Faculty Member
Dr. Maritza Sotomayor is an Associate Professor of Economics at Utah Valley University's Woodbury School of Business, where she has been teaching since 2009. She earned her Ph.D. from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain, her M.A. from the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City, Mexico, and her B.A. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) in Lima, Peru.
With extensive experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate-level courses, Dr. Sotomayor has instructed classes of various sizes and formats, ranging from face-to-face and online to hybrid and small and large classes. She has received multiple awards for her teaching excellence, including the 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2022 Dean's Award for Scholarship.
Dr. Sotomayor is a Senior Fellow for the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Research Fellow for the Utah Women & Leadership Project. Her research interests lie in international trade issues, including the effects of regional integration in developing countries, intra-industry trade measurement, and global value chains, to comparative studies. During her sabbatical period in the spring-summer 2023, she was a visiting professor at the Universidad Nacional de Moreno in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Major: Applied Economics
Economics capstone research project, Spring 2024
International Economics GI, Spring 2024
Principles of Economics II SS, Spring 2024
My scholarly work was recognized in the spring of 2022 with the Dean's Award. The previous year, my scholar production exceeded expectations, and I was considered as a candidate by one of my colleagues.
Each semester OTL asks the Deans for a faculty member who has excelled in teaching. The OTL office showcases this contribution with a brochure with faculty members of each school and a display of their pictures in the Library's 5th floor.
The purpose of the Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award is to recognize full-time and adjunct faculty who have made significant contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.