Approach to Study the Neighborhood Assembly Movement in Argentina”, First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U.S.A.), May 5-7, in collaboration with B. Freidin.
2004 “Credibility and Trust in Political and Economic Actors and Institutions: Their Effect over the Argentine Democracy”, XXIV Latin American Studies Association International Congress (L.A.S.A.), Las Vegas (U.S.A.), August 7-9, in collaboration with R. Sautu.
2004 “People’s representations on corrupt practices and the construction of a new moral order: in-depth interviews and answers to open-ended questions in a middle-class survey”, Sixth International Conference on Social Science Methodology "Recent Developments and Applications in Social Research Methodology", International Sociological Association (I.S.A.) Research Committee on Logic and Methodology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 17 - 20, in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo.
2003 “Corrupción, democracia y desarrollo económico en Argentina. La mirada de los protagonistas de las protestas“ (”Corruption, democracy and economic development in Argentina. The interpretations of participants of collective actions of protest”), XXIV Congress of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología (A.L.A.S.), Arequipa (Perú), November 4-7, in collaboration with P. Boniolo, P. Dalle & R. Elbert.
2003 “Representaciones y vivencias ligadas al desempeño laboral y la vida familiar de dos mujeres de clase media” (“Representations and experiences related to the work and family life of two middle class women”), VII National Congress of Women’s History and II Iberoamerican Congress of Gender Studies, Salta (Argentina), July 24-26.
2003 “Las opiniones de la clase media de Buenos Aires acerca de la difusión de la corrupción y sus efectos sobre la democracia argentina” (“Buenos Aires middle class citizens’ perceptions on the effects of corruption on the Argentine democratic system”), XXIV Latin American Studies Association International Congress (L.A.S.A.), Dallas (U.S.A.), March 27-29, in collaboration with R. Sautu, P. Boniolo, P. Dalle & R. Elbert.
2003 “Las encuestas por e-mail en el estudio de los efectos de la corrupción en Argentina” (“E-mail surveys for the study of the effects of corruption in Argentina”), XXIV Latin American Studies Association International Congress (L.A.S.A.), Dallas (U.S.A.), March 27-29, in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo.
2002 “La construcción de una escala de autoeficacia colectiva y su aplicación para el estudio de las creencias en la capacidad para influenciar los cambios políticos” (“The construction of a collective-efficacy scale for the study of middle class citizens´ beliefs in their capacity to influence political changes”), Meeting of the Methodology and Epistemology Comission of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología (A.L.A.S.), Sierras de Córdoba (Argentina), September 26-28, in collaboration with R. Sautu, B. Freidin & P. Boniolo.
2001 “La integración de métodos cualitativos y cuantitativos para el estudio de las experiencias de corrupción” (“The triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods for the study of corrupt experiences”), XXIII Congress of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología (A.L.A.S.), Antigua (Guatemala), in collaboration with R. Sautu & others.
National Congresses
2004 “(Re)Constructing the Identity of the Popular Assembly Movement in a Changing Political Context” (“(Re)construyendo la identidad del movimiento asambleario en un contexto político cambiante”), II National Congress of Sociology, Buenos Aires (Argentina), November 20-23, in collaboration with B. Freidin.
2002 “Percepciones femeninas acerca de la corrupción y sus efectos” (“Women´s perceptions on corruption and its effects”), I Latin American Studies Association Gender & Feminist Studies Meeting, Buenos Aires (Argentina), November 15, in collaboration with R. Sautu & P. Boniolo.
2002 “La construcción de preguntas cerradas a partir de preguntas abiertas” (“The construction of a category system based on answers to open-ended questions”), V University of Buenos Aires Sociology Seminar, Buenos Aires (Argentina), November 11-16, in collaboration with R. Sautu, P. Boniolo & C. Najmías.
2002 “La Corrupción es mucho más que su definición legal” (“Corruption is much more than its legal definition”), Seminar “Leaderships without corruption”, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 25, in collaboration with P. Boniolo & M. A. Otamendi.
2002 “La interpretación del presente y la revisión del pasado: un estudio acerca de la memoria colectiva" (“The interpretation of the present and the revision of the past: the construction of collective memory among participants in collective actions of protest"), I Congress on “History and Memory: perspectives to study Argentina´s recent past”, La Plata (Argentina), April 19-20, in collaboration with P. Boniolo, B. Freidin & V. Maidana.
2001 “¿Qué es la corrupción? Las experiencias de corrupción y su significado para la clase media de Buenos Aires” (“What does corruption mean to the middle class of Buenos Aires?”), I Seminar of Junior Researchers of the Institute Gino Germani, School of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina), November 29, in collaboration with P. Boniolo, V. Maidana & M. Moguillansky.

