as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. After earning tenure and promotion at Wittenberg, Dr. Martinez- Saenz accepted and held two administrative appointments: Assistant Provost for the First-Year Experience and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs.
Among his accomplishments in those administrative roles are the creation of a student-centered first-year experience aimed at easing the transition to college life, an artist-in-residence program, and the development and implementation of programs that promote diversity, equity, and respect.
Dr. Martinez-Saenz moved from Wittenberg to accept the position of Dean and Associate Provost for Student Success at St. Cloud State University’ s
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FAVORITE FOODS Arroz, frijoles negros y platanitos
LAST BOOK READ The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
MUSIC IN HEAVY ROTATION Orishas, Tom Waits, Adele, Shakira, Ray LaMontagne, Jullieta Venegas, Amos Lee, Bob Marley, Counting Crows, Bebe, Hozier, Bright Eyes, Bebo Valdes & Cigala, Los Aldeanos
University College where he led a data analytics initiative that examined the factors influencing retention, with a special emphasis on the magnitude of these effects. This research helped his team focus on ways of intervening and how certain factors would impact student retention.
Dr. Martinez-Saenz’ s most recent appointment was at Otterbein University where he served as Provost. In that position he led a number of efforts especially in the context of internationalization that
included a three-year global FAVORITE PLACE TO VACATION arts initiative, funded in part by
Barcelona( used to be New York) the National Endowment of the
FAVORITE WAY TO UNWIND Arts. He also helped lay the Read books or watch movies with foundation and developed our children partnerships with universities in South Africa, Costa Rica,
BELOW: Dr. Martinez-Saenz with his wife Brazil, and Malaysia. Of significance, Dr. Martinez-Saenz was
Julie Holland, their two children Caterina and Joaquin and their two dogs Charlotte and Dallas. an administrative Fulbright Scholar( March 2016) through the Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Program.
Outside the university setting his experience has been varied and diverse. He has worked with his spouse, Julie Holland, a former 8th grade public school Social Studies teacher, tutoring teens at or below the poverty-line, has conducted philosophy workshops in juvenile detention centers, and has accompanied student groups to build houses in rural communities in Nicaragua as part of trips organized by Bridges to Community. Notably, while in Springfield he was a founding board member for a non-profit organization that works with social service organizations to assess, develop and implement strategies to strengthen their capacities; more recently, Dr. Martinez- Saenz has been focused on creating collaborative opportunities between
Johnny Perez’ 18 and Keston Jones( Foundation for the Advancement and Rehabilitation of the Marginalized).
State Senator and former St. Francis College Registrar Roxanne J. Persaud. Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams.
Bertha Hare( SUNY Downstate Medical Center), State Assemblymember Jaime Williams, Dr. Keydron Guinn( SUNY Downstate Medical Center), and Anne Richards( Office of Jaime Williams).
State Senator Martin Golden, State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, and City Councilman David Greenfield.
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