Federico Varona

The 2nd Edition of the book La Intervención Apreciativa was published in 2020.

In his work regarding appreciative intervention, Varona focused on Appreciative Theory, stages of the appreciative intervention process, and conditions of its success. He also studied challenges of Appreciative Theory, attributes of the positive thinking, and affirmative competence. In his paper published in 2010, he explored about the credibility, theoretical and empirical bases of appreciative intervention. He also discussed the ingredients necessary for the usage of appreciative intervention.

After this appointment, he moved to United States as a Fulbright Scholar and joined University of Kansas in 1986 and in 1988 was a Graduate Teaching Assistant. In 1991, he held a brief appointment as Instructor at Johnson County Community College before joining San Jose State University as Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1997, and to Professor in 2002 at San Jose State University.

Varona started his academic career in Nicaragua as a teacher in two La Salle High Schools in cities of León and Managua, Nicaragua (1967-1972). He was Founder, First Chair and Professor of the Instituto Centro Americano de Ciencias Religiosas for 5 years (1977-1981) in Guatemala City. He also was First Chair and Professor of the Communication Sciences Department for 5 years (1981-1986) at the Universidad Rafael Landívar of Guatemala City.

In 1964 he moved to Guatemala and got the High School Teaching Credential from the Normal School in Antigua Guatemala City (1967). After completing his studies in Psychology and Theology from Guatemala, at the San Carlos University and Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Varona moved to Spain in 1974 and received his Diplomatura degree in Psychology, and Licenciatura degree in Theology from Pontifical University of Salamanca in 1976. He then moved to France in 1977 and received his diploma certificate in Audiovisual Communication from Center AudioVisuel Recherche and Communication. For further studies, in 1986, he moved to United States, as a Fulbright Scholar. He attended University of Kansas and received his Master’s degree in Organizational Communication in 1988, and Doctoral degree in 1991.