Dr. Isidoro Talavera is a Lead Faculty member at Franklin University, responsible for introducing Critical Thinking throughout all curriculums, as well as creating and managing all of the University’s new Philosophy courses. Prior to coming to Franklin, Talavera taught for nearly 20 years in a variety of courses at both the high school and college levels in Central and North America. In Guatemala he taught English as a second language and Mathematics in a bilingual setting. At Francisco Marroquin University, he created the English Department for Distance Education and served as English Coordinator. His teaching experience includes serving as math coordinator at Colegio Metropolitano, math instructor at Del Valle University, Philosophy instructor at the University of Missouri, Business and Professional Ethics instructor at Lipscomb University, and General and Symbolic Logic instructor at Tennessee State and Vanderbilt Universities. At Nashville High-Tech Institute, Talavera taught Critical Thinking, Psychology, Sociology, Human Relations, and Business Math. This expertise earned Talavera the 1999-2000 Burke Award for Teaching Excellence at Vanderbilt University. Talavera earned his Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University, focusing his Doctoral thesis on the field of Philosophy.

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