不良研究所

Dr. Arthur E. Hernández serves as an academic and professional with a deep commitment to enhancing education and evaluation practices. As a professor at the 不良研究所, he integrates his extensive background in psychology, educational psychology, and curriculum development into his teaching and research. His work emphasizes culturally responsive and equitable evaluation, community engagement, and interdisciplinary approaches to leadership and learning.

With roles spanning from professor to dean, and a robust portfolio of publications and presentations, Dr. Hernández advocates for transformative education that aligns with institutional missions and fosters student empowerment. His dedication to quality teaching is reflected in his focus on diverse instructional strategies, meaningful assessment, and responsiveness to student needs, all aimed at fostering an inclusive and effective learning environment.

Bachelor of Arts: Psychology/Education
St. Mary's University, San Antonio Texas
December 1975
Major: Psychology

Master of Arts: Psychology
St. Mary's University, San Antonio Texas
December 1978
Clinical Psychology

Master of Arts: Education
University of Texas at San Antonio
August 1982
Curriculum and Instruction

Doctor of Philosophy: Educational Psychology
Texas A&M University, College Station Texas
August 1987
Educational Psychology
Dissertation: A Comparison of Proximal Development in Anglo and Hispanic Learning-Disabled Elementary Pupils

His scholarly work involves measurement and culturally responsive and equitable (CREE) evaluation, psycho-educational interventions, public health, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and performance effectiveness. He currently focuses on the theory and practice of program evaluation including psycho-social metrics across a variety of educational, industrial, health, and social service settings. His research and scholarly contributions may be found in multiple journals covering topics ranging from teacher education to public health. Some recent work includes:

• Yin, Z. Li, S., Land, W., Ullevig, S., Juarez, F., Hernandez, A., Ortega, C., Simmonds, M. (2021). Higher Levels of Physical Activity Buffered the Negative Effect of Pain Severity on Physical Frailty in Older Adults Geriatric Nursing 42(2), 460-466.
• Yin, Zenong; Li, Shiyu; Ortega, Catherine; Bobadilla, Raudel; Winkler, Paula L.; Hernández, Arthur E.; Simmonds, Maureen J.. (2021) Impacts on patient-centered outcomes of a chronic pain self-management program in a rural community: A feasibility study Geriatric Nursing. (42) 1198-1203.
• Considering Methods and Questions Associated with Participatory Action Research Design and Evaluation. American Evaluation Association (virtual conference). November 8-12, 2021.
• Assessment Empowered: What are institutions doing? Where do we go from here? Taylor,J., Flateby, T., Sweetland, Y., Ghasemi, A., Hernandez, A.E. Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education. Providence RI. June 6-9, 2022.
• A Discussion 不良研究所 Dealing with Challenges to Effective Measurement and Assessment. A., Hernandez, Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education. Providence RI. June 6-9, 2022.
• Traditional Public Health Researcher’s Experience with Action Research: Bridging a Problem and People Focus. 17th Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Virtual Conference). May 21, 2021.
• Some Notions Related to Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Planning and Practice. Las Vegas, NV. National Association of Bilingual Educators. February 24 – 28, 2020.

Dr. Hernández has and continues to contribute to funded research, service, and teaching projects as Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator, Evaluator or Consultant. For example, he is Co-PI on a grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ( The Community Participation for Health and Wellbeing Project (CPHWP). In addition, he serves as Director of the Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Fellowship Program of the American Evaluation Association and on the Advisory Board for the Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) program of the Expanding the Bench Initiative, which focuses on race and ethnicity equity and inclusion in Evaluation.

Diplomate – American Board of Forensic Examiners - American Board of Psychological Specialties – School/Educational Psychology - 17554.

Licensed Specialist in School Psychology - Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - 6685.

Nationally Certified Counselor - National Board for Certified Counselors - 52547.

Nationally Certified School Psychologist - National Association of School Psychologists - 14077.

Psychologist - Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - 24245.

