Meet the Vice Provost

Jorge F. Figueroa Flores, Ph.D. is the inaugural Vice Provost for Curriculum and Strategic Initiatives.

In his role, he provides leadership for the university’s curriculum development and management, the TWU catalog, undergraduate education, core curriculum, transfer agreements, university course inventory, and university scheduling. Additionally, he oversees the first-year seminar and the TWU High School Advantage program (dual enrollment/dual credit), and ensures institutional compliance with state and university policies for undergraduate education, including college readiness (TSI). Furthermore, he oversees the operation of the undergraduate council and the university curriculum committee. He also facilitates academic partnerships that support the university's strategic mission and oversees the institution's micro-credential initiative. Before assuming the Vice Provost role, Figueroa Flores served as the Associate Dean for Research, Inclusion, and Innovation in the College of Professional Education, where he oversaw all research, inclusion, and innovation activities, facilitated international agreements, and developed and managed the COPE Emerging Leaders Program. He is a tenured Full Professor of Bilingual and ESL Education in the School of Education.

Before joining TWU, he worked at the Ana G. Méndez University System for 17 years, including 10 years at Universidad del Este (now UAGM-Carolina) in Carolina, Puerto Rico, first as an Assistant Professor and then as an Associate Professor of English and ESL in the Department of General Studies within the School of Social and Human Sciences. Additionally, he held several administrative roles, including founding Executive Director of the Student Leadership Institute. With over 25 years in higher education, he has also served as adjunct faculty at the University of North Texas-Dallas, Penn State University, Walden University, and Universidad de Puerto Rico, training numerous pre-service and in-service teachers across the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

Figueroa Flores’ research focuses on the intersection of emergent technologies and emergent bilinguals/second language acquisition. He emphasizes extended realities (XR), gamification, game-based learning, culturally responsive/sustaining teaching, and critical pedagogy. His work has been published in Contemporary Educational Technology, Educación XX1, Edmetic, the International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation, and Expert Systems, among others.

Figueroa Flores is currently a fellow at HACU’s La Academia de Liderazgo and the AASCU-AALI BAPA Academy. Throughout his academic career, he has completed several executive leadership fellowships, including the New Leadership Academy at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, the Executive Leadership Academy at UC-Berkeley, and the Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership at Arizona State University/Georgetown University. Additionally, he is a member of Cátedra ESCALAE at the Universidad de Málaga in Spain.

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.

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