  TEACHING EXPERIENCE up

2009 Instructor.

“Sociological Analysis of Social Problems,” Undergraduate course, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University.
2009 (Spring)

Since 2007 Instructor.

“Introduction to Social Research,” Undergraduate course, Department of Sociology (New Brunswick) and Department of Anthropology & Sociology (Newark), Rutgers University.
2009 (Summer); 2008 (Fall & Spring) & 2007 (Summer).

Since 2006 Instructor.

“Introduction to Sociology,” Undergraduate course, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University.
2009 (Summer); 2008 (Summer) & 2006 (Fall).

2007 Teaching Assistant.

“Introduction to Social Research,” Undergraduate course, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University.
2007 (Fall), Professor: Julie Phillips.Professor; 2007 (Spring), Professor: Thomas Rudel.

2004-2005 Co-Instructor.

“Theory, Methods and Research Objectives”, Graduate Course, Latin American Counsel of Social Sciences (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales – CLACSO), Virtual Campus. Professor: Ruth Sautu, Ph.D. (London School of Economics).

Since 2002 Teaching Assistant (pro bono, on leave).

“The Social Construction of Collective Memory,” Undergraduate course, Department of Sociology, University of Buenos Aires. Professor: Emilio Crenzel, Ph.D. (University of Buenos Aires).

Since 2001 Teaching Assistant (pro bono, on leave).

“Research Methods in the Social Sciences” (I Introductory, II Quantitative & III Qualitative), Undergraduate course, Department of Sociology, University of Buenos Aires. Professor: Ruth Sautu, Ph.D. (London School of Economics).

  RESEARCH EXPERIENCE up

Since 2007 Associate Researcher (part-time).

Research Project: “National Identity, Political Culture and Social Mobility in Argentina." Director: : Ruth Sautu, Ph.D. (London School of Economics). Hosted and sponsored by the University of Buenos Aires. Studies framed in the project:
·   Survey of a 1,000-case national random sample in Argentina (2004 and 2005)

2006 Junior Researcher.

Research Project: “Sustainable Growth Lessons for the Labor Movement. Learning from Membership Advocacy Groups’ Strategies.” Directors: Prof. Charles Heckscher & Prof. Janice Fine. Sponsored by SEIU- Working Group: “Twenty-first Century Alternative Models…A Union of Growth for the 21st Century.” Hosted by the Center for Workplace Transformation, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University.

2006 Consultant.

Research Project: “Keeping Learning on Track.” Director: Dylan William. Hosted and sponsored by Educational Testing Service (ETS)–Research Unit. Studies framed in the project:
·   Participant observation in classroom settings
·   Participant observation in teachers’ meetings
·   Participant observation in teacher leaders’ meetings

Since April 2006 Junior Researcher (part-time).

“Corruption, Trust and Democracy. Middle and Working Class Perspectives” Director: Ruth Sautu, Ph.D. (London School of Economics). Hosted and sponsored by the University of Buenos Aires. Studies framed in the project:
·   Survey to 1,000-case National Random Sample in Argentina (2004 and 2005)

Since 2005 Associate Researcher (part-time).

