Dr. Sigfredo A. Hernandez

Associate Professor

• Email Address: hernandez@rider.edu
• Phone: (609) 895-5509
• Office: Sweigart Hall 357
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• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Areas of Expertise: Team learning; mentoring and entrepreneurship education of urban youth; assessment learning; Hispanic consumer behavior
Research Interests: Cooperative learning; student metacognitive skills

• Minding Our Business

Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 1988, Temple University, Marketing, Quantitative Methods
• Master of Arts, 1977, Boston University, Economics
• Bachelor’s of Arts, 1976, University of Puerto Rico, Economics

Recent Publications

• Hernandez, S. A. & Newman, C. M. (2009).  Minding Our Business Summer Program: An Intensive Entrepreneurship Experience for Urban Preadolescents. Journal of the Academy of Business Education, 10, 118.
• Hernandez, S. A. (2006).  What is Marketing All About? The Visual Metaphor Project. Inventio, 8 (2).
• Hernandez, S. A. & Newman, C. M. (2006).  Minding Our Business: A Model of Service-Learning in Entrepreneurship Education. . Journal of Entrepreneurship Education.
• Hernandez, S. A. (2005).  Developing Learning Skills in a Team Learning Class: An Intervention by the Learning Center. Journal of Student Centered Learning, 2 (3).

Recent Presentations
Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers
National

• Eder, L. & Hernandez, S. (2009). Building Entrepreneurial Skills in Niger. Title V!   Presented at 50th Anniversary Conference, IEPS, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Hernandez, S. A. (2009). Minding Our Business: An Effective Summer Program for Urban Preadolescents.   Presented at Small Business Institute Annual Conference, Clearwater, Florida.
• Hernandez, S. A. (2005, April). Minding Our Business: A Model of Service-Learning in Entrepreneurship Education. Academy of Business Education Annual Conference , Orlando, Florida.
• Hernandez, S. A. (2004, April). A Comparison on Peer Evaluation Systems in Team-Based Learning. Academy of Business Education Mid-Year Conference , Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.
  

Honors
2006:  Board of Chosen Freeholders resolution recognizing the contributions of the Minding Our Business Program to Trenton's disadvantaged youth, County of Mercer.

Awards

2009:  Best Practices in Entrepreneurship Award for Minding Our Business Summer Program, Small Business Institute Annual Conference.
2007:  Davis Research Fellowship, Rider University.
2007:  Reverand Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe, Ed.D. - One-Step Beyond recognition for work in promoting equity and creating opportunities for youth, Office of Vocational-Technical Career and Innovative Programs, State of NJ, Department of Education.
2006:  Urban League President's Award recognizing the contributions of the Minding Our Business Program to urban youth, Trenton Chapter.
2006:  Advisor Appreciation Award - in recognition for commitment to advising Rider University students, Rider University.
2005:  Summer Research Fellowship, Rider University .
2004:  Summer Research Fellowship, Rider University.