Myron Alexander Socop Arango（舒冠宇）
Xelajuj No'j (Quetzaltenango), Guatemala, 1988. Indigenous K’iche’ Maya scholar and writer. His literary work has been published in diverse magazines and collections. The most recent one is Punto de partida 190 (UNAM, 2015). He published Temblores del silencio (Metáfora editores, 2012) and Poemas sueltos (90 plaquettes, 2014). He has participated in poetry festivals in Central America and Mexico, and he was part of the organizing committee for the Quetzaltenango International Poetry Festival from 2011 to 2019.
In 2021, he received the MOFA scholarship to pursue doctoral studies at National Taiwan Normal University. In 2024, he was granted the Broadening Participation in Cognitive Science Initiative Award for the project: The Cognitive Science Behind the Adventures of Junajpu and Xbalamke: Spreading Awareness of Cognitive Science Among Educators in Mayan and Mestizo Communities.
His academic and professional interests broadly include shared book reading and brain development, EMI, multicultural and global education, and environmental humanities.
Currently he works as a research assistant at the Child Brain Development and Learning Lab at NTNU.
PhD in Educational Psychology and Counseling
English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) degree program
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)
Currently enrolled
EMI Certificate Program in Environmental Humanities
NTNU
2027, in preparation
EMI Program, Center for General Education
NTNU
2027, in preparation
Asia Education Leader Course (AELC) Joint Certificate
Tohoku University, Japan; Nanjing Normal University, China; Korea University, South Korea; NTNU and National Chengchi University, Taiwan
2024
MSc in Education
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC)
2018
M.A. in Business Administration
Universidad Mesoamericana (UMES), Guatemala
2015
B.A. in Communication and Graphic Design
Universidad Galileo (UG), Guatemala
2012
English Language Teaching
Center for Academic Literacy (CAL), NTNU, 2024- currently
Department of Child and Family Science, NTNU, 2024- currently
Main Library English Reading Group Leader, NTNU, 2025- currently
English Language Teaching Assistant (ELTA), Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan, 2024- currently
Spanish Language Teaching
Independent Spanish Language Tutor, 2026- currently
Polyglot Taipei, Spanish Language Tutor, 2024- currently
Research Assistant
Child Brain Development and Learning Lab, Department of Child and Family Science, NTNU, 2026- currently
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, 2022-2023
Others
Director at Selection Committee, COSAMI R.L., Totonicapán, Guatemala, 2017-2021
Lecturer, Universidad Galileo, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 2017-2021
Chief editor, Silabario Ediciones, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 2014-2021
Teaching to Hope: Saving the education of refugee teens during and after the pandemic’s school shutdowns
National Geographic and University of Minnesota, 2019-2021