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Portrait of Azucena Grady

Honor Society® member

Azucena Grady

Senior Project Manager at Rutgers University

  • Texas Tech University
  • PhD in Business Management
  • Class of 2026
  • Lubbock, Texas

Member since March 2021

About

Texas Tech University, Rawls College of Business
PhD Candidate (full time).

Education

  • Texas Tech University

    PhD Business (Management)

    2021 – 2026

  • Rutgers University - New Brunswick

    Business and Science - Engineering Management

    2017 – 2020

  • Technological University of Panama

    Civil Engineering

    1999 – 2004

Honors and awards

  • Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

  • Texas Tech University, Rawls COB area of management student research grant (2022, 2023)

  • Texas Tech University's AT&T Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

  • Rawls College Doctoral Student Excellence in Research 2024, Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business. (May 1, 2024).

  • Mentor Tech 2024 Mentorship Award, Texas Tech University (April 23, 2024).

Goals and interests

Career goal

PhD in Business Management, concentration Strategy and Entrepreneurship.
Business Professor at R1 University.

Graduate school interests

Strategy, entrepreneurship, sustainability and innovation.

Outside the classroom

Long distance running.

Experience

  • Senior Project Manager

    Rutgers University

    Dec 2014 – Aug 2021

Volunteering

  • AOM Student Community Ambassador

    Academy of Management

    Jun 2024 – Aug 2025

  • Doctoral Student Advisory Board member

    Eastern Academy of Management (EAM)

    Oct 2023 – Oct 2025

  • MDSA membership committee

    The PhD Project

    Aug 2022 – May 2026

  • MBS - Student Mentor

    Rutgers University

    Jan 2021 – May 2023

  • Graduate Student Mentor (Mentor Tech)

    Texas Tech University

    Jan 2021 – May 2026

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish Advanced
  • French (France) Beginner

Additional information