Teacher's Certificate - Secondary - Texas Education Agency

Academic Appointments:

August 15, 2016-Present
不良研究所
Professor

March 1, 2009- August 14, 2016
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi College of Education
Professor and Dean

September 1, 2009- February 28, 2009
University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Education & Human Development
Educational Psychology
Professor and Department Chair

September 1, 2000- February 28, 2009
University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Education & Human Development
Associate Dean

June 1, 1998- September 2001
University of Texas at San Antonio
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Associate Professor and Director

September 1989- May 30, 1995
University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology

June-Aug 1989
Incarnate Word College
Instructor

January-May 1989
Our Lady of the Lake University
Lecturer in Education

April 1988 -August 1989
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Director of Enrichment Services

October 1985 - April 1988
Texas A&M University
Project Director

August 1984 - October 1985
San Antonio Independent School District
Associate School Psychologist

1980 - 1982
Academy of Health Sciences
Department of the Army Ft. Sam Houston, Texas
Educational Specialist

1979 - 1980 San Antonio Independent School District
English as a Second Language Teacher and Soccer Coach

1979 Alamo Area Teacher's Center
Consultant/Evaluator

1976 - 1979
Edgewood Independent School District
Instructional Specialist
Chairman of the English Department

Research Appointments:

February 1, 2008- May 1, 2009
Family & Community Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio Texas
Research Professor

Advanced Research Methods and Instrumentation 

Constructing Research Design 

Counseling for Higher Education Professionals 

Entrepreneurship 

Finance in Higher Education 

History and Philosophy of Higher Education 

Introduction to Inquiry 

Leadership and Administration in Student Affairs 

Practicum in Student Affairs

Program Development in Adult Education 

Program Evaluation Methods 

Program Evaluation Theory 

Research in Comparative Educational Systems of the World 

Strategic and Operational Planning in Higher Education 

Recent Publications:

Yin, Z. Li, S., Land, W., Ullevig, S., Juarez, F., Hernández, A., Ortega, C., Simmonds, M. (2021).  Higher Levels of Physical Activity Buffered the Negative Effect of Pain Severity on Physical Frailty in Older Adults Geriatric Nursing 42(2), 460-466.  

Yin, Zenong; Li, Shiyu; Ortega, Catherine; Bobadilla, Raudel; Winkler, Paula L.; Hernández, Arthur E.; Simmonds, Maureen J.. (2021) Impacts on patient-centered outcomes of a chronic pain self-management program in a rural community: A feasibility study Geriatric Nursing. (42) 1198-1203.

Yin, Zenong; Martinez, Cristina; Li, Shiyu; Martinez, Martha; Peng, Kezhi; Land, William; Ullevig, Sarah; Cantu, Adelita; Falk, Sharon; Hernández, Arthur; Ortega, Catherine; Parra-Medina, Deborah; Simmonds, Maureen. (2021) Adapting Chinese Qigong Mind-Body Exercise for Healthy Aging in Older Community-dwelling Low-income Latinx Adults: A feasibility pilot JMIR Aging.4(4):e29188.  

Du, Patel, Hernández, Zamudio, Li, Zhang, Fernandez, Choi, Land, Ullevig, Estrada-Coates, Parra-Median, Yin (2022). Examining the Feasibility of the Delivery of a Tailored Chinese Qigong Program in Older Low-Income Community-Dwelling Latino Adults.JMIR Formative Studies.

Martinez, E., Hernández, A. & Staudt, D. (2023). Let’s talk about Technology in Teacher Preparation. In E. Langran, P. Christensen & J. Sanson (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2185-2188). New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). . 

Hernández, A., (2023) Special Issue: Evaluation Standards Scholarship 
Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation Vol. 19 No. 43 (Co-Editor).    

Hernández, A., (2023).  Concluding Thoughts and Reflections on the Special Issue on Program Evaluation Standards. Special Issue: Evaluation Standards Scholarship 
Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation Vol. 19 No. 43 pp 115-119.    

