Faculty
Education
Dr. Stephen Benigno
"As a school administrator, I was always interested in facilitating teachers and students. In essence, I never stopped teaching and learning. My experiences as a student have always driven me to teach."
Dr. Sergio D. Garza
"This degree can provide you with upward mobility in a central office position or in other agencies that promote English language learners."
Dr. Puneet Gill
"My advice to a student pursuing an online program is to stay organized, take advantage of online opportunities to communicate with your professor and other students in your classes, and to maximize your learning potential."
Dr. Tonya Huber
"Globalization has created a complex world that demands critically conscious, global citizen-educators."
Dr. Gilda Y. Martinez
"A master's degree in bilingual education will prepare students to meet the needs and demands of the English learner population as a teacher, curriculum developer, instructional coordinator and/or school administrator."
Dr. Bernice Sanchez
"Online instruction is very much like face-to-face instruction: Students must be actively engaged regularly."
Dr. Maria de Lourdes Viloria
"I strongly believe that a successful Education Administration candidate would be an individual that is committed to work as a team member within an organization whose purpose is to prepare well-educated, productive citizens."
Healthcare
Amanda Peña
"Obtaining your BSN will open new opportunities overall in any nursing area you might choose; it will set you to be a leader within your community."
Monika L. Perez, MSN, RN
"My personal objective is for students to feel empowered with the concepts learned in class and go into the world and improve the nursing profession."
Habiba Harris
"This degree will allow you stability in so many facets of your career."
Dr. Renae Authement
"You won't find a better place to earn your MSN. TAMIU provides a top-notch Nursing Administration program with qualified, caring instructors who support you throughout your journey."
Sarah F. Bassett
"A Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing prepares nurses for career advancement, higher salaries, and the opportunity to achieve advanced degrees."
Chantilly Mae C. Demasiado
"This degree will convey relevant facts on the constantly evolving health care delivery system as well as changes related to nursing roles, responsibilities and scope of practice in response to current evidence-based studies."
Dr. Britt Cusack
"Texas A&M is an internationally acclaimed university and is a leader in nursing thought. Your education is something that accompanies you forever. Choose your program wisely."
Dr. Wendy Donnell
"RNs who are interested in certifications or management need a BSN degree."
Linda D. Flores
"The BSN degree opens new opportunities for advancement and personal satisfaction within the field of nursing."
Dr. Michael Landry
"The most important part of learning is learning to ask the right questions."
Dr. Heidi Landry
"The MSN – Nursing Administration degree will help leaders and managers meet today's challenges in the health care setting."
Dr. Francesca Losito
"Look for preceptors in advance, and chose early on what is of interest and/or inspires you as it relates related your practicum(s)/capstone."
Dr. Karen S. Migl
"Healthcare is constantly changing and this degree will help the student face the challenges of the future."
Criminal Justice
Frances Bernat
"I want students to be able to discern the importance of law in the workings of the criminal justice system."
Deborah Laufersweiler-Dwyer
"Understanding the reasons why people do what they do is important in creating mechanisms to help people be their best."
Dr. Marcus Carey
"Speaking personally, earning my MSCJ has opened my career options tremendously and has helped me to study, work and travel all over the country for the past decade. The degree is tremendously versatile, and I hope that my students reap the same kinds of benefits from earning it that I have."
Dr. Fei Luo
"Education is the ladder to your dream and success. Believe in yourself; you can do it, you will succeed."
Business
Mike Rogers
"Relationships are the key to being successful; spend time building them."
George Clarke
"An MBA will give you the ability to thrive in a fast-changing business world. We never know where the next great economic challenges will come from, but having an MBA will make it easier for students to adapt quickly."
Dr. Efrain Medina
"My teaching philosophies emphasize student engagement, experiential learning and open-mindedness."
Ángel Arturo Pachec Paredes
"We prepare our students not only for success in the profession of accounting but for success in addressing the dynamics of business in the 21st century."
Homero Aguirre-Milling
"With [an MBA], the opportunities of enhancing the socio-economic standard of living of the student and the family are greatly increased."
Dr. Geoffrey Hubona
"Technology is ubiquitous. An M.S. in Information Science is valuable in many professional occupations today."
Oscar Cisneros
"My goal is to bridge the gap between the academic side as well as the practical side so that students can see, understand, and apply the concepts learned during the class to real-life examples."
Dr. Heriberto Garcia
"You will not only be trained by the experience and knowledge of the faculty, but you will also acquire the best business practices in different industries."
Dr. Rodrigo Hernandez
"Graduates of the MBA program will be able to formulate an actionable business strategy that is grounded in theory and practice from multiple business disciplines, conduct data-driven analyses to identify significant business problems, recommend feasible solutions to the problems, and justify a course of action."
Dr. Robin Knowles
"The online program is very intensive, so be ready to allocate substantial amounts of time and effort in order to perform well. The online program is primarily a self-study program, so students should be comfortable reading graduate-level textbooks and studying and absorbing complex concepts."
Dr. Kathy Ma
"The online MBA allows students to maintain professional careers without having to commit to attending classes at a specific time and location. It prepares students for their career aspirations while providing maximum flexibility."
Dr. Jaqueline Mayfield
"My objectives are for students to learn effective and ethical leadership which has a positive impact on organizations, their people and all of the stakeholders."
Dr. Milton R. Mayfield
"This degree will help you advance your career and open new doors so you can have the life you want."
Dr. Stephen Meardon
"The objective [in my courses] is to predict firm and individual behavior using common tools of economics, and to analyze the effects of different market structures under various conditions of information and incentives."
Dr. Jyotsna Mukherji
"An MBA will help students get jobs and keep them. It will also make them lifelong learners."
Dr. Abhijit M. Patwardhan
"In these online courses, you will experience similar levels of rigor and learning that you would have experienced inside a classroom."
Dr. Antonio Rodriguez
"An MBA enhances personal and professional growth and generates newer opportunities."
Dr. Richard Rodriguez
"A degree in business management will be broad enough to allow the student to seek various employment positions and to deal with a plethora of industries that are of interest to the student."
Rolando Peña Sánchez
"In general, the value of a college degree is intrinsic; in particular, graduate MBA students from an AACSB-accredited institution can get job offers with financial compensations that exceed the average labor market."
Dr. Debra Touhey
"I feel that I've learned a lot and have been very blessed in the financial world. I want to give something back to tomorrow's leaders."
