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MARCUS ANTONIUS HIDALGO YNALVEZ

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Department of Behavioral, Applied Sciences and Criminal Justice (BASCJ)

Texas A&M International University

 312D Canseco Hall, Laredo, Texas 78041 USA

Email: mynalvez@tamiu.edu

Day phone: (956) 326-2621

Telefax: (956) 326-2474


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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
 


EDUCATION

Ph.D. Sociology with concentration on Science and Technology Studies (December 2006)

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

Dissertation: Dynamics of Globalization in Philippine Scientific Communities

(Professor Wesley M. Shrum, Adviser)

M.A. Sociology/Statistics (July 1996)

University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB)

Thesis: Personal Efficacy in Farming as a Mediating Factor Between Socio-Economic Characteristics and Adoption of Modern Rice Growing Technologies

(Professor Nenita E. Tapay, Adviser)

B.S. Statistics/Sociology (December 1988) – Three-Year Accelerated College Program

University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB)

Special Problem: Comparison of Regression Techniques

(Professor Felino P. Lansigan, Adviser)

 AREAS OF INTEREST

Quantitative methodology (generalized linear models)

Statistics and probability sampling survey designs

Social inequality and stratification

Social change and globalization

Social networks (egocentric and sociometric techniques)

Social research methods (quantitative and qualitative)

Sociology of science and technology

GRANTS, HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2007. TAMIU-Mini Grant, Texas A&M International University, USA

2006. Teaching Excellence Award, Sociology Club, Louisiana State University, USA

2005. Travel Grant to the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Conference in Pasadena, California. Awarded by the Society for Social Studies of Science

2005. Graduate School Travel Grant to attend the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Conference in Pasadena, California. Awarded by LSU Graduate School, USA

2005. College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Council Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Louisiana State University, USA

2005. Nominated Member, Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociological Honor Society

2005. Rudolf Heberle Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Performance, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, USA

2005. Teaching Excellence Award, Sociology Club, Louisiana State University, USA

2004. National Science Foundation Dissertation Enhancement Grant (Award No. 0432114), NSF Program 1353 Science and Technology Studies, Washington D.C., USA

2004. Teaching Excellence Award, Sociology Club, Louisiana State University, USA

2003. Member of United States Delegation to the Trilateral Meeting (China, Japan, and United States) on “The Internet, Science, and Society,” East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

2003. Graduate School Travel Grant to attend the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Awarded by LSU Graduate School, USA 2002. Louisiana State University Graduate School Enhancement (2002-2006)
2002. Graduate Webshop. Internet Scholarship Program, Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
2002. Internet Scholarship Program. Graduate Webshop. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.

1996. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society for Academic Excellence in Graduate Studies, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines

1995. Group Achievement Award in Biometrics Training, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines

1994. Rice Production Training Merit Award, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines

1991. University of the Philippines Los Baños Fellowship Grant (1991-1996), Philippines

1985. Department of Science of Technology and University of the Philippines Los Baños 3-year accelerated college program, Philippines

1984. Cadet Officer Leadership Training, Efficiency Award, Department of Citizen Military Training, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines

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RESEARCH PROJECTS

Quantitative methodology (generalized linear models)

Statistics and probability sampling survey designs

Social inequality and stratification

Social change and globalization Social networks (egocentric and sociometric techniques)

Social research methods (quantitative and qualitative)

Sociology of science and technology

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PUBLICATIONS

IN PROGRESS

1. Marcus Ynalvez. “Does Scientific Collaboration Lead to Research Productivity?: Testing the Taken For Granted Assumption that Working Together Leads to Increased Output” (targeting: American Sociological Review; submission date early 2008)

2. Marcus Ynalvez, John Kilburn & Marivic Torregosa. “Correlates of Social Network Change: A Comparative Analysis Based on the 1985 and 2004 GSS Network Dataset” (targeting: Social Forces; submission date to be determined)

3. Marcus Ynalvez. “The Internet and the Size and Geographical Diversity of Social Networks” (targeting: Technology in Society; submission date to be determined)

SUBMISSIONS, ACCEPTED AND PUBLISHED WORKS

A. SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Marcus Ynalvez & Wesley Shrum. “Culture and Collaboration: International Graduate Training and Science in Developing Areas (submitted and under review), International Sociology

2. Duque, Richard B., Marcus Ynalvez, and Wesley Shrum. “Using Video in Sociology Courses” (submitted and under review), Journal of Teaching Sociology                                                                                                               

3. Ynalvez, Marcus A., Ricardo Duque, and Wesley Shrum. “Collaboration and Reagency in Distant Lands: An Essay on the Effects of the Internet in the Research Community of Developing Areas,” in Science on the Internet (FORTHCOMING 2008) Edited by Gary Olson, Nathan Bos, and Ann Zimmerman, MIT Press. (Contract signed with MIT Press)