McClinton, J.M., Hernández, A., & Thornton, A. (2023).  Introduction to Case Studies.  In McClinton, J.M., Hernández, A., & Thornton, A. (Eds). Qualitative Research with Diverse and Underserved Communities.  Information Age Publishing Company, Charlotte NC. 

Hernández, A. (2023). Meaning. In McClinton, J.M., Hernández, A., & Thornton, A. (Eds) (2023). Qualitative Research with Diverse and Underserved Communities.  Information Age Publishing Company, Charlotte NC. 

Hernández, A. (2023). Process. In McClinton, J.M., Hernández, A., & Thornton, A. (Eds) (2023). Qualitative Research with Diverse and Underserved Communities.  Information Age Publishing Company, Charlotte NC. 

Hernandez, A. (2024). Preparing Educators for an AI-Enabled Future: Examining the Implications of Large Language Models and General AI for Instruction and Teacher Training. In J. Cohen & G. Solano (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1977-1982). Las Vegas, Nevada, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). . 

Lisa Aponte-Soto, Saúl I. Maldonado, Mislael A. Valentín Cortés, Leah C. Neubauer, Arthur Hernandez (2024). La sazón de liderazgo among Latine evaluators to advance LatCREE. New Directions in Evaluation.   

Lisa Aponte-Soto, Saúl I. Maldonado, Leah C. Neubauer, Arthur Hernandez (2024). Co-constructing comunidad: A collective critical reflection on the co-creation of La RED. New Directions in Evaluation.   

Books:

McClinton, J.M., Hernández, A., & Thornton, A. (Eds) (2023). Qualitative Research with Diverse and Underserved Communities.  Information Age Publishing Company, Charlotte NC. 

Recent Presentations:

Traditional Public Health Researcher’s Experience with Action Research:  Bridging a Problem and People Focus.  17th Congress of Qualitative Inquiry.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Virtual Conference).  May 21, 2021 

Best Practice Guidelines for the Development of Instruments and Use of Student Evaluation of Teaching.  Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment.  September 27-29, 2021. 

A Description of What Graduates from High Quality Teacher Preparation Programs Believe, Know and Are Able to Do.  Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment.  September 27-29, 2021. 

Some Contributions of Practice Theory to a Conceptualization of CRE Evaluation. Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment.  Chicago IL. September 29-October 1, 2021. 

Sound and Equitable Evaluation of Instruction/Instructors.  Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness (virtual conference).  October 11-12, 2021.   

The intersection between community-based and participatory research (CBPR) and culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE) with Latinx communities. American Evaluation Association (virtual conference).  Guillen-Woods, B., Bustos, T., Hernández, A.E. November 8-12, 2021. 

Considering Methods and Questions Associated with Participatory Action Research Design and Evaluation. American Evaluation Association (virtual conference). November 8-12, 2021. 

Publishing a School Psychology State Association Journal: Experiences and Challenges 

National Association of School Psychologists. Sullivan, J., & Hernández, A.E.  February 15-18, 2022. Boston, MA. 

Assessment Empowered: What are institutions doing? Where do we go from here?  Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education.  Providence RI. June 6-9, 2022. Taylor,J., Flateby, T., Sweetland, Y., Ghasemi, A., Hernández, A.E.   

A Discussion 不良研究所 Dealing with Challenges to Effective Measurement and Assessment. A., Hernández.  Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education.  Providence RI. June 6-9, 2022. 

Assessment and Measurement Issues with Grades and Grading. Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment.  San Antonio, Texas.  October 4-5, 2022.  

Motivation as a Dichotomy and other Myths Which Persist Among Educators. Critical Issues in Education Conference.  Denver CO. October 24-26, 2022. 

Let’s talk about Technology in Teacher Preparation. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. New Orleans, LA. March 13-19, 2023.  Martinez, E., Hernández, A. & Staudt, D. 

