Stella Brito Zaragoza, MPhil
Current Position
Ms. Zaragoza is an adjunct instructor in the Human Resource Development area for the
University Studies program. She earned her undergraduate degree in Management Information
Systems at Texas Tech University (TTU) with a minor in Spanish. She earned a master's
degree in Management with an emphasis in Human Resources Management at Wayland Baptist
University. She earned a Master of Philosophy degree from Walden University and is
currently working on attaining her PhD in Management with an emphasis on Leadership
and Organizational Change from Walden University. As a Programmer Analyst at TTU,
she currently supports the student information system (SIS) application for TTU K12,
ticketing issues and reporting requests applicable to TTU K12.
Research
By teaching in the Human Resource Development program at TTU, Ms. Zaragoza is gaining
online teaching experience on the very topics that motivate her to research via her
PhD journey – human resource management, organizational behavior, performance appraisals,
performance ratings, critical social theory, social cognitive theory, transformative
knowledge, and psychological contract theory, cognitive distortion, ethics, leadership,
fairness of interpersonal treatment, leniency psychometric error, and positive social
change.
Background
Ms. Zaragoza has been working at TTU for the past 24 years. On a personal level, she
has a son who keeps her busy with his four pet dogs, and a daughter and a husband who has three children - two in high
school and one in middle school. There is a 15-year difference between Ms. Zaragoza's
son and daughter, which contributes to interesting conversations and lots of laughter
year-round. She enjoys reading, writing, researching, and traveling. She is a big
fan of Texas Tech athletics. Guns up!
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