MARIA SOPHIA AGUIRRE, Ph.D.School of Business and EconomicsThe Catholic University of America

Washington, DC 20064Phone: 202-319-4957

email: Aguirre@cua.edu

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C. 2013 – 2015 Academic Chair, Integral Economics Development, School of Business and Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C. 2013 – 2015 Director of Economics Programs, School of Business and Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C. 2011 - 2015 Academic Chair, Integral Economic Development Programs, Department of Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C. 2010 - Present Ordinary Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C. 1999 - 2010 Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Economics THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C. 1994 - 1999 Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Economics UNIVERSIDAD DEL ITSMO, GUATEMALA, Fall 2012 Fulbright Scholar UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL, AREGENTINA. Fall 2001 Visiting Professor, Instituto de Altos Estudios Empresariales (IAEE) UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. CHICAGO, IL. 1991 - 1994 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. CHICAGO, IL. 1991 - 1993 Lecturer

EDUCATION

Visiting Scholar, September 1991 - June 1994 University of Chicago Ph.D., ECONOMICS, January 1992 University of Notre Dame Area of Concentration: Public Policy: Monetary and Fiscal Policies. Secondary Concentration: Development: International Financial Markets. M.A. ECONOMICS, November 1988 University of Notre Dame CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, March 1985 Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires Graduated summa cum laude MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, March 1985 Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires Graduated summa cum laude BACHELOR OF ARTS, Business and Accounting, March 1983 Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

Intel (2015-2017)JP Sacouto (2014-2015)Koch Foundation (2013-2014) MacCarthur Foundaion (2012-2013) Fulbright Senior Scholar (2012) The Doha International Institute for Family Studies & Development (2011-2013) Rosemoor Foundation (2008) K&B Underwriters, LLC (2006-2007) Desarrollo Informático SRL (2005) Hartman Foundation (2004) Vollmer Foundation (Summer 2000-2002) Hartman Foundation (Summer 2000) Human Rights Institute (Summer 1999) Population Research Institute (Summer 1999) Vollmer Foundation (Summer 1999) The Heritage Foundation (Summer 1999) CUA Research Grant (Summer 1996)

CUA Research Grant (Summer 1994) Zaham Travel Research Grant (Summer 1990) Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship (Years 1989-1991)

AWARDS

Fulbright Scholar, 2012-2013Cardinal Service Commitment Award, Outstanding Service Commitment Award, CUA, 2012 Selected as part of the “World Family Scholars Database”, Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, Dubai, October 2008 - Present. Awarded, Magister en Gestión Educativa’s Award, Consejo Iberoamericano, Lima, Perú, 2004 Selected to the inclusion in Who’s Who in Social Sciences Higher Education, April 2004. Citation of Excellence, Paper published in Journal of Economic Studies, 25:6, 1998. ANBAR Electronic Intelligence, 1999Selected for the inclusion in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, March 1996 and 2006.

PUBLICATIONS

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Martha Cruz Zuniga, “Increasing Efficiency of Outcomes through Cooperation and Initiative: An Integral Approach to Randomized Field Experiments”, Dignity and Development, Paolo Carozza (ed.), University of Notre Dame Press, Forthcoming 2016.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Martha Cruz Zuniga, “Improving Reproductive Health through Participatory Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Field Staged Experiment in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala”, Revista Espanola de Salud Publica, Forthcoming 2016.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Virtue Ethics and Global Development", in Handbook on Virtue Ethics and Globalization, Martin Schalg (ed), Springer, Forthcoming 2016.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, Lauren Harper, and Samantha Hawkins, “Family Structure’s Effects on Social Capital and Human Capital in Guatemala”, in Family and Sustainable Development, Montserrat Gas and Aixendri Rita Cavalloti (ed), Thomson Reuters, 2015.

Aguirre, Sophia Maria, Estefania Cohn and Marc Rugani, "An Impact Evaluation of The Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores in Guatemala: An Integral Approach", IED Report #5, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2015.

Aguirre, Sophia Maria and Andrea Vazquez, "An Impact Evaluation of APIB Cooperatives in Guatemala: An Integral Approach", IED Report #4, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2015.

Aguirre, Sophia Maria and Cruz- Zuniga, Martha, Patricia Pintado, and Tien-Hao Lee, "An Impact Evaluation of Aprendamos Juntas in Guatemala: An Integral Approach", IED Report #3, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2014.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, " Socio-Economic Impact of the Work of the Home", in Care Professions and Globalization, Ana Marta González and Craig Iffland (eds), Pelgrave- MacMillan, 2014. Aguirre, Sophia Maria, Cruz- Zuniga, Martha and Papakosta, Eleni, "An Impact Evaluation of Enlace Guatemala: An Integral Approach", IED Report #2, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2013.