Exploratory Cluster Analysis of Adolescent Technology Use and Activities During COVID-19 in Relation to their Mental Health Conditions. Chicago, IL.  April 13-16 2023. Niu, C., Cosette, L., Portugal., M, Carpio, V., Hernández, A., E. 

Action Research Approaches to engage Community Power Groups for Health Equity.  International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry.  Urbana/Champaign IL.  May 18-21, 2023. 

Student Evaluation of Teaching: Requirements and Application to “Online” vs Face to Face Teaching. American Association of Learning in Higher Education.  New Orleans, La. June 5-8, 2023. Liguez, D., Hernández, A.E. 

Are you integrating assessment, curriculum and instructional practices and processes?  American Association of Learning in Higher Education.  New Orleans, La. June 5-8, 2023. Abolfazl Ghasemi, Rebecca Gibbons, Karla Hardesty, Yuerong Sweetland, Arthur Hernández, Teresa Flateby. 

Assessment is Not Just for Accountability.  Texas Association of Assessment in Higher Education.  San Antonio, TX. September 25-27,2023 

Toward An Enriched CREA Framework Exploring the Role of Quantitative Methods: Why? When?  Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) Conference.  Chicago IL. October 4-6, 2023. Niu, C., Hernández, A.E. 

An Introduction to Action Research as a Tool for CREE Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) Conference.  Chicago IL. October 4-6, 2023. 

Let’s Talk 不良研究所 How Labeling and Categorization Ruin Stories.  American Evaluation Association.  Indianapolis, IN, October 9-14, 2023. 

A Panel Discussion on The Importance of The Story of Health Equity in Latinx Communities.  American Evaluation Association.  Indianapolis, Indiana, October 9-14, 2023. 

Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Stories from Evolving Evaluation. Silva, S., Davis, C., Hernández, A., Jackson, K., Martinez-Rubin, N., & Bernal, N.  American Evaluation Association.  Indianapolis, Indiana, October 9-14, 2023. 

From participation and co-creation to knowledge democracy and co-control: implications for participatory research. Collective Action Research Network (CARN).  October 26-28, 2023. Manchester, U.K.  Alzate, C., Sellassie, A., Kroger, S., Collins, C., Eguren, I.R., Macedo, J.C., Vasquez, M., Covuertier, C., Ortiz-Aragon, Al, Hernández, A., Esparza, S. 

Incorporating LLMs into graduate level instruction: Some ideas and a conversation.  Academy for Educational Studies – Critical Questions in Education Conference November 6, 2023.  Chicago, IL.   

Adult learning theories in the new context of generative artificial intelligence (AI): Scholastic implications of large language Models (LLMs) in higher education. Academy for Educational Studies – Critical Questions in Education Conference November 6, 2023.  Chicago, IL.  Soheila Sadeghi, Hernández, A. 

Hernandez, A.,  
Personal Reflections After 47 Years of Teaching:  It Just Ain’t What It Used to Be.  Critical Questions in Education.  New Orleans, LA | March 3-6, 2024 

Preparing Educators for an AI-Enabled Future: Examining the Implications of Large Language Models and General AI for Instruction and Teacher Training.  Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. March 25-29, 2024.  

Enhancing Public Health Evaluation: Integrating Quantitative Methods within the Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Framework.  Society of Public Health Education Conference, March 19-21, 2024.  St. Louis. Love, A., Niu, C. & Hernandez, A.  

Assessment Integration with Curriculum and Instruction: Results of a National Survey.  Association for Learning in Higher Education.  June 3-9, 2024.  Portland, OR Sweetland, Yuerong, Hernandez, Art, Flateby, Terri. 

Assessing student learning in higher education: Integrating assessment into curriculum and instruction with implications for accreditation, evaluation, and communication.  Association for Learning in Higher Education.  June 3-9, 2024.  Portland, OR Yuerong Sweetland, Y., Hernandez, A., Flateby, T., Hardesty, K., Gibbons, R.  

