Mary Therese F. Cruz, Ph.D.

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Interim Associate Dean, CLASS
Associate Professor of Political Science, Micronesian Studies, and CHamoru Studies. College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. University of Guam 

Mary Therese F. Cruz, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Guam and an associate professor of Political Science, CHamoru Studies, and Micronesian Studies. Cruz served as President of the UOG Faculty Senate from 2018-2021. In 2020, Cruz was awarded the Triton Student Choice Award and in 2021, was named Faculty of the Year. Cruz was a member of the 2021 cohort of the AASCU Emerging Leaders Program where she led a change project to align the University’s Institutional Learning Outcomes with the Island Wisdom Strategic Initiative. Cruz serves on the board of Commission on Decolonization, a Co-PI for the Mellon Foundation Grant project: CHamoru Studies Center, lead evaluator for the Guam Focus on Life grant with GBHWC, and a consultant for the Sloan Grant project: Addressing the Hidden Curriculum to Improve Access to Graduate Programs.