Research Project: “Popular Assemblies in Argentina: Participatory Democracy in Times of Crisis,” in collaboration with Betina Freidin. Ph.D. (Brandeis University). Studies framed in the project:
·   In-depth interviews with key informants (30 cases)
·   Participant observation in assemblies and demonstrations

2004 Junior Researcher (part-time).

Research Project: “Corruption, Democracy and Economic Development: Middle Class and Working Class Perceptions”, Director: Ruth Sautu, Ph.D. (London School of Economics). Hosted and sponsored by the University of Buenos Aires. Studies framed in the project:
·   Surveys among working class residents of Buenos Aires (400 cases)
·   In-depth interviews with key informants (50 cases)

2002-2004 Junior Researcher and Fieldwork Coordinator (full-time).

Research Project: “Credibility and Trust: What does corruption mean to the middle class of Buenos Aires?”. Director: Ruth Sautu, Ph.D. (London School of Economics). Hosted by the National Academy of Education and sponsored by the Ford Foundation (Chile). Studies framed in the project:
·   Surveys among middle class residents of Buenos Aires (400 cases)
·   In-depth interviews with key informants (50 cases)
·   Focus Groups with High School Civic Education teachers (4 focus groups)

2002 Fieldwork Coordinator (in Slums of Metropolitan Buenos Aires, part-time).

Research Project “Gender, Space and Power: Informal Work in Urban Argentina”. Director: Risa Whitson, M.A. (University of Chicago). Hosted by Penn State University and sponsored by the American States Organization.

2002 Interviewer (part-time).

Research Project: “Economic restructuration and family dynamic: exploring transformations in marital status and parenthood”. Director: Catalina Wainerman, Ph.D. (Cornell University). Hosted by the Center of Population Studies (CENEP) and sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

2001-2002 Research Assistant (pro bono, part-time).

Research Project: “Credibility and Trust: What does corruption mean to the middle class of Buenos Aires?”. Director: Ruth Sautu, Ph.D. (London School of Economics). Hosted and sponsored by the University of Buenos Aires. Studies framed in the project:
·   E-mail surveys among university-trained professionals and small and medium entrepreneurs (156 cases)
·   Surveys with open-ended questions among demonstrators in collective protests (196 cases)
·   In-depth interviews among middle class residents of Buenos Aires (25 cases)
·   Surveys among undergraduate students of state universities (400 cases)

  UNIVERSITY SERVICE up

2008-2009 President, Graduate Student Association, Rutgers University.
2008-2009 Graduate Student Representative, Vice President’s Leadership Cabinet (VPLC), Rutgers University.
2008-2009 Member, Dean’s Search Committee for the Graduate School New Brunswick, Rutgers University.
2008-2009 Member, Academic Integrity Committee, Rutgers University.
2008-2009 Member, Committee on Non-Profit/Community Service Student Involvement, Rutgers University.
2007-2008 Vice-President, Graduate Student Association, Rutgers University.
2007 Co-Founder, Women in Graduate School, WIGS, Rutgers University.
2006-2007 President, Argentine Student Association at Rutgers University, ASADO.

  ACTIVISM up

2008 Delegate, Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals-American Federation of Teachers (AGEL-AFT) Annual Conference, Chicago (U.S.A.), September 25-28.
2008 Delegate, American Federation of Teachers National Convention, Chicago (U.S.A.), July 10-13.
2008 Attendant, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Organizing Institute, Baltimore (U.S.A.), June 6-8.
2008 Speaker, Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals-American Federation of Teachers (AGEL-AFT) Annual Conference, Chicago (U.S.A.), September 25-28. Panel Presentation: “Organizing Latin American Students,” Organizing in International Graduate Communities Panel.
2007-2009 Member, Executive Council of the Rutgers American Association of University Professors - American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT) Local, Teaching and Graduate Assistant Representative.

  EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED up

Spring 2007 “Social Change” Movie Night, organized in collaboration with Prof. Jozsef Borocz and Benjamin Nureieli at Rutgers University.

  MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS up

Since 2004 American Sociological Association, ASA.
Since 2002 Latin American Studies Association, LASA.
Since 2002 Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología, ALAS.

  LANGUAGES up

  Spanish: native speaker
  English & Portuguese: very fluent
  Italian & French: working progress

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