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University of Luxembourg
Faculté des Sciences Humaines, des Arts et des Sciences de l'Education ( FLSHASE) / ( EMACS)
Campus de Walferdange (bâtiment XI)
Route de Diekirch
L - 7201 Walferdange
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Tél. (00352) 46.66.44.6642
salvador.rivas at uni dot lu |
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EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2010-present |
Collaborateur Scientifique
FLSHASE / EMACS, University of Luxembourg, Walferdange, GDL.
My primary responsibility is to lead the investigation, design, and implementation of a new admissions exam for the Bachelors of Science in Education (BScE) program – Luxembourg’s teacher training program for elementary school education. |
2007-2010 |
Research Analyst
NAEP-ESSI, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC USA.
Helped support and oversee Background Variable Item Development by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) study. In this role I reviewed and made recommendations regarding the development of background questionnaires for all NAEP surveys (Main NAEP, LTT, HSTS, NIES, and TUDA) improving the quality of background variables in three areas: student reporting categories, contextual and policy information, and subject-specific information. I also led the research and development of a new, innovative, measure of socioeconomic status for NAEP. Additional activities included: providing technical and content support for reviewing each stage of development for all operational and pilot student, teacher, school and other background questionnaires including tracking item development, and preparing meeting and briefing materials; conducting literature reviews, conducting small-scale investigations, planning or overseeing methodological studies, and responding to requests for information. |
2004-2007 |
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Audited and participated in various demography and statistics courses. Continued dissertation research and initiated new projects with various CDE faculty members. |
2003-2004 |
Research Associate
Professor Yu Xie, University of Michigan.
Population data research for General Motors. Responsible for preparing
and presenting summary reports of demographic, social and economic
trends based on Current Population Survey (CPS), General Social Survey (GSS), Survey of Consumer Expenditure (CE), and Census
data (PUMS). |
2003 Summer |
Research Associate
Professor David Lam, University of Michigan.
South Africa Distance Learning Project. Coordinated the processing
and analysis of data for the purposes of developing Stata-focused
teaching modules using project data. Responsible for updating and
maintaining project website. http://saproject.psc.isr.umich.edu/index.html |
2002 Summer |
Research Assistant
Professor James L. Levinsohn, University of Michigan.
South Africa Distance Learning Project - provides training in the
use and analysis of survey data to population researchers and students
in southern Africa. Responsible for updating and maintaining project
website. |
2001-2003 |
Research Assistant
Professor Patricia A. Peyser, University of Michigan.
Genetic Epidemiology Network of Atherosclerosis (GENOA) - study of
coronary artery disease as it relates to coronary artery calcification
- assisted with data entry and data analysis. |
2001 |
Research Associate
Associate Professor Mick Couper, University of Michigan.
Web Surveys & Virtual Selves – study of social desirability
on the web and its effects on web survey data – reviewed and
analyzed Slovenian based web survey data and helped draft conference
paper. |
1999-2001 |
Research Associate
Associate Professor Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs – study of social capital and social
context and their effects on immigrant self-employment using U.S.
Census data – updated bibliography, managed and analyze data,
and helped draft conference paper. |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
June 2008 |
Co-Instructor. “Introduction to the Malawi DHS: Demographic and Socio-economic Analysis using Stata.”
Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi in collaboration with the World Bank.
June 23 – June 28, 2008. |
Winter 2003 |
Co-Instructor. “Analysis of Survey Data
for Social Science Research”
Department of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa in
collaboration with the School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
January 20 – January 31, 2003. |
Winter 2002 |
Co-Instructor. “Analysis of Survey Data
for Social Science Research”
Department of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa in
collaboration with the School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
January 21 – February 1, 2002. |
Winter 2000 |
Graduate Student Instructor. “Introduction
to Research Methods”
Department of Sociology, University of Michigan. |
Fall 1999 |
Graduate Student Instructor. “Elementary
Statistics”
Department of Sociology, University of Michigan. |
PUBLICATIONS
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Wilson, Franklin D., Uzi Rebhun, and Salvador Rivas. 2011.
"Population Change and Changing Educational Attainment of Ethnic Groups in the United States, 1980-2000."
Population Research and Policy Review, 30:639-659.
• Freese, Jeremy, Salvador Rivas, and Eszter Hargittai. 2006.
"Cognitive Ability and Internet Use Among Older Adults."
Poetics, 34:236-249.
• Manfreda, Katja L., Mick Couper, Mateja Vohar, Salvador Rivas, and Vasja Vehovar. 2002.
"Virtual Selves and Web Surveys."
Developments in Social Science Methodology, 18:187-213. |
WORKING PAPERS
• Rivas, Salvador, Vicky Chang, and Robert M. Hauser. "Socioeconomic Measures for Occupations: An Update Using the American Community Survey, 2000-2006."
• Freese, Jeremy and Salvador Rivas. "Cognition, Personality, and the Sociology of Response to Social Change: The Case of Internet Adoption." CDE Working Paper, No. 2006-07.