Traversing Together: Acknowledging and Celebrating the Journey of Minority Serving & Minority-Identifying Assessment Professionals (MSAPs).  Association for Learning in Higher Education.  June 3-9, 2024.  Portland, OR Goyzueta, Karen White, Adanu Sesime, Farrell Joel, Tucker Constance, Hernndez, A.E. 

AI Integration in Academia: Investigating the Impact on Faculty Organizational Belongingness. August 8-10, 2024, American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Conference, Seattle, WA Niu, C., Waltman, B., Sadeghi, S., Cossette, L., Love, A., & Hernandez, A.. 

Unveiling Program Potential: A Multi-Layered Approach to Graduate Program Evaluation. TxAHEA Conference. - San Antonio September 23-25, 2024. (Accepted).  

Theories Bridging Ethnography and Evaluation. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference, Portland OR. October 22-26, 2024. Melissa R. Goodnight, Christine Liboon, Rodney Hopson, Paula Caffer, Ph.D., Art E. Hernandez, Tatiana E. Bustos.  (Accepted). 

Realizing Action Potential through Affordance: Reframing Community Power in Evaluation Practice. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference, Portland OR. October 22-26, 2024. (Accepted). 

How do we know what we don’t know about the Program Evaluation Standards (PES)? Critical Review of PES to Understand Constructs and Navigate Pain Points. Brad Watts, Art E. Hernandez, Julie Q. Morrison, Paula Egelson.  (AEA) Annual Conference, Portland OR. October 22-26, 2024. (Accepted). 

External Grants:

Title:  Medical Career Opportunities for Disadvantaged Students - Health Careers Opportunities Program Bridge to Medicine (1985-1991) 
Sponsor:  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
College:  Texas A&M University College of Medicine 
Total:  $487,013 

Title:  Minority High School Student Research Apprentice Program (1987-1988) 
Sponsor:  National Institutes of Health 
College:  Texas A&M University College of Medicine 
Total:  $9,300 

Title:  High School Summer Enrichment Program (1987-1988) 
Sponsor:  Office of the President - Texas A&M University 
College:  Texas A&M University College of Medicine 
Total:  $7,800 

Title:  Oral Health Self-Care Promotion Among Hispanics in South Texas (1993) 
Sponsor:  National Institute of Dental Health (awarded through the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) Co-PI  
Total:  $12,000  

Title:  University of Texas System Study of the Evaluation of Teaching (1995-1996) 
Sponsor:  University of Texas System Chancellor's Office and UT System Faculty Advisory Committee 
Total:  $58,000  

Title:  South Texas Border Magnet High School/Program Partnership for Medicine and Nursing  (1999-2003). 
Sponsor:  University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
Total:  $125,000  

Title:  Enhancing school and community counseling students' awareness, knowledge, and skills of computerized assessment techniques involving the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-Third Edition (MCMI-III) (2003).  
Sponsor:  BBL Field Experience Mini-Grant 2003 - UTSA 
Total: $1957 Robinson, D. T., & Hernández, A. E. 

Title:  Enhancing school and community counseling students' awareness, knowledge, and skills through the use of computerized assessment techniques (2003).  
Sponsor:  Tech Connect Faculty Mini-Grant Program 2003 – (UTSA) 
Total:  $2997.95. Robinson, D. T., & Hernández, A. E.  

Title: Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Relative to Persistence and Completion of Teacher Certification Programs (2003). 
Sponsor:  College of Education and Human Development Mini-Grant. (UTSA) 
Total:  $1,000.  

