Luis Montenegro
Dean, Academic Affairs, Bronx Community CollegeDr. Luis Montenegro has been a full-time member of the instructional staff at Bronx Community College since his initial appointment at BCC in 1998. He serves as the Dean for Academic Affairs in the Office of the Provost since February 2015. Prior to this appointment, he served as Interim Associate Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Development from October 2012 until August 2014. Prior to these appointments, he had been the Coordinator of the Mathematics, Science and Technology Division since 2006 and Chairperson of the Physics and Technology Department at Bronx Community College since 2005.
Dr. Montenegro has oversight of the Office of Personnel Administration and Workload for the Division of Academic and Student Success and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology. Dr. Montenegro has extensive experience in curriculum development as a long-standing member of BCC’s Curriculum Committee, serving first a departmental representative and as an at-large member as Division Coordinator. He has led departmental efforts in the development and implementation of the Energy Services and Technology A.A.S. curriculum and has led several updates of most of the other curricula offered by the Physics and Technology department.
Dr. Montenegro has also been Director of several grant funded programs, such as TechPrep, STEP and CSTEP, with the purpose to strengthen linkages between Bronx secondary schools and the College and to provide academic support services of students interested in STEM careers both at the high school level and at the college.
He has been active in the application for and management of grant awards to improve academic programs in his Department and Division, primarily in curriculum development of new and existing program and in laboratory equipment upgrade. Over the past several years, he has obtained and/or managed about $5.8 M of grant awards from CUNY as well as city, state and federal agencies.
A native of Nicaragua, Dr. Montenegro immigrated to the United States in 1979. He attended public high schools in Los Angeles and attended Los Angeles Community College for two years. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Masters of Arts degree in Physics from the City College of New York, and a Ph. D. degree in Physics from the Graduate School and University Center of CUNY.
Dr. Montenegro has oversight of the Office of Personnel Administration and Workload for the Division of Academic and Student Success and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology. Dr. Montenegro has extensive experience in curriculum development as a long-standing member of BCC’s Curriculum Committee, serving first a departmental representative and as an at-large member as Division Coordinator. He has led departmental efforts in the development and implementation of the Energy Services and Technology A.A.S. curriculum and has led several updates of most of the other curricula offered by the Physics and Technology department.
Dr. Montenegro has also been Director of several grant funded programs, such as TechPrep, STEP and CSTEP, with the purpose to strengthen linkages between Bronx secondary schools and the College and to provide academic support services of students interested in STEM careers both at the high school level and at the college.
He has been active in the application for and management of grant awards to improve academic programs in his Department and Division, primarily in curriculum development of new and existing program and in laboratory equipment upgrade. Over the past several years, he has obtained and/or managed about $5.8 M of grant awards from CUNY as well as city, state and federal agencies.
A native of Nicaragua, Dr. Montenegro immigrated to the United States in 1979. He attended public high schools in Los Angeles and attended Los Angeles Community College for two years. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Masters of Arts degree in Physics from the City College of New York, and a Ph. D. degree in Physics from the Graduate School and University Center of CUNY.