Aguirre, Sophia Maria, "An Impact Evaluation of the Educational Program On Civic Values in Nqatoqi’", IED Report #1, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2013.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, Family Structure and Wealth in the Muslim World, Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, Dubai, 2013.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “La Familia: Motor del Desarrollo Económico”, in Hacia la Responsabilidad Familiar Corporativa, Guia de Buenas Practicas, Centro Standard Bank CONFYE del IAE Business School, 2013.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “An Integral Approach to an Economic Perspective: Consequences for Measuring Impact,” Journal of Market and Morality, 16:1, pp 53-67, 2013.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Molly Thompson, “The Understanding of Service and the Work of the Home: A Review of Sociology Literature”, Working Papers Series, Home Renaissance Foundation, 2012. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Achieving Sustainable Development: An Integral Approach to an Economics Perspective”, in The Ethics of Sustainable Development, Luis G. Franceschi (ed), Strathmore University Press, 2011. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cruz-Zuniga, Martha, "The Impact of Remittance on Economic Growth: Fixed and Human Capital." FADEP (Familia, Desarrollo, Población), June 2010. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Requirements of the Family that Forms: Some Economic Considerations”, Familia et Vita, Vatican: Pontificio Consiglio per las Famiglia, 2009. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Feminine Vocation and the Economy”, Ave Maria Law Journal, 8:1, 2009. Maria Sophia Aguirre, Thomas Lee, and Themis Pantos, “Universal Versus Functional Banking Regimes: The Structure Performance Hypothesis Revisited”, Journal of Banking Regulations, 10:1, 2009.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “China’s Demographic Doom”, MercatorNet:, November 26th, 2008.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family and Economic Development”, La Familia Ante las Crisis del Mundo Contemporáneo, Proceedings of IV Congreso Internacional de la Familia, Bogota: Universidad de la Sabana Press, 2008. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family, Economics, and Sustainable Development”, The Family, Paradigm of Social Change, Proceedings of Conference Family and Society, Barcelona: International University of Cataluny Press, 2008.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, Determinants of Economic Growth: The Case of Guatemala, Guatemala: FADEP, 2007. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family and Economics”, in Michael L. Coulter, Krason, Stephen, Richard S. Myers, and Joseph A. Varacalli (ed), Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy, Scarecrow Press, 2007. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Comidas Familiares, Dietas, y Distribución de Alimentos: Plantando las Semillas del Crecimiento Económico”, Dirección en la Industria de la Hospitalidad, 11:1, 2007. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Marriage and the Family in Economic Theory and Policy”, Ave Maria Law Journal, 4:2, 2006. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Working Mothers’ Contributions to Family Income: Proportions and Effects”, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, 20:2, 2006. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Family and Economic Development: Socioeconomic Relevance and Policy Design”, in The Family in the New Millennium, ed. Scott Love and Thomas Holman, London: Praeger Perspectives, 2006. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Value of Water and Theories of Economic Growth”, in Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?, ed. Peter Rogers and Ramon Llamas, London: Taylor and Francis, 2006. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "Hindered Growth: The Ideology and Implications of Population Assistance", International Journal of Social Economics, 32:9, 2005 Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Socioeconomic Implications of the Family”, Legatus Magazine, February 2005. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Relevance of the Family for Economic Development”, Women and Development, proceedings of Conference in Migration, Microfinancing, and Education: The Role of Women in the Arab World, September 2004. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Family and Economic Development”, Legatus Magazine, December, 2004. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, “Japanese Banks Liability Management Before and During The Banking Crises and Macroeconomic Fundamentals”, Journal of Asian Economics, 15:2, 2004. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, “Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate”, in Population Bomb- Myth or Reality?, ed. Laura Huggins and Hanna Skandera, Hoover Institute, 2004. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Malthus and Becker: Who Was Right?”, Population Research Institute Review, 12:6, 2002. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population", International Journal of Social Economics, 29:12, 2002. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "United Nations Policy and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind", Journal of Public Law, Winter Issue, 20:2, 2002.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "Human Rights and the Family within United Nation’s Policy", Veritas, 34:1, 2001. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "United Nations's Policy and the Family in the Context of Population Control", Veritas, 34:1, 2001. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "Population Assistance and the Need for True Development", The Family in America, 15:2, 2001. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "The Ideology of Population Assistance", The Family in America, 15:2, 2001. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Family, Economics, and the Information Society. How are They Affecting each Other?", International Journal of Social Economics, 28:3, 2001. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Implementation of the European Monetary Union and its Sustainability During 1999-2002: Recommendations from a Dynamic Game", Journal of Economic Integration, 15:1, 2000. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Volatility Behavior of Exchange Rate Future Contracts", Atlantic Economic Journal, 28:4, 2000. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", Applied Financial Economics, 25:1, 2000. Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family: The Family Strikes Back”, News Weekly, Issue 26, 26 February, 2000. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from within and Across Blocks", Journal of Economics and Finance, 23:1, 1999. Maria Sophia Aguirre, Book Review, Cravero, Jose, "El Tomismo en la Filosofia Contemporanea de la Economia", The Review of Metaphysics, 52:3, 1999. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets", International Review of Economic and Finance, 8:1, 1999. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Evidence of Forward Discounts Determinants and Volatility Behavior", Journal of Economic Studies, 25:6, 1998. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Working Mothers and the Supervision of Their Children: A Value Chain Approach to Schooling", Logistics Information Management, 11:1, 1998. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Multiculturalism in a Labor Market with Integrated Economies", Management Decision, 35:7, 1997. Maria Sophia Aguirre and Paul Kroopkin, "Exchange Rate Dynamics in Integrated Market", International Advances in Economic Research, 3:3, 1997.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards Economic Integration", in Enrique Banus (ed), Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, 1997. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Balance of Payments: Keynesian and Monetarist Approaches", Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1996. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "EU, Pacific and North American Integration: Lessons from Their Degree of Financial Integration", in Dev Gupta, Globalization and Development, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Comments on the World Conference of Women Programme of Action: An Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, August 1995.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Alberto Martinez Piedra, "Social Summit 1995 Draft Declaration and Program of Action: An Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, February 1995. Maria Sophia Aguirre, Kelly Kaczka, "The Influence of School Schedules on Working Women with Children", Annual Review, Instituto per la Coperacione Universitaria, May 1995. Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Cairo from an Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, September, 1994. PRESENTATIONS

