Heidi Figueroa Sarriera
Trujillo Alto
Summary
Experienced professor, research and teaching skills with over thirty years of experience in Higher Education. Published research on the impact of new technology in everyday life, excellent communication skills, team building and problem solving. To seek and maintain a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills and Implemented diverse instructional techniques and integrated technology to enhance student learning.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Retired Professor
Psychology Department, College of Social Sciences. Rio Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico
San Juan
08.1995 - 06.2021
- Research and teaching on Social Psychology and five course creations in related fields such as: Cyberculture, Foundations in Social Psychology and Currents Trends, Social Neuroscience, Discourse Analyses and Semiotics, Sociology Foundation of Social Psychology.
- Community Social Psychology Academic Coordinator, Psychology Graduate Program, UPRRP improving curricula offerings and professional counseling and continued education seminars in Psychology and research techniques.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems developing evaluation tools and strategies for curricula improvements.
- Collaborated with School of Architecture, Computer Science Department, School of Information Science and School of Communication to achieve continue education offers and training in research.
- Interdisciplinary research on digital technology and everyday life resulting in variety of publishing works and public conferences in local as well as international forums.
Professor of Psychology
Cayey University College, UPR
Cayey, Puerto Rico
08.1989 - 06.1995
- Prepared and delivered lectures to over 100 undergraduate students each semester on topics such as abnormal psychology, cognitive processes, social psychology, personality theory and psychological psychology.
- Created and enhanced course plans centered around class objectives for four different psychology courses.
- Implemented diverse instructional techniques and integrated technology to enhance student learning.
- Enhanced classroom learning by facilitating small group projects and discussions centering around core concepts of psychology.
- Kept abreast of developments in field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues and participating in professional conferences.
Education
Ph.D. - Community Social Psychology
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
San Juan, Puerto Rico05.1991
Master of Arts - Community Social Psychology
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
San Juan, Puerto Rico05.1987
Skills
- Multimedia Software Proficiency
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Excellent Communication Skills
- MS Office
- Written Communication
- Self-Motivated
- Multitasking Abilities
- Google Workspace
- Decision Making
- Problem-Solving
- Teaching in virtual environment
Affiliations
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
Internet Society of Puerto Rico
Books
- Gray, C. H., Figueroa-Sarriera H. & Mentor S. (Eds.) (2021). Living as a Cyborg. London-NY: Routledge.
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi J. (2017) Imaginarios de sujetos en la era digital: (Post)identidades contemporáneas. Quito: Editorial CIESPAL.
- Digital y Movimientos Sociales de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid . Vol 13, Núm. 1. http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi j., Gordo Ángel y De Rivera, Javier (Compiladores) (2014). Teknokultura entre dos siglos. Tecnociencia, arte y cultura. Madrid: Editorial Catarata.
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi J. y Vale Nieves, Otomíe (eds.) (2013) Diálogos aumentados: error y errancia en la investigación y la creación. San Juan, PR: Publicaciones Gaviota, ISBN: 9781-61505-094-9.
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi J. (2005). Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales del Recinto de Río Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Río Piedras, PR: Serie Adelantos de Investigación 2, Centro de Investigaciones Sociales, RRP-UPR. ISBN: 978-1-932992-02-2.
- Gray Chris H., Figueroa Sarriera Heidi J., Mentor S. (Eds.) (1995). The Cyborg Handbook. London-New York : Routledge. ISBN13: 9780415908498, ISBN: 0415908493.
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi J., López María M. y Román M. (Eds.) (1994). Más allá de la bella (in)diferencia: Revisión "Postfeminista" y Otras Escrituras Posibles. Río Piedras: Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas. ISBN: 0929441664.
Languages
Spanish, English
Native language
Articles and Chapters (last 10 years)
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi (2019). Smartphone encarnado: semiótica para una prótesis digital. Revista deSignis, 30, 63-76
- Figueroa, H. & González, B. (2017). Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities for Community Psychology. En M. Bond, C. Keys & I
- Serrano- García (Eds.) Handbook of Community Psychology (pp. 469-483). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi (2016). Controversias en torno a los procesos de atención en ambientes multimediáticos. In Francisco Sierra Caballero y Daniela Favaro Garrossini (Coords.) Comunicación tecnología y educación (pp. 273-293). Ecuador: Ediciones CIESPAL.
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi (2013). Tecnologías de visualización en la investigación neuropsicológica: un estudio de caso sobre imaginario corporal. Athenea Digital. Revista de pensamiento e investigación social. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. 13 (3) 3-20. http://atheneadigital.net/article/view/v13-n3-figuero .
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi (2013). El cuerpo del domus entre dos siglos desde el discurso tecno-psicológico. Nómadas. Revista del Instituto de Estudios Sociales Contemporáneos, Universidad Central, Bogotá. 38, 31-48. http://www.ucentral.edu.co/images/stories/iesco/revista_nomadas/38/38_2f_el _cuerpo_del_domus.pdf
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi (2012). Telefonía móvil e imagen publicitaria: Razr 2, mujeres y vida cotidiana. Jen Concha Mateos Martín, Javier Herrero, Alberto Ardévol Abreu, Samuel Toledano Buendía y Ciro Herández (eds.). Actas del IV Congreso Internacional Latina: Comunicación, control y resistencias. La Laguna Tenerife, 4,5 y 7 de diciembre de 2012. La Laguna, Tenerife: Sociedad Latina de Comunicación Social. http://www.revistalatinacs.org/12SLCS/2012_actas/008_Figueroa.pdf
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi J. (2012). El celular como prótesis móvil en la vida cotidiana de mujeres jóvenes adultas. En Souza, María Dolores; Cabello, Patricio y Del Valle, Carlos (Eds.). Medios, edades y cultura. Temuco: Ediciones Universidad de La Frontera/CNTV. ISBN 978-956-236-222-1
- Montenegro, Marisela; Capdevila, Rose and Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi (2012). Towards a transnational feminism: Dialogues on feminisms and psychologies in a Latin American context. Feminism & Psychology, 22(2) pp. 220–227.
- Figueroa Sarriera, Heidi (2011). Telefonía celular: movilidad/inmovilidad en el contexto de la crisis global. Viento Sur, 117, 54-64.
Research in progress
Perceived time vs real time in everyday life smartphone usage. Research sponsored by Fondo Institucional para la Investigación, Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación (FIPI-DEGI), University of Puerto Rico. Interdisciplinary research team:
Samuel Colón (Psychology) Carmen Rivera Medina (Psychology), Luis Joel Donato (LabCAD) y Rafael Arce (Department of Computer Sciences), UPR RP.
Timeline
Retired Professor
Psychology Department, College of Social Sciences. Rio Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico
08.1995 - 06.2021
Professor of Psychology
Cayey University College, UPR
08.1989 - 06.1995
Ph.D. - Community Social Psychology
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Master of Arts - Community Social Psychology
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
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