Biography
Jorge F. Figueroa Flores is the Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and a Professor of Organization, Workforce, and Leadership Studies at Texas State University (TXST). Before joining TXST, he served as the Vice Provost for Curriculum and Strategic Initiatives and as a Professor of Bilingual and ESL Education at Texas Woman's University (TWU). Prior to his role as Vice Provost at TWU, he was the Associate Dean for Research, Inclusion, and Innovation in the College of Professional Education. Before moving to Texas, he worked for 17 years at the Ana G. Mendez University System, including 10 years at Universidad del Este (now UAGM-Carolina), where he was an Associate Professor of English and ESL Education and held several administrative roles, including the inaugural Executive Director for the Student Leadership Institute. With over 25 years of experience in higher education, he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at various institutions including Penn State University, Walden University, the University of Puerto Rico, and the University of North Texas-Dallas. He has provided specialized training to many pre-service and in-service teachers across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Figueroa Flores holds a BA in Social Sciences from Universidad de Puerto Rico-Cayey, an MA in TESOL and Bilingual Education from the University of Findlay, and a PhD in Professional Studies in Education from Capella University. He also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in Information and Communication Technologies in Education at Universidad de Córdoba in Spain and is a member of Cátedra ESCALAE at Universidad de Málaga in Spain. Additionally, he has completed numerous executive education fellowships, including the New Leadership Academy at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, the Executive Leadership Academy at UC-Berkeley, the Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership at Arizona State University and Georgetown University, HACU's La Academia de Liderazgo, and the AASCU-AALI BAPA program.