Conference Presentations (selected sample)

Presented paper, “El Imapcto de la Familia en la Economia: Una Propuesta para El Desarrollo Sostenible”, Sustainable Development, CEFIN, Bolivia, July 2015.

Presented paper, “Our core needs: The Work of the Home and Its Economic impact”, Our Core Need and The Status of the Research, Univeridad de Santa Croce, March 2015

Paper presented, “Presented paper, “Presented paper, Family Structure’s Effects on Social Capital and Human Capital in Guatemala”, Family and Sustainable Development, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, September 2014.

Presented paper, “La Familia, Paradigma del Cambio Social”, Centro Conciliación Familia y Empresa del IAE, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, June 2013.

Presented paper, “The Family and Its Contribution to Society”, International Congress Life and Family, Guatemala, September, 2012.

Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: An Integral Approach", Latin American Congress on Sustainability, Universidad de la Sabana, October 12-13, 2011.

Presented paper, "Integral Development: the Interplay of family, Population, and technology", Moscow Demographic Summit, State Social University, Moscow, June 29-30, 2011.

Presented paper, “Family Wellbeing and Poverty Eradication”, at James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, March 17, 2010.

Presented paper, “Family Wellbeing and Poverty Eradication”, at Empowerment of the Family in the Modern World: Challenges and Promises Ahead, The Doha International Institute for Family Studies & Development, Doha, Qatar, January 27-28, 2010.

Presented paper, “the Family: Human and Social Capital Investment”, Third International Congress on “Innovation, Investment, and Leadership: Challenges to Today’s Education”, in Lima, Peru, September 11-13, 2009.

Presented paper, "Family and Economic Development: Harvesting the Seeds of Economic Growth", Cuarto Congreso Internacional de la Familia, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá, May 25-26, 2008.

Presented Paper “The Cost of Family Decline in Lost Social Capital and Increased Poverty”, 2007 World Family Policy Forum: Achieving Development without Losing our Families, BYU, July 9-11, 2007.

Presented Paper “Family and Economic Development”, Catholic University of Madagascar, June 14th, 2007.

Presented paper at “Food Distribution and Economic Growth”, at 2nd Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Family Harmony and Economic Growth, Beijing University, Beijing, China, May 15-16th, 2007.

Presented paper, “The Family in Economic Development”, World Family Forum, Brigham Young University, July 2006.

Presented paper, “The Role of Family Dinners in Economic Development”, Excellence in the Home, London, May 2006.

Presented paper, “The Relevance of the Family for Economic Development”, Conference in Migration, Microfinancing, and Education: The Role of Women in the Arab World, Spain, September 2004.