Title:  Studies to Treat or Prevent Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes (Co-I) (2004-2008) 
Sponsor:  5 U01 DK061230 NIH/NIDDK (UTSA sub-contract) 
Total:  $238,000 

Title:  Development of a Novel Insulin Resistance/Pre-Diabetes Screening Questionnaire for South Texas Healthcare Providers – A Pilot Study (2006) 
Sponsor:  College of Education and Human Development Mini-Grant. 2006 (UTSA) 
Total:  $2,000 

Title:  Healthy and Ready to Learn (2007-2008)  
Sponsor:  Baptist Health Foundation 
Total:  $ 550,000 - Winter, Romo, Yin, Love, Hernández  

Title:  Mujeres Interesadas en Cambios por la Salud (2007) (MI CASA; Women Interested in Changes for a Healthy Life) 
Sponsor:  College of Education and Human Development Mini-Grant 2007 (UTSA) 
Total:  $1,800 - Love, A., & Hernández, A.E.  

Title:  Decision Making at the End of Life in Mexican Americans (2007-2008) 
Sponsor:  NIH/AHRQ 
Total:  $145,000 - Hernández, A.E. & Espino, D. 

Title:  Recruiting Mathematics, Science and Special Education Teachers (2010-2012). 
Sponsor:  Sid Richardson Foundation 
Total:  $95,000 - Hernández, A.E.  

Title:  Addressing community health and well-being issues in San Antonio, Texas, through culturally responsive and participatory approaches (2020-2021) 
Sponsor:  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 
Total:  $229,266 - Ortiz, A. & Hernández, A. E. 

Leadership Roles:

(Chronologically from Start of Appointment)

Youth Opportunities Unlimited: Advisory Board 1986-1987 Texas Education Agency - Texas A&M University

Tri-School Project: Advisory Board: - Northeast Independent School District 1990-1991

San Antonio Area Mentorship Association: Vice President- San Antonio, Texas 1992-1993

San Antonio Area Mentorship Association: President - San Antonio, Texas 1993-1994

Texas Faculty Association: Treasurer - UTSA Chapter. 1994-1995.

Texas Faculty Association: President - UTSA Chapter. 1995-1996.

San Antonio Area Mentorship Association: Board of Directors - San Antonio, Texas 1996-1999.

Texas Association of School Psychologists: Board of Directors - Austin, Texas 1997-2002.

Texas Teacher Educators Association: Second Vice President - 2002-2003.

Texas Teacher Educators Association: First Vice President - 2003-2004.

Texas Teacher Educators Association: President - 2004-2005.

Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education. Member of the Board 2004-

2005; 2012-2013.

UT System Assessment of Teacher Preparation Programs: State Advisory Council 2003, 2004.

Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. 2002-2007, Chair 2003-2005. (State Agency)

Coastal Bend Regional P-16 Leadership Council; 2010 – 2016

Texas Diabetes Council. 2009-2015. (State Agency)

Coastal Bend Diabetes Foundation: Member of the Board 2010 – 2016

Diabetes Community Coalition: Member of the Board 2012 – 2017, Secretary 2014-15

Texas Association of School Psychologists: Treasurer – 2012-2013

Texas Evaluator’s Network: Member of the Board 2011-2019

Texas Evaluator’s Network: Vice President - 2011- 2016

Texas Evaluator’s Network: President - 2017- 2018

Texas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education: President 2012 – 2013

Early Scholars Academy Advisory Board (Texas Educational Service Center, Region 2) 2012-

2014

Michelle Kuri Foundation – Member of the Board and Vice President 2014- 2018

Texas Association of School Psychologists: Regional Representative 2016-2017

Texas Association of School Psychologists – School Crisis Response Committee – Chair 2018-2019

Texas Association of School Psychologists – President-Elect 2018

Texas Association of School Psychologists – President 2019

Texas Association of School Psychologists – Past President 2020

AEA/MSI National Initiative (Co-Director) 2008-2009; (Director) 2010-Present.

Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation – Executive Committee 2022-2024, Vice Chair 2024-2025.

National Committees and Task Forces:

Minority Affairs Subcommittee of the Accreditation, Credentialing, and Training Committee of the National Association of School Psychologists: Co-Chair - 1984-1985

Association of American Medical Colleges - Group on Student Affairs Minority Affairs Section: Institutional Representative and Member of the Nominating Committee. Texas A&M University Medical College. 1987-1988

National Association of School Psychologists: National Ethics Advisory Panel. 2005-2022.

