Bernardo
de la Garza
Bernardo de la Garza
- Campus: Online
- Department: International Psychology
- Institution: The Chicago School
- Office Phone: 312-488-6174
Biography
Dr. Bernie de la Garza brings both administrative and teaching experience over the past 15 years in higher education. Dr. de la Garza received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Kansas State University in 2012 and began his teaching career in 2010 at The University of Texas - Brownsville. During his time at UT-Brownsville, Dr. de la Garza was the Coordinator of the Masters in Experimental Psychology and served as thesis chair for students. After his 5-year tenure at UT-Brownsville. Dr. de la Garza was appointed as the Coordinator of undergraduate Psychology at Our Lady of the Lake University for the Rio Grande Valley in Texas in 2015. As Coordinator, he developed the undergraduate program through recruitment, teaching, and practicum site development. Dr. de la Garza subsequently served as Coordinator of the Masters and Ph.D. in Leadership Studies for Our Lady of the Lake University and served as dissertation chair for students within the Ph.D. program from 2019 - 2024. In 2024, Dr. de la Garza returned to the Department of Psychology at Our Lady of the Lake University to serve as Associate Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the Mental Health First Aid Grant.
Dr. de la Garza's research interests focus on psycholinguistic issues related to bilingual language development. Specifically, his interests are in third language acquisition, language learning strategies, and comprehension and memory storage in bilinguals. Additionally, Dr. de la Garza's recent publications have focused on methodological issues in psychological research including dealing with "good" and "bad" participants, crowdsourcing data, and benefits and limitations to using quantitative and qualitative data in psychological research.
Education History
Degree Institution Year Ph.D. Kansas State University , Manhattan, KS 2012 MS Kansas State University , Manhattan, KS 2006 Professional Memberships
Role Organization Member Association for Psychological Science Member The Society for Text and Discourse Member Southwestern Psychological Association Member Midwestern Psychological Association Member Psychonomic Society Member Member The International Leadership Association Community Involvement
Role Organization Volunteer Little Library Volunteer United Method Church of Brownsville Areas of Expertise
Area Expertise Psychology Subdisciplines - Cognitive Psychology Research Design/Methodology Statistics Publications
Journal de la Garza, B. & Waples, C. J. (2024). Crowdsourcing good data: Practical applications for collecting data online. SAGE Research Methods Cases, , https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529684124.
Garza I, Cox J, Sadat B, De La Garza B, & Chatila K. (Marc). #WordsMatter: Patient Perspective on Heart Failure Terminology and Care. Journal of American Cardiology, 81 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(23)00806-9),
Hollingsworth, P., Sun, Y., Hinojosa, B., & De la Garza, B (2022). Transformational leadership during COVID–19: Does leadership style impact leader holistic wellbeing?. Journal of Education and Social Development, 6 (1), 7-18.
de la Garza, B. & Montoya, J. A. (2021). From qualitative to quantitative data: Building upon a rich foundation. SAGE Research Methods Cases, , https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529762990.
De La Garza, B. (2018). Dealing with “bad participants”: Strategies for protecting data quality. SAGE Research Methods Cases, , http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526439901.
Cox, C. B., Barron, L. G., Davis, W., & de la Garza, B. (2017). Using situational judgment tests (SJTs) in training: Development and evaluation of a structured, low-fidelity scenario-based training method. Personnel Review, 46 (1), 36-45.
de la Garza, B. & Harris, R.J. (2016). Acquiring Foreign Language Vocabulary Through Meaningful Linguistic Context: Where is the Limit to Vocabulary Learning?. Journal of Psycholinguist Research, , 10.1007/s10936-016-9444-0.
Professional Skills
SPSS, AMOS, E-Prime