Faculty Champion:Erica Hernandez


Name Erica Hernandez School Bowie State University Department Psychology Country United States

Bio

Erica Hernandez is an assistant professor of psychology at Bowie State University, an HBCU in Maryland (USA). She is interested in increasing educational completion among students who are also parents (student-parents). Erica is the faculty champion for the first cohort of UIF students from Bowie State University in 2021.

Achievements

2021 cohort participant, Emerging Leaders Program, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Certified Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitator (2021), Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative NSF Innovation Corps (iCorps) participant (2020) Leader, University System of Maryland Working Group on Students Who Are Also Parents (2021)

Awards and recognitions:

Winner, Idea Competition for Symposium on Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2020 Second place winner, Faculty Pitch Competition, Bowie State University (2020) Distinguished Achievement in Teaching Award, Bowie State University, 2019 Blackboard Exemplary Course Award for Learning and Memory, 2018