Association for Teacher Educators. Commission on Classroom Assessment 2014-2017.

Performance Review for Educator Preparation: Rhode Island Department of Education (PREP-RI) 2016, 2023

American Association of Learning in Higher Education. Knowledge Development Task Force. 2017-2020

The Annie E. Casey Foundation – Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity Advisory Board 2015-2017.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Change Matrix - Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) Program Advisory Council - 2017-2022.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation & Change Matrix LEEAD Mentor - 2018—Present

Change Matrix and Expanding the Bench (LEEAD and ACE) – Advisory Board – 2019-Present

RISE (Research, Integration, Strategy and Evaluation) for Boys and Men of Color – Executives’ Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color – (The Atlantic Philanthropies, Annie E. Casey Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Marguerite Casey Foundation) Advisory Board 2015-2017.

American Association of Learning in Higher Education – President’s Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – 2020-Present.

Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE). Member 2020-Present

Association of Teacher Educators (ATE). Strategic Planning Working Group: Greater Impact. 2020-Present.

NSF CAREER CCW (ACCESS) Advisory Board – Texas State University. 2021-2026.

Active Memberships:

American Association of Learning in Higher Education

American Educational Research Association

American Evaluation Association

American Psychological Association

Association of Teacher Educators

National Association of School Psychologists

Texas Association of School Psychologists

Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology 1973.

Graduated Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude – St. Mary’s University 1975

National Hispanic Leadership Program, Doctoral Training Grant 1982-84

LULAC National Merit Scholarship 1983-1984

Northside Independent School District "Valued Mentor and Advocate" 1993-1994

Texas A&M University Outstanding Alumni; College of Education and Human Development (October 19, 2012)

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 2014

Texas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (TACTE)

Council of Deans of Education Leadership Award, October 2014

First recipient of the Distinguished Evaluator Award - American Evaluation Association (Latino/a Responsive Evaluation Discourse Topical Interest Group) November 2015.

Service to the Profession

Dr. Arthur E. Hernández has significantly contributed to the field of education through his dedication to advancing evaluation practices and supporting professional development. As a co-editor of the Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation and an active participant in professional organizations such as the American Evaluation Association, Dr. Hernández has fostered discourse on culturally responsive evaluation and educational equity. His involvement in various professional development workshops and conferences, including those focused on culturally responsive and equitable evaluation, showcases his commitment to enhancing the skills and knowledge of his peers. Furthermore, his role in mentoring minority-serving institution faculty and his contributions to policy papers and standards demonstrate his ongoing efforts to shape the future of educational practices and evaluation in diverse contexts.

Service to the Community

Dr. Hernández's service to the community is rooted in his commitment to culturally responsive practices and community-based participatory research. He has played a pivotal role in initiatives such as the Bienestar Health Program, a school-based diabetes prevention program aimed at improving health outcomes in low-income, primarily Hispanic communities. His leadership in community health and education projects, such as the development of culturally tailored health interventions, reflects his dedication to addressing health disparities and promoting community well-being. Dr. Hernández has also been involved in various local and national advisory boards, offering his expertise to enhance community-based programs and advocating for policies that support underserved populations.

Service to the 不良研究所

At the 不良研究所, Dr. Hernández has exemplified leadership and service through his roles as a professor and mentor. He has been instrumental in shaping the curriculum within the Dreeben School of Education, emphasizing culturally responsive teaching and learning strategies that align with the university's mission of social justice and service. His commitment to fostering a supportive academic environment is evident in his participation in various university committees and initiatives focused on enhancing student learning and faculty development. Dr. Hernández’s efforts have contributed to a culture of continuous improvement and inclusivity, supporting both the academic and personal growth of students and colleagues, for example through his leadership as co-chair of the 不良研究所TX Institutional Review Board.