MICHELLE L. REINA
1008 Bluff Meadow Cv.
Georgetown, TX 78626
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph.D. Organization & Management - March 2009
Capella University, Minneapolis, MN
July 2004 – March 2009GPA: 4.0/4.0
Dissertation: Travelers in the Global Economy: A Phenomenological Study of
Short-term International Business Travel
Graduate Work in Anthropology
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
2002-2004 12 credits GPA: 3.7/4.0
Masters in International Business Administration (MIBA)
The United States International University - MEXICO CITY CAMPUS
(Now Alliant University)
May 1998 GPA: 3.82/4.0
International Finance Emphasis
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Cum Laude May 1993
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater GPA: 3.5/4.0
Major: International Studies – Middle East Emphasis
Minors: Spanish & Military Leadership
Completed UW-W Honors Program
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) –Spring 2012
Teaching Online Certificate Course – EDU 9501 – Fall 2009
Martin Luther College – New Ulm, MN
TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certificate
Martin Luther College – New Ulm, MN June/July 1998
LANGUAGESKILLS
BILINGUAL & BILITERATE ENGLISH/SPANISH
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL/ LIVING EXPERIENCE
Belgium/Germany: Led UMHB Study Abroad Trip – Spring Break 2014
Argentina: Led UMHB Study Abroad Trip – December 2012
Panama: Led UMHB Study Abroad Trip – Spring Break 2011
Colombia:January 2002, Summer 2004, Summer 2009, Summer 2014
Lived in Bogota, Colombia August 1998 – September 1999
Peru: September 1999
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, & Honduras: November 1997
Lived in Mexico City, Mexico – July 1996 – January 1998
Lived in Cuernavaca, Mexico – April 1994 – July 1996
Spain, Israel, Jordan, & Egypt March & June 1997
Lived in Nairobi, Kenya March-June 1997
Mexico: Aug. 1993, May 1992, March 1992, Sept. - Nov. 1991
Moscow, Russia: Trade Mission/Student Exchange - February 1993
Vicenza, Italy: Cadet Troop Leadership Training - July & August 1992
European Tour: 11 countries - Summer 1989
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
Associate Professor – Management International Business June 2014-Present
Study Abroad Coordinator –August 2013 – Present
Assistant Professor – August 2010 – June 2014
- Courses Taught:
- Global Competitiveness & International Business
- International Marketing (undergrad and gradutate)
- International Management (undergrad and gradutate)
- Organizational Behavior (undergrad and gradutate)
- Fundamentals of Management
- Global Issues in Business & Society (graduate)
- Strategy and Managerial Decision Making (graduate)
- Advise International Business & Management majors
- International Business major Coordinator
- MBA International Business concentration Coordinator
- Chair – Study Abroad Committee
Curriculum Coordinator – College of Adult & Graduate Studies
Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI March 2010-January 2011
Designed and wrote 14 business and leadership courses for the Adult Completion Program in Business Leadership
Associate Professor of Business
Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI January 2000-June 2010
Associate Professor – Promoted March 2010
Assistant Professor - May 2002 to March 2010
Instructor – July 2001 – April 2002
Visiting Lecturer - July 2000 – June 2001
Adjunct – January 2000 – May 2000
Responsibilities at Wisconsin Lutheran College
- Taught 24 credit load/academic year
- Responsible for teaching International Business and Management classes, some Spanish, Anthropology, and Sociology classes
- Instrumental in three major business program revisions
- Advised students in the major and as freshmen
- Served as Interim Internship Coordinator 2006-2007
- Served as First-Year Seminar instructor 2001-2002 and 2009-2010
- Developed course curriculum – created the following courses:
* indicates courses I taught
- Cross-Cultural Management *
- Global Marketing *
- Leadership *
- Growth, Development, and Comparative Economics
- International Finance
- Advanced Spanish for Business *
- Peoples and Cultures Around the World
- Introduction to Anthropology *
- Globalization *
- Principles of Physical Anthropology
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Food and Culture Around the World *
- Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *
COURSES TAUGHT at Wisconsin Lutheran College 2000-2010
January 2000 –Spring 2010Number of Times
BUS 201 Professional Writing2
BUS 310 / BEC 250 Principles of Management 9
BUS 312/BEC 352 Organizational Behavior9
BUS 340/ BEC 240 Principles of Marketing4
BUS 342 Marketing Research1
BUS 343 Advertising2
BUS 345 Sales Management1
BUS 347 Consumer Behavior1
BEC 350 Human Resource Management3
BEC 371 Cross Cultural Management5
BEC 372 Global Marketing4
BEC 402 Special Topics: Leadership2
BUS 480 Strategy1
ANT 181 Introduction to Anthropology1
ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology4
ANT 420 Food & Culture Around the World1
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology6
SOC 220 Sociology of Race & Ethnicity1
SPA 101 Beginning Spanish I3
