Biography

Bachelor and Licensed in Psychology (Universidad Ricardo Palma). He Finished a Master’s in Psychology with a Mention in Educational Psychology. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He earned his Ph.D in Sciences Education at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Dr. Montes Studied his doctoral program with a Scholarship from the Kellogg Foundation (Michigan, U.S.A) and LASPAU. In 2006 he received a scholarship to a postdoctoral stay at the University of Seville (Spain). He worked as a consultant and researcher to The World Bank, The United Nations Children's Fund – UNICEF, Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas (LASPAU), GRADE (The most important research group in Peru) and Foreign Relations Ministry of Denmark (DANIDA). His professional field is related with evaluation programs (educational and social impacts), universities issues (teaching, learning and research policies) and developing educational standards for schools and universities. He has published over 200 articles and 10 books. He is professor of graduate programs (Master and Ph.D) in many universities around Peru and Latin America (Chile and Colombia). He is currently President of La Salle University (Arequipa, Perú) and senior researcher. (CIES). Es profesor invitado en el programa de Doctorado en Educación de la Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia). En Arequipa ha impartido clases en programas de doctorado de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (UNSA) y en la Universidad Católica Santa María (UCSM). Ha publicado 12 libros y cerca de 200 artículos e investigaciones vinculadas con la problemática de la educación básica y superior universitaria. Ha impartido conferencias en congresos de educación en Chile, Colombia, Estados Unidos y en diferentes eventos académicos desarrollados en diversas ciudades del Perú. Se ha desempeñado como representante de Perú de LASPAU (ente afiliado a la Universidad de Harvard de los Estados Unidos) y consultor de este mismo organismo para misiones en Argentina, Bolivia y Guatemala. Es miembro fundador de la Sociedad de Investigación Educativa Peruana (SIEP), de la Asociación Americana de Psicología (Afiliado Internacional) y miembro editor de revistas científicas peruanas y extranjeras.