Federico Daniel Alegría Gómez
federico.alegria@protonmail.com | linktr.ee/federicoalegria
HIGHER EDUCATION
DR. JOSÉ MATÍAS DELGADO UNIVERSITY (UJMD)
Foreign Trade Diploma (2012)
DR. JOSÉ MATÍAS DELGADO UNIVERSITY (UJMD)
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (2007 - 2012)
DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY (UDB)
MSc Quality Management (2014 - 2016)
CENTRAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (UCA) - DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY (UDB)
PhD Social Sciences (2018 - present) {candidate}
Residence at the Public University of Navarre (2020)
WORK EXPERIENCE
PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR
La Fábrica - Branding Studio (2011 - 2012)
LOGISTICS
TORCO Industrial (2012 - 2014)
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Clan Companies (2014 - 2018)
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
+ José Simeón Cañas Central American University
- Sociology & Political Sciences Department (2021 - 2022)
- Research Project: Structural Violence and COVID-19 - Visual presentation of people under isolation and hospitalisation measurements
STAFF RESEARCHER
+ José Simeón Cañas Central American University
- Sociology & Political Sciences Department (2023 - 2024)
- Research Project: Microenterprises and their contribution to the construction of the socioeconomic and cultural fabric of El Salvador
CURATOR, EDITOR & WRITER ON PHOTOGRAPHY
Freelance (2015 - present)
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER
Freelance (2009 - present)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
+ José Simeón Cañas Central American University
- Master's program in Product and Service Design (2022 - present)
- Methodological Design for Design Research
- Graduation Seminar
- Master's program in Territorial Development (2021 - present)
- Graduation Seminar
- Research Methodology
- Techniques and Quantitative Analysis
+ Dr José Matías Delgado University
- Design School (2018 - present)
- Photography 2018 - 2019
- Graduation Seminar 2019
- Sociology Applied to Design 2020 - present
TEACHING TRAINING
+ Dr. José Matías Delgado University
- Comprehensive Training Program in Academical Teaching (2018)
- Digital Skills of University Teaching (2022)
- Competences in Higher Education (2022)
- University Teaching for the Blended Modality (2023)
+ José Simeón Cañas Central American University
- Scientific Research Basic Workshops (2021)
- Scientific Research Methodology Diploma for Teachers (2022)
- MINED Teaching Certification (2023)
ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS DEVELOPED
José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA)
Master's program in Territorial Development:
- Influence of beliefs in gynaecological decisions and its effect on the current state of gender equality, in women from 18 to 45 years of age in the Canton of San Marcos de la Cruz, Municipality of Zacatecoluca
- Environmental behaviours’ internalisation of the inhabitants of the Cerro Tecana community, in Santa Ana
- Environmental attitudes of members of the Trinational Network of Rural Youth of the Trifinio Fraternidad
Transboundary Biosphere Reserve of the municipalities of La Palma and San Ignacio, Chalatenango
- Intent to migrate in young women aged 18 to 25 from the municipality of Santa Ana Centro with relatives abroad, in contrast to the efforts made by the system of actors, regarding the prevention of migration
- Feasibility of organisation in the Nahuatl-speaking community of Santo Domingo de Guzmán regarding the conservation of the Nahuatl language
- Community Social Capital identified in the initiatives promoted at the Comprehensive Center for Experimentation and Training in Agriculture and Breeding of Minor Species (CHINAMPA), located in the Cabañas canton, municipality of Ciudad Delgado, department of San Salvador
- Mental Health Perceptions of the Mental Health Facilitators Committee and the El Manguito Community in San Salvador and Their Implications for Territorial Development
- Women's Participation in Resilient Climate Actions and Their Relationship with the Afolu Sector in San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador
- Reintegration and Economic Empowerment: Participation of Returned Migrant Women in Community Development in the Jiquilisco District
- Community Management of Drinking Water: The Case of the El Carpintero-La Pitahaya Communal Association of Water and Development (ACCPAD), Polorós, La Unión (1994-2025)
- Community Social Capital and Group Dynamics: The Case of United Communities in the Natividad Canton, Santa Ana Centro District
Master's program in Product and Service Design:
