My CV

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0fed4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>THE ECO GROUP</B></div> <div> <B>Ecology and Economics</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07278b70.gif" border=0 width="120" height="183" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B> The Quest for Sustainable Development!</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Curriculum Vitae of</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>IVONNE DEL C. DÍAZ</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Work Address</B></div> <bR> <div> University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez</div> <div> Department of Economics</div> <div> PO Box 9262 </div> <div> Mayagüez, PR  00681                         </div> <div> Phone:  (787) 265-3840, Ext. 3010</div> <bR> <div> Email:  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:ivdiaz@uprm.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ivdiaz@uprm.edu"><U><U>ivdiaz@uprm.edu</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://academic.uprm.edu/~ivonnedcd" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://academic.uprm.edu/~ivonnedcd"><U><U>http://academic.uprm.edu/~ivonnedcd</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Home Address</B></div> <bR> <div> PO Box 8072</div> <div> Marina Station</div> <div> Mayagüez, PR  00681</div> <bR> <div> <B>Education</B></div> <bR> <div> Ph.D., Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, The <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.osu.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.osu.edu"><U><U>Ohio State University</U></U></A></FONT>, 2000.</div> <div> M.A., Economics, Ohio State University, 1994.   </div> <div> M.B.A., University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, 1991.</div> <div> B.B.A., Accounting, Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón, 1983.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Current Position</B></div> <bR> <div> Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez </div> <bR> <div> <B>Areas of Interest</B></div> <bR> <div> Microeconomics</div> <div> Environmental and Natural Resource Economics</div> <div> Sustainable Development</div> <div> Ecological Economics</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Previous Experience</B></div> <bR> <div> Associate Chair, Department of Economics, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 2002-2003.</div> <bR> <div> Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 2000-03</div> <bR> <div> Assistant to Marketing Director, Student-Employee, Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. (MUCIA), Ohio State University, 1998-1999.</div> <bR> <div> Economist, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C.,   Summer 1995.  </div> <bR> <div> Visiting Scholar, Center for Economic Teaching and Research (CIDE), Mexico, D.F., 1992.</div> <bR> <div> Specifications Official, Regulatory Board, General Services Administration of Puerto Rico, 1991.</div> <bR> <div> Securities Analyst, Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Puerto Rico, 1988-1990.</div> <bR> <div> Accountant, CBS/Columbia International, Mexico, D.F., 1986-1987.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Professional Presentations</B></div> <bR> <div> “Sustainable Economic Development”.  Sustainable Development Forum.  COHEMIS.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.  Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, March 30, 2005.  </div> <bR> <div> “Ecosystem Valuation and Sustainability”.  Presentation at the Graduate Environmental Management Course, Faculty of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.  Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, November 18, 2004.</div> <bR> <div> “Sustainable Tourism”.  Presentation delivered to <I>Porta del Sol Forum</I>.  Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.  San Germán, Puerto Rico, August 25, 2004.</div> <bR> <div> “Teaching Economics and the Integration of Technology: Experiences with Microeconomics and Natural Resource Economics”.  Department of Economics Seminar: University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.  Mayagüez Resort and Casino, December 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#080000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT>, 2003.</div> <bR> <div> “Water, Economics, and Sustainability”.  Presentation delivered to the Undergraduate Ecology Course, Interamerican University, San Germán, Puerto Rico.  November 2003.</div> <bR> <div> "Rice Market Liberalization and Water Price Rationalization in the Dominican Republic: a CGE Analysis".  First Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, July 9-11, 2003.</div> <bR> <div> "Water and Economics".  Earth Week Celebration.  Caribbean University, Ponce, Puerto Rico, April 22, 2003.</div> <bR> <div> "The Economics of Water: The Case of Puerto Rico".  Second Environmental Forum, Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico, March 23, 2003.</div> <bR> <div> "Ecological Economics and Sustainability".  Industrial Ecology Seminar.  Puerto Rican Professional Association of Engineers, Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.  CIAPR Mayaguez: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. December 6, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> "A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Rice Market Liberalization and Water Price Rationalization in the Dominican Republic".  Paper presented at The 49th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International.  San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 14-16, 2002. </div> <bR> <div> "The Socioeconomic Influence on Diego Rivera's Artwork".  Interdisciplinary Seminar Series. University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla Campus and Chiapas Autonomous University in Mexico: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, October 18, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> “Public Policy, Food Security, and Agricultural Water Use in the Dominican Republic.”  