Rate My Professor Virgini Montero Hernandez

Dr. Montero Hernandez's research examines how formal and informal educational processes, particularly at the postsecondary level, influence individuals’ identity formation. Her work explores effective curriculum and instructional practices that promote identity work, transformational learning, agency, resilience, and empowerment. Employing a socio-cultural and cultural psychology perspective, she investigates institutional responses to intersectionality and designs creative curriculum structures to support holistic development for those with multiple marginalizations. Recent efforts include educational interventions addressing mental health and empowering Latinx adult learners; she developed a six-module student empowerment program fostering self-authorship and psychological empowerment. She has designed and delivered undergraduate and graduate courses on critical education topics and qualitative research methodology, led professional development for professors in STEM and non-STEM fields, and chaired more than 25 doctoral dissertations. Her publications include a co-authored book, book chapters, and articles on higher education issues such as community colleges, the academic profession, Mexican higher education, faculty learning, mental health among Latinx students, graduate education, and mentoring.