4. Ynalvez, Marcus and Wesley Shrum (2008). “International Graduate Training, Digital Inequality and Professional Network Structure: An Ego-Centric Social Network Analysis of Knowledge Producers at the ‘Global South’” Scientometrics Vol. 76 (2) DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1936-0

5. B. Paige Miller, Marcus Ynalvez, Ricardo Duque, Meredith Anderson, R. Sooryamoorthy, Antony Palackal, Dan-Bright Dzorgbo, Paul Mbatia, Wesley Shrum. “Internet Reagency: The Implications of a Global Science for Collaboration, Productivity, and Gender Inequity in Developing Areas,” in Handbook of Internet Research (FORTHCOMING 2007)

6. Sooryamoorthy, Radhamany, Ricardo B. Duque, Marcus Antonius Ynalvez, and Wesley Shrum (2007). “Scientific Collaboration and the Kerala Model: Does the Internet Make a Difference?” Journal of International Development On-Line Volume, 20 April 2007, (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114214399/ABSTRACT) DOI: 10.1002/jid.1376

7. Shrum, Wesley M., Ricardo Duque, and Marcus Ynalvez (2007). "Lessons of the Lower Ninth: The Methodology and Epistemology of Video Ethnography” Technology in Society Vol. 29 (2) 215-225.

8. Ynalvez, Marcus Antonius. “Does Mickey Mouse Matter? International Training, Professional Networks, and Productivity of Philippine Scientists,” in Past, Present, and Future of Research in the Information Society (2007) Edited by Wesley Shrum, Keith Benson, Weibe Bijker and Klaus Brunnstein, Springer, pp. 24-28.

9. Ynalvez, Marcus and Wesley Shrum (2006). “International Training and the Digital Divide: Computer and Email Use in the Philippines,” Perspectives on Global Development and Technology Vol. 5 (4) 277-302.

10. Ynalvez, Marcus A., R. B. Duque, R. Sooryamoorthy, P. Mbatia, Wesley Shrum (2005). “When Do Scientists ‘Adopt’ the Internet? Dimensions of Connectivity in Developing Areas,” Scientometrics Vol. 63 (1), pp. 39-67.

11. Duque, R.B., M.A. Ynalvez, R. Sooryamoorthy, P. Mbatia, Wesley Shrum (2005). “Collaboration Paradox: Scientific Productivity, the Internet, and Problems in the Developing World,” Social Studies of Science Vol. 35 (5), 755-85.

B. STATISTICS

1. Member of EDSD Group, Asian Development Bank Basic Facts (recently Basic Statistics) 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000

2. Raymundo, A.K., A.M. Briones, E.Y. Ardales, M.T. Perez, L.C. Fernandez, J.E. Leach, T.W. Mew, M.A. Ynalvez, C.G. McLaren, and R.J. Nelson (1999). Analysis of DNA Polymorphism and Virulence in Philippine strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzicola, Plant Disease, 1999: 83 (5) pp. 434-440

3. Member of EDSD Group, which worked on the Asian Development Bank Key Indicators of Developing Member Countries 1997, 1998, 1999

4. Bartolome V.I., Casumpang R.M., Ynalvez M.A., Olea A.B., McLaren C.G. IRRISTAT for Windows—Statistical software for agricultural research. Los Baños, Philippines: Biometrics, IRRI, 1999.

5. Bartolome, V.I., M.C.C. Carrasco, L.C. Quintana, M.I.B. Ferino, J.Z. Mojica, A.B. Olea, L.C. Paunlagui, C.G. Ramos, M.A. Ynalvez, and C.G. Mclaren. 1998. Experimental design and data analysis for agricultural research. Vol. 1. IRRI, Manila, Philippines.

6. Anh, S.W., Ynalvez, M.A., McLaren C.G., Lopez, V.C., Barrios, H.A. (1997). Rice Genotype by Environment (GxE) Interaction in Multilocation Evaluation of Rice Blast. Phytopathology 87 (Supplement), S3 Abstract.

7. Yin, Y.Y., M.J. Kropff, and M.A. Ynalvez (1997). Photoperiodically Sensitive and Insensitive Phases of Preflowering Development in Rice, Crop Science, 1997: 37 (1) pp. 182-190
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8. Courtois, B. ; Mclaren, C. G. ; Ynalvez, M. A. ; Hernandez, J. ; Andaya, V. M. J. ; Hondrade, E. ; Chatel, M. ; Guimaraes, E. P. ; Jones, M. ; Ibrahim, T. ; Darwis, S. ; Syarif, A. A. ; Chaitep, W. ; Moolsri, S. ; Prasad, K. ; Sinha, P. K. . Old And New Tools To Analyze Genotype X Environment Interactions: Impact On Upland Rice Breeding. In: Upland Rice Consortium Workshop, 1996. Upland Rice Research in Partnership. Padang, Indonésia. v. 1. p. 195-215.