Paper presented at the International Conference: Policy Reforms, Growth, and Development.  Free University of Brussels and Meknes University: Meknes, Morocco.  September 20-22, 2001.</div> <bR> <div> “Environmental and Economy-Wide Effects of Policy Reform in the Dominican Republic”.  Paper presented at the 6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Spring Meeting for Young Economists.  March 30-April 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT>, 2001.  University of Copenhagen, Denmark.</div> <bR> <div> “Environmental and Economy-Wide Effects of Policy Reform in the Dominican Republic”.  Paper presented at the “First Meeting of Economic and Business Researchers”.  February 15, 2001.  University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Publications</B></div> <bR> <div> Díaz-Rodríguez, Ivonne D, David Kraybill and Douglas Southgate.  “Environmental and Economy-Wide Effects of Policy Reform in the Dominican Republic:  A General Equilibrium Analysis.”  <I>Ceteris Paribus: The Puerto Rico Economic Review.</I>  Vol1. No.1, March 2001.</div> <bR> <div> Díaz-Rodríguez, Ivonne D.  “Government Policies and Water Use in the Dominican Republic”.  2000.  Ph.D. Dissertation. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University.</div> <bR> <div> Díaz-Rodríguez, Ivonne D. “Growth and Rural Amenities in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography”. 1995. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.</div> <bR> <div> Díaz-Rodríguez, Ivonne D.  “The Inflationary Effects of the Mexican Debt-Equity Swaps Program”.  1991.  MBA Thesis.  Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Business.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Courses Taught</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Undergraduate</B></div> <div> Microeconomics (3 credit hours) 2000 to 2005.</div> <div> Environmental Economics (3 credit hours)  2005.</div> <div> Natural Resource Economics (3 credit hours) 2001 to 2005.    </div> <div> Managerial Economics (3 credit hours) 2002.</div> <div> Economic Problems of Latin America (3 credit hours) 2002, 2004.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Graduate</B></div> <div> Natural Resource Economics (3 credit hours) 2001, 2003, 2005.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Thesis Advisor for</B></div> <bR> <div> Carlos M. Agurcia, M.S.  2001. “An Economic/Environmental Analysis of Waste Management in the Puerto Rican Livestock Sector:  A Life Cycle Assessment”.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez: Department of Agricultural Economics.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>University and Department Committees</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Economics Department:</B></div> <bR> <div> Undergraduate Studies Coordinator, Department of Economics: 2003 to Present.</div> <div> Research Affairs Committee, Coordinator.  2005.</div> <div> Department's Personnel Committee, Member.  2005.</div> <div> Department Outcomes Assessment Committee, Coordinator.  2001-2002.</div> <div> Department's Curriculum Committee, Coordinator. 2000-2002.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>College of Arts and Sciences</B>:</div> <bR> <div> Regulations Committee, Department Representative.  2004-05.</div> <div> Curriculum Committee, Department Representative. 2000-2002.</div> <div> Outcomes Assessment Committee, Department Representative.  2001-2002.</div> <bR> <div> <B>UPRM:</B></div> <bR> <div> UPRM's Environmental Sciences Program Ad Hoc Committee, College of Arts and Sciences Representative. 2005.</div> <bR> <div> Graduate School Representative (MS Oral Exam). Mirllán Quintero Campos.  2002. <I>Evaluación Económico-Ambiental del Biodigestor para el Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales Provenientes de las Granjas de Cerdos</I>.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez: Department of Agricultural Economics.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Job Training Courses</B></div> <bR> <div> Smart Board Use.  Department of Economics.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, March 2004.</div> <bR> <div> Proposals Writing.  Faculty of Arts and Sciences.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, February 2004.</div> <bR> <div> Quality Assurance through Continuous Assessment.  Sponsored by General Motors, NA and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.  Mayagüez Resort and Casino, November 18, 2003.</div> <bR> <div> Strengths and Weaknesses of Online Courses.  IDEAL.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, October 2003.</div> <bR> <div> Writing in the Disciplines.  College of Arts and Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, September 2003.</div> <bR> <div> WebCT Workshop.  IDEAL.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, September 2003.</div> <bR> <div> WebCT Orientation.  IDEAL.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, August 2003.</div> <bR> <div> Active Learning and Technology Integration in the Classroom.  Department of Economics.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, April 2003.</div> <bR> <div> Accountability, Credibility and Trusts.  Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, February 5, 2003.</div> <bR> <div> Communication Styles.  Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, February 5, 2003.</div> <bR> <div> Internet in the Classroom. Final Presentation to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez:  Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.  December 5, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> Internet in the Classroom.  Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, October 12, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> Internet in the Classroom.  Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, September 14, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> Faculty and Staff Workshop on Outcomes Assessment, NCTLA, Mayagüez Resort and Casino. Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, May 29-30, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> “Third Outcomes Assessment Workshop”, Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez”, May 10, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> “Second Outcomes Assessment Workshop”, Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, April 5, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> Strategic Planning in Education, Eugenio María de Hostos Law School, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, March 1-2, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> “First Outcomes Assessment Workshop”, Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, February 18, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> “Power Point Functions”, Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, April 2001.”</div> <bR> <div> “Grant Writers' Seminar”, National Institute of Health, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, October 2000.</div> <bR> <div> “Discipline and Interpersonal Relations in the Classroom”, Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, October 2000.</div> <bR> <div> “Writing of Instructional Objectives”, Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, October 2000.</div> <bR> <div> Orientation for New Professors.  Center for Professional Development, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, August 2000.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Conferences</B></div> <bR> <div> Technology in the Classroom.  Department of Economics.  University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, December 2003.</div> <bR> <div> Income Distribution and Poverty in Puerto Rico.  Department of Economics of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.  November 13, 2003. </div> <bR> <div> Sales vs. Value-Added Tax.  Department of Economics.  Ramon Figueroa Chapel Hall, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez:  Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, November 26, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> III Meeting of the Executive Board of the Inter-American Committee on Ports, Organization of American States, December 3-5, 2001.</div> <bR> <div> II Meeting of Technical Committees on Port Operations, Port Security, Navigation Control, and Environmental Protection, Organization of American States, December 6, 2001.</div> <bR> <div> Puerto Rico Techno-Economic Corridor (PRTEC First Congress:  Partnering for Innovation and Technology for Economic Development, Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, November 10-11, 2001.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Awards and Honors</B></div> <bR> <div> Larry Libby Scholarship.  “Making Environmental Policy Analysis Relevant: The EPA Case”. The Ohio State University, April 12-13, 2000.</div> <bR> <div> Tinker/Latin American Studies Program, Ohio State University. Travel Grant, Dissertation Research, 1995-96.</div> <bR> <div> Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.  Travel Grant, Dissertation Research, 1995. </div> <bR> <div> The University of Puerto Rico's Presidential Fellowship.  Doctoral Studies, 1993-97.</div> <bR> <div> Graduate School of the Ohio State University.  Dean's Fellowship, 1992-93.</div> <bR> <div> Foreign Affairs Office, Republic of Mexico and the Center for Economic Teaching and Research (CIDE).  Research Scholarship, 1992.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Professional Organizations</B></div> <bR> <div> American Economic Association (AEA)</div> <div> International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) </div> <div> International Association of Ecological Economists (IAEE)</div> <div> Latin American and Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (ALEAR)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Languages</B></div> <bR> <div> Spanish and English.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#333300" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome to the ECO Group!</B></FONT>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" > |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to the ECO Group!"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to the ECO Group!"><U>Welcome to the ECO Group!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INTERNSHIPS FOR ECONOMIC MAJORS"><U>INTERNSHIPS FOR ECONOMIC MAJORS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery"><U>Photo Gallery</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ECO GROUP Info"><U>ECO GROUP Info</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U>Location</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Principles of Economics I"><U>Principles of Economics I</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Natural Resource Economics"><U>Natural Resource Economics</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecological Economics"><U>Ecological Economics</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Managerial Economics (ECOn 4016)"><U>Managerial Economics (ECOn 4016)</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Using Music to Teach Economics"><U>Using Music to Teach Economics</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Understanding Economics through Artworks"><U>Understanding Economics through Artworks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications"><U>Publications</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conferences"><U>Conferences</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Student Exchange Programs"><U>Student Exchange Programs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events"><U>News and Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Professional Associations"><U>Professional Associations</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Academic Exchange Programs"><U>Academic Exchange Programs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A>   |   <B>My CV</B>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Matricula Segundo Semestre 200405"><U>Matricula Segundo Semestre 2004-05</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>