Ángel Cabrera (academic)

For other people of the same name, see Ángel Cabrera (disambiguation).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cabrera and the second or maternal family name is Izquierdo.
Ángel Cabrera
Cabrera at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2012
6th President of George Mason University
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2012
Preceded by Alan Merten
11th President of Thunderbird School of Global Management
In office
July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2012
Personal details
Born August 5, 1967[1]
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spain and U.S.
Spouse(s) Beth Cabrera
Children 2
Alma mater Ph.D., MS, Georgia Institute of Technology
MS, BS, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Ángel Cabrera Izquierdo (born August 5, 1967) is the sixth President of George Mason University, and the past President of Thunderbird School of Global Management. His work includes research on psychological learning[2] and the Oath Project.

Biography

Cabrera received his undergraduate and master's degree in telecommunications engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and earned his MS and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Georgia Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar.[3] The World Economic Forum named him a Global Leader for Tomorrow in 2002, a Young Global Leader in 2005 and chairman of the Global Agenda Council for promoting entrepreneurship in 2008.[4] Cabrera has been a Henry Crown fellow at the Aspen Institute and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

President Cabrera is married to Beth Cabrera, an organizational psychologist. Together, they have two children.

References

  1. ↑ "Ángel Cabrera." Marquis Who's Who Biographies. Accessed 2015-04-03 via LexisNexis.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Izquierdo, Angel Cabrera. A functional analysis of categorization (1995). Georgia Institute of Technology. Doctoral dissertation.
  4. ↑ "Board of Visitors Selects Dr. Ángel Cabrera as the Sixth President of George Mason University, Effective July 1, 2012 | University News | George Mason University". news.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2015-02-04.