Presented paper, “Family and Economic Development: Socieconomic Relevance and Policy Design”, European Regional Dialogue Conference for the Family, Geneva, August 2004.

Presented paper, “The Value of Water: Some Comments on the Water Crisis”, Seminar on Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?, Santander, June, Spain, 2004.

Presented paper “Japanese Banking Crisis and the Balance of Payments”, at FMA Annual meeting, Denver, CO, October 2003.

Presented paper “A Reevaluation of the Market Structure Performance Relationship for Banks under Different Regimes”, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política XXXVI Annual meeting, Buenos Aires, November 2001.

Presented paper "Does the Family Have a Place in Habitat?", International Conference on "Urbanizing World and UN Habitat II", School of International and Public Policy Affairs, Columbia University, June 2001.

Presented paper "Family and Economic Activity: Their Impact on Human Capital", at American Economic Association Meetings, Boston, MA., January 2000.

Presented paper "Volatility Behavior of Future Exchange Rate Contracts", at FMA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, October 1999.

Presented paper "Volatility Behavior of Future Exchange Rate Contracts", at the International Atlantic Economic Society Meetings, Boston, Ma., October 1998.

Presented paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Financial Management Association Meetings, Chicago, Il., October 1998.

Presented paper "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Multinational Finance Society Meetings, Helsinki, Finland, June 1998.

Presented paper "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Ontario, Canada, May 1998.

Presented paper "Determinants of Forward Discounts in Integrated Markets: The Case of Germany", at the Western Economic Association Meetings, Seattle, Wa., July 1997.

Presented paper "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards Economic Integration", at the America Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, La., January 1997.

Presented paper "Sudden Changes on Unconditional Variance and Balance of Payments Behavior in Countries of Integrated Markets", at the Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., November 1996.

Presented paper "Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets", at the International Atlantic Economic Meetings, Washington, D.C., September 1996.

Presented paper "EU, Asian Ring and NAFTA: Lessons from Their Degrees of Integration", at the American Economic Association Meetings, Boston, Ma., January 1994.

Presented paper "Determinants of Capital Flight: The Case of Argentina 1973 - 1992", at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., March 1993.

Presented paper "Parallel Exchange Rates and Their Behavior", at the American Economic Association Meetings, Anaheim, CA., January 1993.

Presented paper "The Wealth of Nations, Sympathy and Economic Behavior" at the University of Navarra Philosophy and Economics Congress: Person, Society and Economics, Spain, March 1991.

Invited Presentations (selected sample)

Presented paper, “Providing Incentives through Participation: A Randomized Stage Field Experiments”, BID, February 2015.

Presented paper, “El Impacto de la Familia en la Economía: Una Propuesta para El Desarrollo Sostenible”, Inaugural Academic Year Lecture, Universidad de los Andes, Chile, April 2015.

Presented paper, “Measuring Impact of Economic Interventions: An Integral Approach”, Strengthening the Family for Sustainable Development”, Transatlantic Summit, United Nations, December 2014.

Presented paper, “The Impact of the Family on Economic Development”, General Assembly, Organization of American States, October 2014.

Presented paper, “An Integral Approach to Measuring Impact”, International Round Table Investing in Children: Braking the Cycle of Disadvantage, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, September 2014.

Presented paper, “Where to Look for Mexico´s Growth? Institutional, Human Capital, Investment and Technology Opportunities”, IPADE, Mexico, May 2014.

Presented paper, “Where is the Zip Code of the Future?”, IPADE, Mexico, May 2014.

Presented Paper, “La Teoría del Género y el Relativismo”, Caranday, Guatemala, March 2014.

Presented paper, “El Papel de la Mujer en la Familia es Insustituible”, Convención Universitaria, Guatemala 2014

Prepsented paper, “Compatibilidad entre los Trabajos del Hogar y el Trabajo Profesional”, Convención Universitaria, Guatemala 2014

Presented paper, “La Familia, Paradigma del Cambio Social”, Centro Conciliación Familia y Empresa del IAE, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, June 2013.

Symposium on Work of the Home, IESE New York, January 2013

Presented paper, "Desarrollo Sostenible: Una Acercamiento Integral al Crecimiento Económico", Business School, University of Istmo, August 2012

Presented paper, "Integral Development: The Interplay of Family and Sustainable Development", Duke University School of Public Policy, May 2012

Presented paper, “Liberty and Economic Development”, James Madison Program, Princeton University, June 2011.

Presented paper, “The Potential of Populations: How Investing in the Human Person Can Lead to Economic Growth”, International Solidarity Forum, United Nations, March 21-24, 2011

Presented paper, “Private Property and Economic Sustainability”, Summer Lerhman American Studies Center Summer Institute, Princeton University, June 24th & 25th, 2010.

