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Distinguished Professor. Recognition approved at the 381st Session of the Academic College held on July 23-24, 2015.

Dr. Martha Margarita Fernández Ruvalcaba, now a retired professor, obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the National Autonomous University of Mexico; a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Management Sciences from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University (France, 1981), and a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from Lumière Lyon 2 University, with the thesis titled "Interactions between working conditions and life conditions outside work. Application to cases of socio-economic innovation" (France, 1984).

Before her retirement, Dr. Fernández Ruvalcaba had a distinguished career as a full-time professor-researcher at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana since 1975, collaborating in the Departments of Economic Production at Xochimilco Campus and Economics at Iztapalapa Campus. Throughout her career, she participated in the Master's in Economics and Management of Technological Change (now Master's in Economics and Innovation Management) and in the Graduate Program in Organizational Studies at UAM Iztapalapa, in addition to contributing to the International Program of the Master's in Information Management at Xochimilco Campus.

A promoter of academic collaboration, she spearheaded a program between UAM and ISEOR, a renowned research-consulting center in Lyon, France, led by Professor Henri Savall. She also held research stays at centers and universities in various countries, including Canada, Chile, Mexico, Spain, and France.

In the editorial field, she served as Director of the journal "Administración y Organizaciones" and was a member of several editorial boards, significantly contributing to the dissemination of research in the field of administration and management.

Her academic legacy includes outstanding work in teaching, where she participated in the design and adaptation of educational programs, as well as in the supervision of doctoral theses.