Curriculum Vitae of Erik Norvelle

Personal information

Address

Monasterio de Urdax 23, 8D
Pamplona, España, 31011

Telephone

654 65 11 19

E-mail

erik (at) norvelle.org

Nationality

United States of America

Date of birth

16/04/1968

Education and training

• Dates (from – to)

September 2005 – Present

• Name of institution

University of Navarra
Pamplona, España

• Principal subjects

Philosophy

• Title of qualification awarded

Doctoral studies. Currently in phase of writing of dissertation.

• Grade received

Received “Cum Laude” for Preliminary Dissertation (Trabajo de investigación) on "The Justification of the Existence of Natures in the Physics of Aristotle".

• Classes taken

Comprensión, intención y conciencia en Wittgenstein
Discusiones sobre naturaleza y libertad en la segunda mitad del Siglo XX
La estructura ontológica de la ley natural en los comentadores españoles de los siglos XVI y XVII
La racionalidad científica después del debate Popper-Kuhn
Ley natural: controversias filosóficas en el siglo XX
Ontología II.

• Dates (from – to)

September 2003 – May 2005

• Name of institution

University of Navarra
Pamplona, España

• Principal subjects

Philosophy

• Title of qualification awarded

Completed Master's program in Artes Liberales. Prepared thesis on application of computerized stylometry to a possible new work of St. Thomas Aquinas. Also worked with Enrique Alarcón on a “semantic” search engine extension to the Index Thomisticus, a provisional version of which was presented at the Reuniones Filosóficas held in 2005 in Pamplona.

• Grade received

Received “Cum Laude” for work on Master's thesis. Marks received during the course of Master's studies: 2 matriculas de honor, 5 sobresalientes, 4 notables.

• Classes taken

History of Philosophy cycle: Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Contemporary
Philosophy of Language I, II
Latin I, II, Lengua Latina III
Logic I
Ontology I

• Dates (from – to)

January 1994 – July 2003

• Name of institution

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, USA

• Principal subjects

Various classes, principally in Philosophy and in languages

• Title of qualification awarded

No degree awarded (classes taken as non-degree seeking graduate student)

• Classes taken

Metaphysics
Epistemology
Philosophy of Education
Hume
Conversational Spanish
Intensive Latin

• Dates (from – to)

August 1986 – May 1992

• Name of institution

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA

• Principal subjects

Linguistics, with concentration in Philosophy

• Title of qualification awarded

Bachelor of Arts (3.85 grade point average, out of 4.0 maximum; received “Cum Laude” and Phi Beta Kappa upon graduation)

• Classes taken
(selected)

Ancient Greek I
Ancient Greek III: Apology of Socrates
Plato's Republic
Philosophy of Mind
Psycholinguistics
German I-IV, German Syntax
Linguistics (Phonetics, Historical Ling., Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Syntactical Theories, Independent Study)

Work experience

• Date(s)

July 2005 - Present

• Title and address

• Field

Education

• Postion

Translator

• Description

• Provide translations (Spanish to English) of the University web site, as well as various other University publications (news, articles, events).

• Date(s)

November 1997 – September 2003

• Title and address

The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
228A Forbes Bldg., Tucson, AZ USA 85721

• Field

Education

• Postion

Support Systems Analyst, Sr.

• Description

• Construction of various web applications, including the events calendar for the College of Agriculture, an online Nutrition Sciences course, and a web-based publicity campaign for the College.

• Editing of educational videos and DVDs.

• Specification, design and installation of redundant server cluster and dependent computer nodes for delivery of multimedia educational assets.

• Network and server administration for two Windows 2000 domains

• Linux/Unix system administration.

• Oracle and PostgreSQL database server administration.

• Computer repair, upgrade and specification/purchasing.

• Date(s)

August 1999 – July 2003

• Title and address

The University of Arizona, Extended University
888 N. Euclid Ave, Tucson, AZ USA 85721

• Field

Education

• Postion

Instructor (Part time)

• Description

• Teaching of Linux Operating System administration and use, including security issues and networking.

