Dr. Joan Labay-Marquez

Dr. Joan Labay-Marquez is the Graduate Studies Coordinator at the Dreeben School of Education and joined the UIW family in 2014. She has taught Law in Higher Education, Legal Issues in Student Affairs, Law and Ethics in Cyber Security, Risk Management and Policy in Cybersecurity, Employment Law & Human Resource Core, Special Education Law and Texas School Law. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law and a Master of Jurisprudence in Education with a certificate in Cyber Law and Data Security and Compliance, Business Law & Risk. She is also an alumnus of Incarnate Word High School.

She serves as the advisor for the UIW Compassion Student Peer Organization (CSPO) and liaison to the ESC Region 20 Cohort Leadership Associates (CoLA) program. She is a member of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and serves on the Review Board for the NASPA Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education. Dr. Labay-Marquez is a member of Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS) and participates in the mentor/mentee program. 

Dr. Labay-Marquez volunteers as the Education K-12 STEM Outreach Chair at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and supports the AIAA Educator Associates in the Southwest Texas Region.