Presented paper, “Private Property, Liberalism, and Economic Sustainability”, Summer Lerhman American Studies Center Summer Institute, Princeton University, June 25th & 26th, 2009.

Presented paper, “Family and Sustainable Development”, Quezaltenango, Guatemala, May 27th, 2009.

Presented paper, “Family and Sustainable Development”, Universidad del Itsmo, Guatemala, May 29th, 2009.

Presented paper, “A vision of Research on the Work of the Home”, Home Renaissance Foundation International Seminar, IESE, University of Navarre, Barcelona, May 18th-19th, 2009.

Presented paper, "Requirements of the Family that Forms: Some Economic Considerations", IV World Meetings of Families, Pontifical Council on the Family, Mexico City, Mexico, January 14th-18th, 2009.

Presented paper, “Family and Economic Growth”, Conference, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile, August 22, 2008.

Presented paper “ Family and Economics”, University of Alaca, Spain, May 2008.

Presented paper “Family, Economics, and Sustainable Development”, Conference on Family and Society, International University of Catalunya, May 15-17, 2008.

Presented paper “Family Structure, Wealth, and Economic Growth”, at World Conference of Families IV, Warsaw, Poland, May 11-13th, 2007

Presented paper, "Creating Effective and Sustainable Links: Addressing the Health and Social Needs in Developing Countries", UNESCO International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus, February, 2006, Buenos Aires.

Presented paper, "Cognitive Complexity of Decision Making: A Sustainable Development Economic Perspective", UNESCO International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus, February, 2006, Buenos Aires.

Presented paper, “The Family and Economy Development”, International Conference on Social Justice, Heritage Foundation, September 2005.

Presented paper, “Socieconomic Relevance of the Family”, UN 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, on the occasion of Beijing+10, March, 2005.

Presented paper, “Socieconomic Relevance of the Family”, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, September, 2004.

Presented paper, “Family and Human Capital: Their Relevance for Policy Design”, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, September, 2004.

Presented paper, “Family and Economics”, Inauguration International Year of the Family+10, United Nations, December 2003.

Presented paper, “Family and Economic Development”, World Congress of Families, Special Session, New York, March 2002.

Presented paper, “La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo”, Universidad Católica de La Plata, December 2001.

Presented paper, “UN Economic Recommendations and Real Economic Development”, Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas, Rosario, Santa Fé, Noviembre 2001.

Presented paper, “La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo”, Club 20 de Febrero, Promoción de la Mujer Salteña (PROMUS), Salta, November 2001.

Presented paper, “La Mujer: Clave para el Desarrollo”, Key Note Speaker UNIV Conference, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 2001.

Presented paper, “Un Modelo de Sociedad ¿Elegido por Nosotros o Impuesto?”, Biblioteca Popular de San Isidro, November 2001.

Presented paper, “La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo”, Fundación Bank Boston, November, 2001.

Presented Paper, "UN and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind", at World Family Policy Forum, Brigham Young University, July 2001.

Presented Paper, "La Mujer, Clave Para el Desarrollo", at Centro para la Mujer ILAMA, Tegucigalpa, March 2001.

Presented Paper, "Sustainable Development and Two Side Effects", at Yale University, Trumbull College, January 2001.

Presented paper, "Population Growth: Threat or Strength?", Centro Escolar Lamatepec, San Salvador, September, 2000.

Presented paper, "How to Manage Human Resources for Sustainable Development", Comite por la Defensa de la Vida y la Dignidad de la Persona, San Salvador, September, 2000.

Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Camara de Comercio e Industria de El Salvador, San Salvador, September, 2000.

Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Universidad Americana and Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada (COSEP), Managua, September, 2000.

Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Universidad Tecnica de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, September, 2000.

Presented paper, "Paises en Vias de Desarrollo en una Economia Global Creciente: Maercado Financiero, Privatizacion, y Politica de Integracion vrs. Politica de Proteccion", Conference at the Foro Nacional de Convergencia (FONAC) and Consejo Hondureno de Empresa Privada (COHEP), Tegucigalpa, September, 2000.

Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Harvard-MIT Conference on International Health, Harvard, Boston, March 2000.

Presented paper, "Family, Economics, and the Information Society: How are They Affecting each Other?", World Congress of Families II, Geneva, November 1999.

Presented key note speech, "The Role of the Family in Economic Development", at Conference on the Family, University College Dublin, November 1999.

Presented key note speech, "The Cost of the Family Breakdown in Developed Economies: What Could We Learn?", Conference on Solutions for the Modern Family, at the UN, October 1999.