• Developed the Linux/Unix Track used at Extended University, consisting of “Introduction to Unix/Linux”, “Linux Administration using RedHat”, and “Linux Security”.

• Other subjects taught included Apache Web Server, Javascript programming, and the Microsoft Access database

• Date(s)

April 1996 – November 1997

• Title and address

CompuMagic Computing Services
Tucson, AZ USA

• Field

Computer Consulting

• Postion

Business Owner

• Description

Ran computer consulting business, providing a variety of services to businesses and individuals, including the following:

• Database programming, including the programming of a Circulations database for Wick Publishing, a producer of several newspapers in the Tucson area. This database is still in use today.

• Computer repair and upgrade services

• Computer tutoring to individuals

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue

English

Other languages

Spanish

• Reading

Excellent

• Written

Excellent

• Spoken

Excellent

Italian

• Reading

Good

• Written

Fair

• Spoken

Fair

French

• Reading

Very Good

• Written

Good

• Spoken

Good (with practice)

German

• Reading

Good

• Written

Fair

• Spoken

Good (with practice)

Ancient Greek

• Reading

Good

Medieval Latin

• Reading

Very Good

Computer Software

• TextCite Publication Manager. An advanced citation manager written in the Java language and available for multiple operating systems. TextCite is a program for organizing and commenting textual citations from texts (books, articles, or other published works) for use in producing scientific or academic publications. You can organize by publication, author, category, or outline. It works with bibliographic management programs like Citation, EndNote, RefWorks, and BibTeX, providing important text/citation management capabilities that these programs lack, while still allowing for rapid footnote and bibliography generation by means of your favorite bibliography manager. It also exports to PDF and Word (RTF).

• PalmWords. A PalmOS interface to Whittaker's Words, an extensive (Classical) Latin dictionary and word form parser.

Publications

• Jennifer Ricketts, Frederick H. Wolfe, Erik Norvelle, and Edwin H. Carpenter, Multimedia: Asynchronous Distributed Education–A Review and Case Study. Social Science Computer Review, May 2000; 18: 132 - 146.

• Edwin H. Carpenter, Fred H. Wolfe, Jennifer Ricketts, and Erik Norvelle, Telecommunications/Multimedia: Distributed Learning Course Creation. Social Science Computer Review, Aug 1999; 17: 357 - 381.

• The Calendar application developed for the College of Agriculture is available on the Web at:
• The distance education website developed for the Nutrition Science department at the College of Agriculture is available at: http://www.nutrition.arizona.edu/nsc101/
• Copies of DVDs produced for the College of Agriculture, or of the CD produced for the promotional campaign, are available upon request.

Social skills

and competences

• Extensive experience in working cross-culturally, as a result of living abroad (Spain, Canada, Saudi Arabia), and living in areas of the United States where people of many nationalities reside (Northern California, Southern Arizona).

Organizational skills

and competences

 

• Teaching of technical subjects to non-technical users & students. I have had many students tell me that I am an excellent teacher, and was much in demand as an instructor while still in Arizona, as well as while in Pamplona.

• Computer software development skills, as a result of over 20 years of experience with programming in many languages on diverse platforms.

• Small business management skills, which I acquired while running a successful sole proprietorship as a computer consultant.

Technical skills

and competences

• Programming facility in Java, PHP, Perl, Delphi, Python and C. Extensive experience especially in server-side and web programming.

• Website design skills, involving use of DHTML, CSS and XML technologies, as well as graphic design skills using Photoshop, CorelDraw, and similar programs.

• Linux/Unix system administration and Windows 2000 server administration.

• Database administration and programming skills, in the Oracle, PostgreSQL and DB2 environments, including SQL-PL and JDBC programming experience.

• Strong skills in “debugging,” i.e. problem discovery and resolution, in nearly all aspects of computer technology.

• Video editing, graphics and DVD production skills.

• Computer hardware repair/upgrade skills.

Additional information

Personal references from former employers available upon request.