• Pedraza, Silvia and Salvador Rivas. "Immigrant Self-Employment: The Role of Social Resources and Social Context Among Immigrants from Latin America and Asia in the U.S. in 1990."
• Rivas, Salvador. "Coverage Error: The Achilles' Heel of Web-based Surveys."
CDE Working Paper, No. 2006-06.
• Rivas, Salvador. "The Divide in the Digital Divide: Race and Ethnic Differences in Computer Ownership, 1984-2003."
• Rivas, Salvador, Gilbert Brenes-Camacho, and Julieta Perez-Amador. "Information Technology: A New Dimension of Social Inequality in Latin America."
• Rivas, Salvador and Burhan Ogut. "Deciphering SES: Understanding the Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Student Background Variables in NAEP." |
WORK IN PROGRESS
• Rivas, Salvador and Romain Martin. "Toward New Measures of Social Competencies Associated with Academic Performance in College and the Potential for Effective Teaching."
• Rivas, Salvador and Romain Martin. "Measuring Dynamic Social Competencies Through Standardized Video Recordings."
• Freese, Jeremy and Salvador Rivas. "The Effect of Literacy on Computer and Internet Use: Evidence from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy study."
• Rivas, Salvador. "The Divide in the Digital Divide: Race and Ethnic Differences in Computer Ownership, 1984-2003."
• Rivas, Salvador. "Determinants of Computer and Internet Adoption: Panel Data Evidence from the Current Population Survey."
• Rivas, Salvador and Kate Williams. "Computer and Internet Use Among So-Called 'Technology Have-Nots' in the Latino Community of Toledo, Ohio."
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PRESENTATIONS
2012 |
Rivas, Salvador, Gilbert Busana, Marlyn Binkeley, and Romain Martin. "Improving Admission Decisions for a Teacher Training Program: The Case of a Multilingual and Multicultural Environment." Paper presented at annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) held on April 13-17, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
2012 |
Dogan, Enis and Salvador Rivas. "A Blind Item-Review Process as a Method to Investigate Item Characteristics in Measuring Diverse Populations." Paper presented at annual meetings of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) held on April 14-16, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
2011 |
Rivas, Salvador, Robert M. Hauser, and Vicky Chang. "Toward a Revised Socioeconomic Index using the American Community Survey, 2000-2006." Poster presented at the annual Spring meetings of the International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) held on April 13 – April 16, 2011. |
2011 |
Ogut, Burhan and Salvador Rivas. "Deciphering Socioeconomic Status: Understanding the Association Between SES and Student Background Variables in the National Assessment of Educational Progress." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans, LA held April 8 – April 12, 2011. |
2010 |
Rivas, Salvador and Burhan Ogut. "Understanding the Association Between the National School Lunch Program, SES, and Reading Among Grade 8 Students in NAEP." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association in Denver, Colorado held April 30 - May 4, 2010. |
2010 |
Rivas, Salvador and Ebony L. Walton. "Looking to the Past, to help the Future: Using Retired NAEP Variables to Improve ELL Identification." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association in Denver, Colorado held April 30 - May 4, 2010. |
2007 |
Rivas, Salvador. “Digital Inequality Among U.S. Latinos: What do we know? What do we want to know?”
Invited presentation at eChicago: Understanding and Implementing Local Community Use of Information Technology symposium hosted by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University on April 20, 2007. |
2006 |
Rivas, Salvador, Julieta Perez Amador and Gilbert Brenes. “Analfabetismo
Cibernético: Una Nueva Dimensión de la Desigualdad Social
en Latinoamérica.” [“Cybernetic Illiteracy: A New
Dimension of Social Inequality in Latin America.”] Paper presented
at the 2nd Congress of the Population Association of Latin America
(ALAP) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico held September 3-5, 2006. |
2006 |
Freese, Jeremy, Salvador Rivas, and Eszter Hargittai. “Cognitive
Skills and Internet Use among Older Adults.” Paper presented
at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada held August 10-14, 2006. |
2006 |
Rivas, Salvador and Jeremy Freese. “Income
and Digital Inequalities in the United States.” Invited presentation
at the annual IRP Summer Research Workshop: “Current Research
on the Low-Income Population” in Madison, Wisconsin held June
19-22, 2006.
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2005 |
Freese, Jeremy and Salvador Rivas. “Cognition,
Personality, and the Sociology of Response to Social Change: The
Case of Internet Adoption.” Paper presented at the annual
meetings of the Gerontological Society of America in Orlando, Florida.
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2005 |
Pedraza, Silvia and Salvador Rivas. “Immigrant
Self-employment Among Latin American and Asian Immigrants in the U.
S. in 2000: A Tale of Resources, A Tale of Cities.” Invited
presentation at “Mexican Immigrant Entrepreneurs” mini-conference
hosted by the UCLA Latin American Center, Los Angeles, California. |
2005 |
Rivas, Salvador. “Exploring the Divide in the
Digital Divide: The Effect of Race/Ethnicity on Computer Ownership
in United States, 1984 – 2003.” Poster presented at the
annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Poster Session-2 Winner. |
2003 |
Rivas, Salvador and Justin L. Thomas. “Data in
the Classroom: South Africa Distance Learning Project.” Presented
at the Biennial Meeting of ICPSR Official Representatives, Ann Arbor,
Michigan. |
2003 |
Rivas, Salvador. “The U.S. Digital Divide: Race,
SES, and Social Context as Predictors of Computer Ownership, 1997-2001.”
