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Mr. Kyle Albarado
Mr. Kyle E. Albarado brings to Maris Stella experience in the classroom, administration, research, and scholarship. His 15 years of experience educating students at the university, highschool, and middle school levels, along with advanced studies in cognitive science and the Catholic, classical tradition, will shape his involvement in Stella House and his support of fellow faculty. He has specialized his scholarship and teaching to bring together the time-tested practices of the Catholic, classical tradition and the modern formative needs of students to cultivate in those students wisdom and virtue at the service of loving God and enjoying the good life the Lord calls us to.
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Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
- 15 years experience in the classroom
- Classical, Catholic Educator at John Paul the Great Academy (2010-2024)
- Dean of Math and Science at John Paul the Great Academy (2011-2016)
- Graduate Teacher and Adjunct Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2009-2010)
- Reviewer for the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2009-2010)
- Private and Public Tutor at the Learning Center of ULL (2007-2008)
- Private Guitar Tutor (2006-2008)
Education and Scholarship
- Ph.D. Cognitive Science (ABD) University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2008-2013)
- B.S. in Psychology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2006-2008)
- Seminary Formation for the Diocese of Lafayette, St. Joseph Seminary College (2004-2006)
- Publications
- Čech, C. G., Melvin, E., & Albarado, K. (2013). Speaker self entrainment. Paper presented at the 13th International Pragmatics Conference. New Delhi, India, September, 8-13, 2013.
- Albarado, K. & Kalish, M. (2011). Grounding lexical choice in Bayesian inference. Poster presented at 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Boston, MA, July, 21, 2011.
- Albarado, K. E. (2010). Does music facilitate sequence learning? Evidence from the serial reaction time (SRT) task. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference in Social Science Research. New Orleans, LA, September 23, 2010.
- Čech, C. G. & Albarado, K. E. (2009). Does rapid talk impose a cost or benefit in the referential communication task? Paper presented at the 506th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Boston, MA, November 20, 2009.
- Invited Presentations
- Albarado, K. “On Reading Imaginative Literature” Presented to Great Books Group, September 2019.
- Albarado, K. “How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler” Podcast with Alexander Books, 22 March 2019.
- Albarado, K. “Called & Consecrated: The Sacraments of Service” presented to the RCIA of Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church (Lafayette, La), 21 February 2013.
- Albarado, K. “The Liturgy: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery” presented to the RCIA of Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church (Lafayette, La), 17 January 2013.
- Albarado, K. “The Desire to Know: On Human Dignity and the Intellect from the Aristotelian-Thomistic Perspective” presented at St. Edmund’s Catholic School (Eunice, LA), August 2010.
- Albarado, K. “On Cognitive Science and Social Science Research” presented at Loreauville High School (Loreauville, LA), August 2010.
- PRAXIS, Mathematics
- Institute of Excellence in Writing Training and Certification
- Singapore Math Training
Honors and Opportunities
- Nominee for 2024 United Way of Acadiana Teacher Awards
- Templeton Foundation Grant for Science in Dialogue, 2012. Chief Investigator: K. Albarado. Partner Investigator: N. Trosclair. $1,000. Title: Facilitating the Great Conversation of Faith and Science.
- Hait-Lewis Award for Academic Excellence in Psychology, 2008.
- Outstanding Graduate in Psychology, 2008.
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