SPA 102 Beginning Spanish II2
SPA402/ SPA 361 Advanced Spanish for Business3
COL 101 Idea of a Christian College2
COL 102 Christian Life Planning2
COMMITTEE WORK at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Fall 2014 – Present – Business Accreditation Task Force
Fall 2014 – Present – Christian Planning Committee
Fall 2013 – Present – Study Abroad Committee & Chair
2013 – Present – College of Business Dean Search Committee
2013-2014 – Roger Russell Dissertation Committee (Doctoral Education program)
Spring 2013 – Ad Hoc Study Abroad Committee & Chair
Spring 2013 – Accounting Faculty Search Committee
2011-2013 – Financial Aid and Admissions Committee
2011-2012 – Core Curriculum Global Perspectives Committee
2011-2012 – Marketing Faculty Search Committee
COMMITTEE WORK at Wisconsin Lutheran College(Elected by faculty)
Curriculum Committee Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 (re-elected)
Curriculum Committee Fall 2005 – Spring 2007
Faculty Affairs Committee 2001 – 2004
Conducted research on faculty planned retirement
PROFESSIONALORGANIZATIONS
NAFSA – Association of International Educators 2011- Present
Academy of International Business 2007-Present
Academy of Management 2006 - 2011
Milwaukee World Trade Association 2006 - 2010
Christian Business Faculty Association 2004 – 2009
Society for the Advancement of Management 2003 - 2005
CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS
“Faculty-Led Study Abroad – What Experience Has Taught Us: An Interactive Discussion.” Panel Presentation at the NAFSA Region III Conference, Nov. 4, 2014.
“Faculty-Led Study Abroad - Lessons Learned in the Trenches: A Collaborative Discussion.” Panel Presentation at the Southwest Teaching & Learning Conference, April 4, 2014.
“Study Abroad and Student Reflection: Strengthening Transformational Learning.” Accepted for presentation at the Academy of International Business Southwest Annual Meeting, March 13, 2014.
Selected for Best Paper Award in the Teaching and Research Track.
“Enhancing the Credibility of Faculty-Led Study Abroad Learning Experiences Using Assessment of Student Reflection.” Presented at the Texas A&M Annual Assessment Conference, February 18, 2014.
“A Decade of Management International Review (MIR) Research: A Content Analysis” Presented at the AABRI Conference, January 3, 2014.
“Web 2.0 Experimentation and Innovations for Teaching & Learning: An Interactive Discussion” Panel Presentation at the Southwest Teaching & Learning Conference, April 5, 2013.
“Content Analysis of Research Published in JIBS over the Past Five Years.” Presented at the Academy of International Business Southwest March 14, 2013
Session Chair for “Special Topics in Research & Teaching Methods.” Presented at the Academy of International Business Southwest March 14, 2013
“Foreign Language Requirements for International Business Students at Top Regional Universities.” Presented at the Federation of Business Disciplines/Academy of International Business conference on March 1, 2012.
“Global Leadership and International Business Travel: Themes and Parallels” Presented at the Academy of International Business Southwest – March 12, 2011
“Resilience in International Business Travelers” Presented at the MBAA International Conference – March 26, 2010
PUBLISHED PAPERS
Fox, T.L., King, J. & Reina, M. (2014). To the end of the world and back:
A primer for international study trips. Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 18, 1-8.
Russell, R. & Reina, M. (2014). Study Abroad and Student Reflection: Strengthening Transformational Learning. Southwest Review of International Business Research, 25(1), 131-134.
Fox, T.L., King, J. & Reina, M. (2013). Study Abroad Opportunities: Planning, Guidance, and Lessons Learned, Proceedings of the Allied Academies International Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
Harper, E., King, J., Locke, L. & Reina, M. (2013). Web 2.0 experimentation and innovations for teaching & learning: an interactive discussion, Southwest Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings.
Reina, M. (2013). Where’s the BRI in BRIC? A Content Analysis of Country Research Published in JIBS Over the Past Five Years. Southwest Review of International Business Research, 24(1), 181-185.
Reina, M. (2012). Foreign language requirements for international business students at top regional universities. Southwest Review of International Business Research, 23(1), 99-102.
Reina, M. (2011). Global leadership and international business travel: Themes and parallels. Southwest Review of International Business Research, 22(1), 113-122.
Reina, M.L. (2010). Resilient Global Travelers: A Phenomenological Study of Short-Term International Business Travel, Journal of International Business Research and Practice, 4: 76-86.
Reina, M.L. (2010). Resilient Global Travelers: A Phenomenological Study of Short-Term International Business Travel, AIB Midwest Conference Proceedings.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Reina, M.L. (2014). A Decade of Management International Review (MIR) Research: A Content Analysis, AABRI Conference Proceedings
CONFERENCES & SEMINARS ATTENDED
NAFSA Region III Conference – Fort Worth, TX – Nov. 2-6, 2014.