9. Savary, S., N.P. Castilla, F.A. Elazegui, C.G. McLaren, M.A. Ynalvez, and P.S. Teng (1995). Direct And Indirect Effects Of Nitrogen Supply and Disease Source Structure on Rice Sheath Blight Spread, Phytopathology, 1995 85:9(9) pp. 959-965

10. N.P. Castilla, C.G. McLaren, M.A. Ynalvez and S. Savary (1994). Path Analysis of Focus Expansion in Rice Sheath Blight, IRRI International Rice Research Notes, 19:4 pp. 27-28

11. M.B. de Ramos, R.C. Joshi, C.J. Angcla, and M.A. Ynalvez (1992). Variance Stabilizing and Normalizing Transformations for Field Count Damage Data in Rice Caused by the Stalk-Eyed Fly (SEF), Diopsis Longicornis Macquart(Diptera: Diopsidae). The Philippine Statistician 41:1-4 pp. 18-34                                                       Top

CONFERENCE PAPERS

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS IN SOCIOLOGY AND STATISTICS

1. Marcus Ynalvez and Wesley Shrum. “International Graduate Training, Digital Inequality and Professional Network Structure: An Ego-Centric Social Network Analysis of Knowledge Producers at the ‘Global South’,” 70th Annual Southern Sociological Society Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2007

2. Marcus Ynalvez “Does Scientific Collaboration Lead to Research Productivity?: Testing the Taken For Granted Assumption that Working Together Leads to Increased Output,” TAMIU BASCJ Monthly Research Seminar, Laredo, Texas, February 2007

3. Marcus Ynalvez “International Graduate Training, Digital Inequality and Professional Networks:An Ego-Centric Social Network Analysis of Philippine Scientists,” TAMIU BASCJ Monthly Research Seminar, Laredo, Texas, December 2006

4. Marcus Ynalvez and Wesley Shrum. “Philippines Scientific Cultures and IT Mediation,” Past, Present, and Future of Research in the Information Society. Tunis, Tunisia, November 2005.

5. Marcus Ynalvez and Wesley Shrum. “Does Mickey Mouse Matter? International Training and Professional Networks of Philippine Scientists,” Society for Social Studies of Science. Pasadena, California, October 2005.

6. Marcus Ynalvez. “Routinization of Surveillance: Conflict and Social Interaction,” Society for Social Studies of Science. Pasadena, California, October 2005.

7. “Inequalities in Internet Access and Patterns of Scientific Collaboration,” Marcus Ynalvez, Ricardo B. Duque, R. Sooryamoorthy, Paul Mbatia, Dan-Bright Dzorgbo, Wesley Shrum. Mid South Sociological Association. Baton Rouge, November 2003.

8. “Inequalities in Internet Access and Patterns of Scientific Collaboration,” Marcus Ynalvez, Ricardo B. Duque, R. Sooryamoorthy, Paul Mbatia, Dan-Bright Dzorgbo, Wesley Shrum. Society for Social Studies of Science. Atlanta, Georgia. October 2003.

9. “The Collaboration Paradox: Scientific Productivity, the Internet, and Problems in Research in Developing Regions,” Ricardo Duque, Marcus Ynalvez, R. Sooryamoorthy, Paul Mbatia, Dan-Bright Dzorgbo, Wesley Shrum. Mid South Sociological Association, Baton Rouge, November 2003.

10. “Does Collaboration Matter for the Developing World?” Ricardo Duque, Marcus Ynalvez, R. Sooryamoorthy, Paul Mbatia, Dan- Bright Dzorgbo, Wesley Shrum. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, Atlanta, Georgia. October 2003

11. “The Identity of the Guest in Science for Developing Areas,” Wesley Shrum, Ricardo Duque, Marcus Ynalvez, R. Sooryamoorthy, Paul Mbatia, and Dan-Bright Dzorgbo. Society for Social Studies of Science. Milwaukee. November 2002.

12. “Methods of Analysis for GxE Interaction in Blast Susceptibility in Rice,” Ynalvez, Marcus, C.G. McLaren and S.W. Ahn. FCSSP, Silliman University, Dumaguete, Philippines (1995).

13. “Factors Affecting Husband Participation in Family Planning,” Ynalvez, Marcus, F. Magdalena and L.A. Magalit . Workshop on Multivariate Analysis of Health Data, Sponsored by the U.S. East West Center - U.P. Population Institute Workshop, Quezon City (1993).

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Department of Behavioral, Applied Sciences and Criminal Justice
Texas A&M International University
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