Work Experience
- University Public Opinion Institute (Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública--IUDOP)
at Central American University “José Simeón Cañas” (UCA). San Salvador, El Salvador.
Position: Coordinator
From November 1993 to September 2006.
Interim-Director (from September 2002 to July 2003).
- Population Council. San Salvador, El Salvador.
Position: Consultant
December 2000.
- United Nations Truth Commission (Comisión de la Verdad--ONUSAL). San Salvador, El Salvador.
Position: Data processing Assistant.
From November 1992 to February 1993.
Recent Projects/Consultancy
- Survey regarding 2006 elections
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP – UCA
Position: Coordinator
February - March 2006
- Evaluation survey of the year 2005
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Coordinator
November - December 2005
- Baseline survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) of the public preschool, primary, and
Middle-school teachers of adolescents and youth (age 13 to 24) regarding HIV – AIDS
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Researcher
From June to November 2005
- Out-survey and quick-count in 2004 presidential elections
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Researcher
March 21, 2004
- 2004 Election-process survey
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP – UCA
Position: Coordinator
February - March 2004
- Financial Services impact survey
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Coordinator
October – November 2003
- Research on Public Perception of Public Safety in the East of the Country
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Director
From June to August 2003
- Out-survey and quick-count in 2003 legislative and municipal elections.
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Director
March 16, 2003
- Research “Masculinity Socio-cultural factors related to paternity in El Salvador”.
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Researcher
From April 2002 to June 2003
- Evaluation research for the year 2002
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Director
November and December 2002
- Situational diagnostic survey on communities affected by earthquakes
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Coordinator
June 2001
- Survey for assessment of second year in office for Francisco Flores, Legislative Assembly
and City Hall Governments.
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Coordinator
May 2001
- Survey on the aftermath of the earthquake
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Researcher
April 2001
- “OR Training and TA in El Salvador”
Contracting Organisation: Population Council
Position: Consultant
December 2000
- National Survey on Gender
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Coordinator
From October to December 1999.
- Survey on victimization in the cities of Sonsonate and Cojutepeque.
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Coordinator
June – July 1999.
- Research "Soldier-children, lessons learned".
Contracting Organisation: IUDOP - UCA
Position: Coordinator/Researcher
December 1998 to February 1999.
Skills
- Design and implementation of computer systems.
- Data Base management and analysis.
- Operation of computer information systems.
- Design and implementation of public opinion surveys.
- Teamwork development.
- Use of Windows and related software: SPSS, Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, Harvard
Graphics, Adobe Acrobat, and others.
Publications
- “Los determinantes de las preferencias políticas en 2006”. (Determining factors in political
preferentes in 2006)
Arana, Rubí Esmeralda; Carranza, Marlon; Cruz, José Miguel; Escobar, Marcela; Santacruz,
María; Valdivieso, Esmeralda.
Estudios Centroamericanos (ECA), 688 – 689, Volume 61.
February – March, 2006.
- “La participación política de las mujeres: una mirada desde la opinión pública”. (Political
Participation of Women: a look at public opinión).
Arana, Rubí Esmeralda; Santacruz, María Lizet.
Estudios Centroamericanos (ECA), No. 681 – 682, Year LX.
July – August, 2005.
- “Opinión Pública sobre el sistema político del país y la participación de la mujer en la política”.
(Public Opinión Regarding The Country’s Political System And Women Participation In Politics)
Arana, Rubí Esmeralda; Santacruz, María Lizet.
FundaUngo – Diakonía – IUDOP/UCA.
May, 2005.
- “El Salvador: Masculinidad y factores socioculturales asociados a la paternidad”.
(El Salvador: Masculinity and social and cultural factors associated with paternity).
Arana, Rubí Esmeralda; Orellana, Víctor Antonio.
UNFPA – FundaUngo – CASC/UCA – PGR.
June, 2003.
- “Experiencias e impacto psicosocial en niños y niñas soldado de la guerra civil en El Salvador”
(Experiences And Psycho-Social Impact On Soldier-Children In The Civil War In El Salvador)
Arana, Rubí Esmeralda; Santacruz, María Liset.
BIOMÉDICA. Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud (National Health Institute Magazine).
Volume 22, supplement No. 2. Bogota, Colombia.
December 2002.
- “La situación de la mujer en El Salvador” (Situation of Women in El Salvador)
PROCESO, Year 20, Number 895 (March 22), 2000.
- “Los salvadoreños opinan sobre el sistema educativo y el sistema de salud (II)”
(Salvadoran Opinion Regarding the Health and Educational Systems vol.II)
PROCESO, Year 18, Number 803 (April 22), 1998.
- “Los salvadoreños opinan sobre el sistema educativo y el sistema de salud (I)”
(Salvadoran Opinion Regarding the Health and Educational Systems vol.I)
PROCESO, Year 18, Number 802 (April 15), 1998.
- “La religión para los salvadoreños y los retos del nuevo arzobispo”
(Salvadorans And Religión, And The New Challenges For The Archbishop)
PROCESO, Year 16, Number 671 (July 26), 1995.
- “Primer año de Calderón Sol: la opinión de los salvadoreños”
(Calderon Sol’s First Year In Office: Salvadorans Give Their Opinion)
PROCESO, Year 15, Number 663 (May 31), 1995.
- “Preferencias electorales de los salvadoreños”
(Salvadoran Electoral Preferences).
PROCESO, Year 14, Number 601 (March 3), 1994.
Nashville, November 2006.