Presented paper, "The Dignity of Older People and Their Mission in the Church and in the World: Some Considerations", at Closing of the UN Year of the Elderly, Baltimore, October 1999.

Presented paper "Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in America: A Response. Solidarity in America: The Church, the Poor, and Social Reform", Symposium on Strengthening the Bonds of Solidarity and

Communion, Sponsored by the School of Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America", March 23-24, 1999.

Presented paper "Pollution, Environment, and Sustainable Resources: Why the focus on Population?", at Washington Semester and World Capital Programs, American University, March, 1999.

Presented paper "The Case of Grameen Bank: Solidarity and Citizenship?", at UNIV Conference: Solidarity and Citizenship, Boston, February, 1999.

Presented paper "Predictions of Bank Credibility: The Case of Japan", at American University, Economics Workshop, Washington, D.C., October 1998.

Presented paper "Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development", at the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, Round Table of Experts, Uganda, June 1998.

Presented paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at The University of Chicago, International Economics Workshop, Chicago, Il., March 1998.

Presented paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at The University of Notre Dame, Development Workshop, Notre Dame, In., March 1998.

Presented paper "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards Economic Integration", at the Symposium on Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, Spain, November 1996.

Presented paper "Fundamentals of Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets", at Harvard University, Business School International Economics Workshop, Boston, Ma., October 1996.

Presented paper "Integrated Markets and Exchange Rate Dynamics", at Boston College, Economics Department Workshop, Boston, Ma., December 1995.

Presented lecture "World Conference on Women 1995: A Women and Economic Perspective" at: Harvard University (December, 1995), Georgetown University (October, 1995), University of Maryland (October, 1995), and The Catholic University of America (November, 1995).

Presented paper "The World Conference on Women Programme of Action: An Economic Perspective", at the National Institute of Womanhood 6th. Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., October 1995.

Presented lecture "The New Cultural Imperialism: The Cairo Conference, Its Origins and Aftermath" at: University of Notre Dame (October 1994), The Catholic University of America (October, 1994), Georgetown University (November, 1994), University of Maryland (November, 1994).

Presented paper "EU, Pacific and North American Integration: Modeling Their Degree of Financial Integration", at Harvard University, Business School International Economics Workshop, Boston, Ma., July 1995.

Presented paper "The Influence of School Schedules on Working Women with Children", at the United Nations World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, September 1995.

Presented paper "Integrated Markets and Exchange Rate Dynamics", at The University of Notre Dame, Economic Theory Seminar, Notre Dame, In., October 1994.

Presented paper "Family and Economics", at the National Institute of Womanhood 5th. Annual Conference Meetings, Washington, D.C., October 1994

Presented paper "Population and Development: The Family as a Production Function", at the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development 1994, Cairo, Egypt, September 1994.

Presented paper "EU, Asian Ring and NAFTA: Modeling Degrees of Integration", at the Symposium on International Modeling, European Centre for International Finance and World Bank, Washington, D.C., June 1994.

In Media (selected samples) EWTN, 2-27-15 and 7-17-2015, News Nightly, Discuss Greece and European Financial Crisis.

EWTN, X-31-2014, News Nightly, Discuss Sustainable Development and Family CNN en Español to discuss financial problems affecting the European Union and Latin America several times from January-December 2012. CNN Español, discussion on financial problems affecting the European Union, several times from October- December 2011. Catholic News Service, Video segment about the world’s population reaching seven billion, November 2011. Interview at Universidad Marroquin, Guatemala, June, 2009. Excelcior, Lilian Hernández, “Piden Atesorar la Convivencia Familiar”, March 3, 2009. Zenit, “Families That Eat Together, Stay Together”, June 16, 2009 El Mercurio, “Chile Debe Entender que si se Destruye la Familia, Se Destruye el Crecimineto”, (Chile must Understand that if the Family Breakdown, a Sustainable Growth Process also Breakdown”), August 9, 2008. Interview in Newspaper “El Mercurio”, Economics and Business Section, Santiago de Chile, September 8, 2008. Interview in Newspaper “El Mercurio”, “Importa el Tipo de Familia”, Section Punto Mujer, September 5, 2008. Feature, Noticias-Universitarias- Universidad del Desarrollo, “Rol de la familia es Esencial para el Desarrollo Económico”, August 29, 2008. Interview in Newspaper , NewsUIC ,“Tal Como Estan las Cosas, Espana no ase puede Sostener”, Interview, July 4, 2008, Barcelona, Spain.