Paper presented in round table session at the annual meetings of the
American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. |
2001 |
Rivas, Salvador. “The Digital Divide.” Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility Annual Conference, University
of Michigan. |
2001 |
Rivas, Salvador and Mateja Vohar. “Virtual Selves
and Web Surveys.” Paper presented at the International Conference
on Methodology & Statistics, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
2001 |
Rivas, Salvador. “Measuring the U.S. Digital-Divide.”
D3 Workshop: Digital Divide Doctoral Student Conference, University
of Michigan. |
2001 |
Rivas, Salvador. “A Closer Look at the U.S. Digital-Divide.”
Graduate Student Webshop, University of Maryland. |
1999 |
Pedraza, Silvia and Salvador Rivas. “Immigrant
Self-Employment: A Reassessment of the Role of Social Capital Among
Immigrants from Latin America and Asia in the U.S. in 1990,”
(with Silvia Pedraza) paper presented at the annual meetings of the
American Sociological Association, Chicago. |
1997 |
Rivas, Salvador. “Educational Attainment as a
Function of Delayed Acculturation.” Paper presented at the annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada. |
RESEARCH GRANTS
2004 |
Co-Principal Investigator with Kate Williams. “Computer
and Internet Use Among So-Called “Technology Have-Nots”
in the Latino Community of Toledo, Ohio.” Grant from the National
Poverty Center, $9,284. |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2008 |
Education Policy Fellowship Program Fellow (EPFP)
Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL), Washington, DC USA. |
2007 |
University of Colorado Population Center Award - Summer short course on Biodemography
University of Colorado - Boulder, CO USA. |
2005 |
RAND Summer Institute Award - Workshop on Demography, Economics, and Epidemiology of
Aging & Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA USA. |
2004 |
Dissertation Fellowship
Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA. |
2002 |
Social Science Training Award
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA. |
2000 |
Sweetland Writing Center Fellow
Department of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA. |
1997-2002 |
Horace H. Rackham Merit Fellowship
Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA. |
1997 |
Social Science Training Award
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA. |
1997 |
Minority Fellowship Award,
American Sociological Association (declined), Washington, DC USA. |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2010-present |
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) |
2007-present |
American Educational Research Association (AERA) |
2008-present |
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) |
2005-present |
Population Association of America (PAA) |
2004-present |
Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE): University of Wisconsin-Madison |
2000-present |
Population Studies Center (PSC): University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
1997-present |
American Sociological Association (ASA) |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2008 |
Reviewer
Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) |
2007 |
Session Organizer
Population Association of America
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2007-present |
Reviewer
American Journal of Sociology (AJS) |
2006-present |
Reviewer
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Pilot Grant Program |
2006-present |
Reviewer
Social Problems (SSSP) |
2004-present |
Reviewer
American Sociological Review (ASR) |
OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE
2009-2010 |
Chair of the Education and Recreation Committee (ERC)
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 1A), Washington, DC USA. |
2006-present |
Consultant
American Institutes for Research (AIR), Washington, DC USA.
On behalf of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), I continue to work on improving the measurement of socioeconomic status in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). |
ANCILLARY INFORMATION
• Languages: English and Spanish (fluent in both), French (basic), German (basic)
• Special Software/Technical Skills: Stata, R, SPSS, SAS, LISREL, HLM, GeoDa, ArcView
• U.S. Federal Clearance Level: Special Sworn Status (SSS)
• Special Training Certificates: Title 13 Safeguarding Census Confidential Data; Title 26 Awareness Training; Information Security Awareness; NIH Protecting Human Research Participants (PHRP)
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REFERENCES
DAVID R. HARRIS, PH.D.
Provost
Tufts University
Ballou Hall
Medford, MA 02155
(617) 627-3310
david dot harris at tufts
dot edu |
YU XIE, PH.D.
Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Sociology and Statistics
University of Michigan
426 Thompson
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248
(734) 936-0039 yuxie at umich
dot edu |
ROBERT M. HAUSER, PH.D.
Vilas Research Professor of Sociology, Emeritus
University of Wisconsin-Madison
4430 Social Science Bldg.
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-4715
hauser at ssc
dot wisc dot edu
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FRANKLIN D. WILSON, PH.D.
William H. Sewell-Bascom Professor of Sociology, Emeritus
University of Wisconsin-Madison
4446 Social Science Bldg.
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2182
wilson at ssc
dot wisc dot edu |
JEREMY FREESE, PH.D.
Department Chair and Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Northwestern University
1810 Chicago Ave., Room 222
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
(847) 467-3985
jfreese at northwestern dot edu
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SILVIA PEDRAZA, PH.D.
Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
University of Michigan
1225 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590
(734) 647-3659
spedraza at umich
dot edu
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