- Main opportunities that the people-centred design methodology can bring to future public policy development processes, specifically one that promotes the development of the artisanal sector in El Salvador
- Sustainable management of the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) through the design and application of a selective containment and control device applied in tomato plantations under protected conditions
- Introduction of the prototyping process prior to the elaboration of flat weaving on a lever loom in the municipality of San Sebastián
- Study of Mesoamerican Iconography as a Basis for the Design of Ethnic Sportswear with Cultural Identity for the Salvadoran National Teams of the Mesoamerican Ball Game
- Experimental Exploration of Pollinaza Ash as a Sustainable Material Using the Material-Centered Design (MCD) Methodology
- Innovation of Typical Salvadoran Sweets for a Young Generation (18 to 28 Years Old): Application of Food Design Thinking
Dr. José Matías Delgado University (UJMD)
Graphic Design Degree:
- On building trust as a key element in high quality fashion photography
- Semiotic analysis of the main characters inspired by the literary work of Salarrué "O-Yarkandal" and designed by Rossemberg Rivas for the opera show "The Magic Flute" in the context of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Lyric Theatre of Cuba
- Descriptive study of the production process behind films in El Salvador from 2012 to 2018
- Participatory design of a didactic game as a support tool for the development of emotional intelligence in children within 6 to 11 years old from the "Marcelino García Flamenco" School Centre at the Santa Tecla municipality in El Salvador
- Design of a celestial planisphere of the latitude of the Republic of El Salvador as a didactic tool for teaching-learning to children aged between 7 to 11 in the basic astronomy workshops for the Salvadoran Astronomy Association, in the department of San Salvador, El Salvador
- Semiotic analysis from Algirdas J. Greimas actantial model in the interactions of the main characters in the Salvadoran film "The Fish Out of Water"
AESTHETIC, CULTURAL AND VISUAL CONTENT STUDIES
[2015] - Miguel Hernández University of Elche: Pictorial Composition Techniques • University of Texas: Jazz Appreciation • University of Pennsylvania: Modern and Contemporary Poetry of the United States | [2016]MoMA: Ideas, Research, Activities and Modern Art · Through Photography • Harvard University: Modern American Poetry • Shaw Academy: Diploma in Digital Photography | [2017] Node Centre: Artistic and Contemporary Photography · Introduction to Curation · Art Criticism & Writing • University of Leicester: Behind the Scene at the 21st Century Museum | [2018] Node Centre: Liquid Photography • Magnum: The Art of Street Photography ■ RESEARCH STUDIES
[2017] University of Leicester: Ethics of Research in Society • Autonomous University of Madrid: Philosophical Idealism | [2019] University of Amsterdam: Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences Specialisation • José Simeón Cañas Central American University: Use of R in Social Sciences, Applications with the EHPM The Frankfurt School, Three generations of critical theory | [2020] University of Queensland - Anthropology of Current World Issues | [2021] University of Amsterdam: Classical Sociological Theory • José Simeón Cañas Central American University: Epistemology and Research in the Social Sciences Introduction to Statistical Computing with R Introduction to Multivariate Analysis ■
OTHER STUDIES
[2016] University of Reading: Understanding Weather • Ergonomists Society of Mexico: Applied Industrial Ergonomics and Biomechanics • University of Manchester: Responsible Management: Practising Sustainability, Responsibility and Ethics • University of Lancaster: Food Security | [2017] José Simeón Cañas Central American University: Project Management ■
AFFILIATIONS
- North American Critical Realism Network https://www.sandyrao.com/collaboratory#Critical-Realism
- The Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Human Rights & Science https://knowmadinstitut.org/journal/index.php/jms
- The Social Documentary Network https://www.socialdocumentary.net/
- The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science https://improvingpsych.org/
INDEXED PUBLICATIONS
- Ubiquitous Photography https://doi.org/10.5377/typ.v1i37.14063
- Learning Generation Gap http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7117293
- Photographic Presentation of the Person under Isolation Measures due to COVID-19 https://doi.org/10.51378/eca.v77i770.7597
- Territorial Development in El Salvador: Academic Dynamics and Tasks https://doi.org/10.51378/eca.v79i779.9222