Included as one of the Scholars Feature in Documentary Demographic Winter; the Decline of the Human Family, released in February 2008. Other authors include Noble Prize Gary Becker and Philip Longman. Meridian Magazine, “Council of Europe, Planned Parenthood Attack US Pro-Life Foreign Policy”, February 2, 2008. Interviewed TV Canal Antigua, Program “Este o Oeste”, Alfred Kaltschmitt (host), Guatemala, November 10, 2007. Interviewed TV Guatevision, Program “Libre Encuentro”, Haroldo Sanchez (host), Guatemala, November 9, 2007. Interviewed Radio Samora, Program “Good Morning Guatemala”, Carlisle Jhonson (host), Guatemala, November 12, 2007. Interviewed Radio Samora, Program “A Primera Hora”,Beatriz Colmenares, Luis Felipe Valenzuela and Juan Luis Font (hosts), Guatemala November 11, 2007. Interviewed Radio 100.9 FM, Program “Contravía”, Pedro Zapeta Program (host), Guatemala, Guatemala, November 9, 2007. El Periodico, “La población como determinante del Crecimiento Económico”, Guatemala, November 18, 2007 Siglo 21, “Crecimiento Económico, Población, y Desarrollo”, Guatemala, November 10, 2007. Siglo 21, “Hay que crear mas oportunidades”, Guatemala, November 12, 2007. Prensa Libre, “Relacionan Familia con Crecimiento Económico”, Guatemala, November 12, 2007. Familie ist Solidaritätsgemeinschaft, "Families at Forefront of Development“, July 13, 2007 Prensa Libre, ‘Presentaran Resultados de Estudio”, Guatemala, November 9, 2007. La Prensa Gráfica, Granados, Karina, “El Gobierno debe apoyar con leyes laborales”, February 1, 2007. Fundus, Fachmazin fur die Hauswirtschaft, “Excellence in the Home”, September 3, 2006. LifeSiteNews, Sington, Samantha, “Provo Conference Urges UN to Put Families at Forefront of Development”, Friday July 13, 2007. Assist Social Capital, “The Economy Begins in the Kitchen, July 23, 2006, Scotland. La Republica, “Familia Nuclear, Condición Necesaria Para Desarrollo Sostenible”, Bogota, Colombia, June 7, 2006.

Life Issues, “Malthus or Becker, Who is Write?”, November-December, 2002, Japan.

Aceprensa, M. Angeles Burguesa, Iniciativas para profesionalizar y redescubrir el valor del espacio doméstico: Gestionar hogares inteligentes, June 7, 2006. Interviewed PBS Show “On the Contrary”, June 2, 2006. Interviewed BBC News TV, London, May 9, 2006. The Voice Today, “Parents Supply Food for Thought”, London, May 6, 2006. El Universal, “Persiste la Inequalidad para la Mujer en el Trabajo”, Mexico City, February 17th, 2005. Interviewed by CNM News Story on the occasion of the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, February 24th, 2005. National Review, De Solenni, Pia, “The New Radical Feminism, Going beyond “Reproductive Health”, March 10, 2005. US Newswire, “Presidential Commission Releases Annual Report”, September 28, 2004. Berlin-Insitut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung, “Wer Unterläuft Den Konsens Von Kairo Und Warum”, 2004. Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin, “The Promotion of the Homosexual Agenda: Including the Assault on the Boy Scouts and Family Values”, December 31, 2003. Life Site News, “Council of Europe, Planned Parenthood Attack US Pro-Life Foreign Policy”, New York, October 2, 2003.

Zwerver's dagboek, “Council of Europe, Planned Parenthood Attack US Pro-Life Foreign Policy”, October 5, 2003. LifeNews.com “European Group Asks Bush to Recall Pro-Life Mexico City Policy”, by Paul Nowak, October 4, 2003.

Invited to a TV Program: “Las Cosas Claras”, Interviewed by Clara Marino, on the Argentinean Situation and its Effects on the Family, December 14, 2001.

Invited to a TV Program: “Haciendo Familia”, Interviewed by Olga Munoz, two programs one on Family and Economic Development and another on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Economic Development. Buenos Aires, Channel 12, 2001. La Gaceta, newspaper of Tucuman, Argentina: “Economia y Estabilidad Politica”, December 27, 2001. El Observador, newspaper of Montevideo, Uruguay, Section “Café y Economía”, December 3, 2001.

El Tribuno, newspaper of Salta, Argentina: “El Centro de la Economía es la Familia y no el Individuo”, November 22, 2001.

La Nación, “Mi Desacuerdo”, newspaper of Argentina, December 5, 2001.

