Name José Ramón V I L L A L O N SORZANO Date of Birth December 02, 1929 Place of Birth Havana, Cuba. Citizenship American by naturalization since May 1996 Religious affiliation Roman Catholic Civil Status Married; to Olga C.SOLER-BONNIN; four children Social Security Number 584-98-3432 Home Address La Rambla, 2009 c.Extremadura PONCE PR 00730-4079 Home Telephones (787) 844-4557 and (787) 848-7262 (also fax) E-mails: <jrvillalon@centennialpr.net> & jrvillalon@usa.net Present Employment Universidad de Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus. Full Professor in Humanities. EDUCATION (After a teacher's diploma; four years in Philosophy and letters [Havana U]; 32 credits in graduate psychology [Villanueva U]; a licenciature in Medieval History [Lateran U.]; and studies in Archaeology and Hebrew language[Pontif. Biblical Inst. Jerusalem])my main studies are):
Sacred Theology Doctorate Summa Cum Laude,Lateran University (1970)
University of Tübingen, Germany - (Sabbatical Year) (1970 - 1971) One semester auditing in theology as a guest at Prof. Hans Küng's doctoral circle. One semester studies in Philosophy
All required credits in Hispanic Studies with a major in Linguistics conducing to the Ph. D. Candidacy, including the Doctoral Examination in Linguistics. (1976 - 1984)LANGUAGES SPOKEN: S p a n i s h (native)
Outstanding speaking, reading and writing ability in:
English, French, German and Italian.
Working ability in:Portuguese,Dutch,Latin,Greek,ancient and modern Hebrew.TRAVEL -I have traveled extensively through E u r o p e , where I lived for twelve years in different countries, including Italy, France and Germany; the M i d d l e E a s t , where I lived for six months; and L a t i n A m e r i c a , including a five year stage in Mexico. I have given series of lectures, whole seminars or courses in the USA, West Germany, Italy, France, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela, in five different languages, and attended international cultural meetings in USA, Venezuela, Perú, El Salvador, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Italy, France and Israel.< PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY IN PUERTO RICO C h a i r m a n at the Theology Department and the Postgraduate School of Theology, CUPR. University Senator, CUPR. 1975, named Associate Professor. Associate Professor and Coordinator of Religious Studies at the Universidad Central de Bayamón. Professor for Business Ethics, UPR School of Business, Río Piedras. (Except for one semester in 1979) Professor for Spanish, Spanish Literature, and Linguistics ; Co-Chairman of the Spanish Area at the International Institute of the Americas (World University) - Ponce Center. Dean of Academic Affairs, Colegio Percy, Ponce. Assistant Professor, since 1991, Associate Professor, since 1996 Full Professor for Humanities, UPR - Ponce Center. Senator at the UPR Senate in Ponce PUBLICATIONS: (Partial List) - L'Esprit Saint dans l'Economie Sacramentelle . A 120-page printed abstract of the doctoral dissertation. Lateran University Press.
- Sacrements dans l'Esprit, Collection Théologie Historique #43, Editions Beauchesne, Paris, 1976. 444 pages.- (In association with Dr. A. R. Villarini) Encuentro Nacional sobre la Enseñanza y la Investigación Orientadas al Desarrollo del Pensamiento. Ponencias del Segundo (1988) y Tercer (1989) Encuentro. UPR, Admin. Central, Asuntos Académicos, 1993 (304 pages) - El Significado de la Muerte de Jesús, Independently printed booklet. Ponce, 1981.
- El Control Emocional en la Educación, Independently
printed booklet of the series Theoria, Editorial Biblioteca del Pensamiento Crítico, 6, San Juan, 1993.- "El Camino del Exilado Cubano", in MARIA C. HERRERA, Temática Cubana, New York, 1970, pp 254-277. - "El Pensamiento Mítico: Un nuevo Capítulo para el Desarrollo del Pensamiento" in Encuentro Nacional... (vid. supra) 1993. (pages 124 - 148) - "El Pensamiento Crítico y lo Afectivo en las Humanidades" in Encuentro Nacional... (vid. supra) 1993, (pages 205 - 227) - "La Trascendencia" in SANCHEZ, Juan José, El Ser Humano desde la Perspectiva Filosófica, San Juan(Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas)1997 - (With I. De Jesús) "Un Congrès sur le Diaconat", in Lasallianum 6, (1966) Rome, pp 295-319. - "Pastoral del Sacramento de la Penitencia", in Lasallianum 9, Rome (1968) pp. 156-167. - "Une Catéchèse Fondamentale Allemande", in Catéchistes 85, (1971) Paris, pp. 44-69. - "Sources Vétérotestamentaires de la Doctrine Qumranienne des Deux Messies", in Revue de Qumran 8, (1972) Paris, pp. 53-63. - "AUn texto Difícil del Evangelio", in Horizontes 17, (1974) CUPR, Ponce, pp 105-109. - "Sí o No al Pluralismo", in Areito, II, 4 (1976) New York, pp 25-28. - "Propósitos Polémicos en Torno a la Cultura Cubana" in Areito VII, 28, New York (1981) - "Estructuras y Técnicas Narrativas en El Acoso de Alejo Carpentier" in Ceiba IX, 14, (1985) Ponce, pp 39-51 . - "Rogar", in Ceiba X, 15 (1986) Ponce, pp 139-143. - "Tres Fundamentos para nuestro Pensamiento" Ceiba, 1989-90 - "El Modo del Conocimiento en la Religión y en la Ciencia", en El Cuervo (1990) Aguadilla - "Estudio y Promoción de la Democracia" 4º Enc. Nac., Arecibo 1991, unpublished - "El Currículo Universitario y los Valores", en El Cuervo, (1993), Aguadilla. - "Globalización: un término en busca de una definición" in Crecemos, año 4 núm 1 , 1998
- "Literacia sobre el cerebro" in Crecemos, año 5 núm. 1 (1999) - "Ideas sobre la Complejidad aplicadas al estudio de la Consciencia" Enc. Int., 2000 - "El discurso tecnológico y el necesario giro hermenéutico" (Paper read at the 2nd. International and 13th National Encounter on Thinking and Education, March 2001, Mayagüez, unpublished). - "El pensamiento crítico en el contexto de otras formas de pensamiento" (Paper read at the 3rd. International and 14th. National Encounter on Thinking and Education, March 2002, Caribe Hilton, unpublished) - "Naturaleza y Perspectivas de la Ética Católica"(Paper read at the 3rd. International and 14th. National Encounter on Thinking and Education, March 2002, Caribe Hilton, unpublished) - "Yo Hombre y Tú Mujer, el tema del lenguaje inclusivo" Ceiba, año 1, Núm. 1, segunda época, enero - mayo 2002