Southwest Teaching & Learning Conference – San Antonion, TX – Apr. 4-5, 2014
Texas A&M Assessment Conference – College Station, TX – Feb. 16-18, 2014
Academic and Business Research Institute (AABRI) – Orlando, FL–Jan. 2-4, 2014
NAFSA Region XII Conference – San Diego, CA – Nov. 4-8, 2013
Southwest Teaching & Learning Conference – San Antonion, TX – Apr. 5-6, 2013
Academy of International Business Southwest – Albuquerque, NM - March 12-16, 2013
Texas A&M Assessment Conference – College Station, TX – Feb. 18-19, 2013
NAFSA (Association of International Educators) Conference – Houston, TX - May 2012
Academy of International Business Southwest –New Orleans - Feb. 29-March 3, 2012
Texas A&M Assessment Conference – College Station, TX – Feb. 20-21, 2012
NAFSA (Association of International Educators) Conference – Vancouver, Canada - May 2011
Academy of International Business Southwest – Houston, TX - March 10-12, 2011
Midwest Business Administration Association International Conference
Chicago, IL March 24-26, 2010
The Teaching Professor Conference – Washington D.C. – June 2009
Christian Business Faculty Conference – Indianapolis – Nov. 2008
Academy of Management Annual Conference-Philadelphia – August 2007
Dissertation Proposal selected for review through a competitive process by the International Business division of theAcademy.
Midwest Business Administration Association International Conference
Chicago, IL March 28-30, 2007
Wisconsin SHRM Annual Conference – October 2006
The Teaching Professor Conference – Nashville, TN – May 2006
Wisconsin International Trade Conference – May 2006
Midwest Business Administration Association International Conference
Chicago, IL March 15-17, 2006
Luminary Leadership Series – Milwaukee, WI Nov. 2, 2005
Christian Business Faculty Seminar – San Antonio, TX October 28-30, 2004
Living Leadership – Milwaukee, WI October 20, 2004
Intercultural Management Institute 5th Annual Conference at American University, Washington, DC March 11-12, 2004
Living Leadership – Milwaukee, WI November 5, 2003
Spanish Faculty Development in International Business Seminar – Columbia, SC
June 14-20, 2002
Lessons in Leadership- Milwaukee, WI November 7, 2001
Tom Peters Seminar – Milwaukee, WI February 15, 2001
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor - Lakeland College
Milwaukee, WI campus – May 2005 to May 2010
Courses taught at MBA level – Adult Learners
International Business & Cultural Understanding
Organizational Effectiveness (Online and Face-to-Face)
Undergraduate level – Adult Learners
Intercultural Communication
Leadership, Ethics, & Decision Making (Online and Face-to-Face)
Adjunct Professor - Carroll College
Waukesha, WI – August 2001 to May 2002 & Fall 2005
Taught evening classes to both traditional and nontraditional (adult) learners
Culture & Diversity in Organizations
International Business
Business & Society
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Area Operations Manager, Clean Power
Wauwatosa, WI - December 1999 - June 2000
Maintained relationships and customer service with area clients
Managed an expanse area of 14 buildings with 57 employees
Engaged in active intervention with clients and employees to ensure quality
Program Director / English Teacher, WELS Kingdom Workers
Bogota, COLOMBIA - August 1998 - September 1999
Coordinated, marketed, and established an English Language Center
Aquired and retained 140 students within one year
Assisted with finances of the Christian Information Center
Investor Services Representative, STRONG Capital Management
Milwaukee, WI - November 1996-January 1997 / December 1997-Jan. 1998
Accurately handled over $1 million in transactions weekly
Part of a record setting team handling a high volume of shareholders
Collaborated with supervisors and co-workers to improve quality
Independent English Instructor, Mexico City, MEXICO
July 1996 – December 1997
Worked with multinational companies such as PEMEX, Coca-Cola, and ICA teaching English to executives
Clients included the Director of Human Resources at PEMEX and engineers at ICA
Professor, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
Cuernavaca, Morelos, MEXICO - September 1995 - July 1996
Taught Professional English to university business students
Organized/Supervised the campus entrepreneurship fair
Developed curriculum for Communication and Entrepreneurship classes
Executive Assistant to the President, Pochteca Internacional
Cuernavaca, Morelos, MEXICO - October 1994 - July 1995
Bilingual liaison between the President and U.S. clients
Devised new marketing strategy to sell to U.S. companies
English Instructor, Cuauhnahuac Institute
Cuernavaca, Morelos, MEXICO - August 1994 - November 1995
Taught English at all levels to teenagers and adults
Substituted for the director in her absence
Hired and trained new teachers
Loan Processor, The Bank of Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 - October 1993 - April 1994
Implemented new system for maintaining loan infomation
Courteously dealt directly with customers and insurance companies
Completed timely reports for the President & Board of Directors