NewsWeekly, Family: The Family Strikes Back, Australia, February 27, 2000. Deseret News, “Adherence to Moral Principles Fosters Traditional Family Life”, Salt Lake City, UT, November 27, 1999.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Testified (selected sample) U.S. House of Representatives, Foreign Relations Committee, “First 1000 Days Campaign”, March 2014. Peruvian Congress, “Family and Economics Policy”, September 2009. Canadian Parliament, “Family and Foreign Policy”, May 1, 2003 U.S. Senate, Foreign Relations Committee, "Mexico City Policy", July 19, 2001. Parlamento Centro Americano, "Women: A Key to Development", Guatemala, March, 2001. Congreso of Honduras, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", Tegucigalpa, September, 2000. Congress of Uganda, "Reproductive Health and Sustainable Development", Kampala, June, 1998. Economic Advisor Member of Expert Group to Evaluate Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDGF) proposals, June, 2014. Independent Advisory Group for the Global Evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals Fund (MDGF), a Department within the UNDP, 2013-2014. Advisor to Several US Congressmen and other countries' Permanent Missions to the UN and UN Delegates on economic aspects of UN Documents. Advisor to several African and Latin American Countries and Legislators as well as US Congress members on women's education, health, and family policy. Chair Sessions at Conferences Western Economic Association, Seattle, Wa., July, 1997. International Atlantic Economic Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 1996. Symposium on Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, November 1996. Paper Discussant at Conferences American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, January 2000. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 1999. International Atlantic Economic Conference, Boston, September 1998. Western Economic Association, Seattle, Wa., July 1997. Southern Economic Association, Washington, D.C., November 1996. International Atlantic Economic Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 1996. Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 1993. Editorial Boards and Ad hoc Reviewer

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Markets & Morality, 2011- Present. Member of the Advisory Board, Institute of Family Science, Universidad Austral, 2009 –Present Member of the Advisory Board, Index of Economic Freedom, The Heritage Foundation, 2006-Present Ad hoc Reviewer for European Economic Review Ad hoc Reviewer for Journal of International Economics Ad hoc Reviewer for Applied Financial Economics Ad hoc Reviewer for The Review of Metaphysics Ad hoc Reviewer for International Journal of Business Ad hoc Reviewer for The Financial Review APPOINTMENTS Foundation for Cultural and Social Advancement, Trustee, Board of Directors, and President of the Board, 2008- Present Home Renaissance Foundation, Board Member and Trustee, 2006-Present Yuma Cultural Center, Board Member, 2006-2010 Yuma Cultural Center, Trustee, 2006-2010 Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Board Member, 2004- 2007 Lexington College, Member of the Board of Directors, 2003-2011 US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Commissioner, 2003-2008 Member of the Academic Senate, CUA, 2002-2012 Youth Leadership Foundation, Board Member, 1999-2003 Program for Academic and Leadership Skills, Board President, 1995-1997 Oakcrest Preparatory School, Board Member, 1994-1996 The International Population and Family Association, Board Member, 1994-2003 National Institute of Womanhood, International Advisory Board, 1994-2000 Member of Undergraduate Academic Board, CUA, 1993 – 2002 Commission on the Status of Women, American Economic Association, 1991- Present Philosophy Educational Society, Member of the Board of Directors, 1995-Present Philosophy Educational Society, Board Member, 1995-Present Member of Honors Program Faculty, CUA, 1993 – Present OTHER APPOINTMENTS Delegate National Institute of Womanhood (a Non-Governmental Organization) to the following UN Conferences: UN Commission on the Status of Women, Holy See Delegation, March 2013. 23 Special Session of the General Assembly "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development, and Peace for the Twenty-First Century" (Beijing+5), June 2000. Preparatory Committee, Beijing+5, New York, N.Y., March 2000 and June 2000. Preparatory Committee, Conference on Population and Development: ICPD+5, New York, N.Y., March 1999. Preparatory Committee, Conference on Human Settlements: Habitat II, New York, N.Y., February 1996. IV World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, September 1995. World Summit for Social Development. Copenhagen, Denmark, March 1995. Preparatory Committee, IV World Conference on Women, New York, NY., February 1995. Preparatory Committee, World Summit for Social Development, New York, NY., January 1995.

International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt, September 1994. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Society of Catholic Social Scientists, 2000-Present Western Economic Association International, 1996-Present European Economic Association, 1996 - Present International Atlantic Economic Society, 1995 - Present Fellowship of Catholic Scholars 1994 - Present Commission on the Status of Women, 1994 - Present Pi Gamma Mu 1994 Academy of Economics and Finance, 1994 – Present Notre Dame Alumni Association, 1991 - Present International Economic Association, 1991 - Present American Economic Association, 1989 - Present