2023 EOLC Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2023 Excellence in Online Learning Conference Award Recipients! Thank you for all you do to improve online and hybrid education at UTRGV.
Excellence in Online Teaching Award
Dr. Azucena Herrera
Clinical Assistant Professor
Robert C. Vackar College of Business
and Entrepreneurship
About Me
Dr. Azucena Herrera is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Management Department, at the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship (COBE).
She joins the Management Department in 2019 for pioneering the MBA blueprinting course design Spanish version (MBAmericas) at COBE, under the Quality Matters (QM) requirements for asynchronous online modality.
From first to current cohorts, she has been teaching the Management courses series for the MBAmericas curricula, in Spring, Summer, and Fall semesters. She feels proud for contributing to the UTRGV Hispanic serving activities, by teaching graduated students along the RGV and the U.S., as well as students located in Latin-American countries.
In regard to the undergraduate level, she teaches lower and upper-level courses from the Management series, in traditional, hybrid, and online modalities.
Dr. Herrera was born, raised, and educated in Central Mexico. She earned a Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Business Management, at Universidad La Salle and Instituto de Estudios Universitarios Mexico, respectively. She is a native of Spanish, a beginner in Serbo-Croatian, and proficient in English.
Her first step as a UTRGV Faculty was joining The Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) to serve as Diversity and Inclusion Educator and DREAM Zone Advocate. She is an affiliated faculty to the UTRGV B3 Institute (bicultural, bilingual, and biliterate).
Dr. Herrera has published about the competencies of individuals working and living in multicultural and multilingual environments. Her most recent research is focusing on multilingualism, diversity, and inclusion competencies in college students.
