Awards
- Titled Professor - 2024
- Young-Jin Kim Distinguished Clinical Professor
About P. Roberto Garcia
P. Roberto Garcia is the Young-Jin Kim Clinical Professor of International Business in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. He also serves as Faculty Director for the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). He currently teaches various International Business courses at the Undergraduate level and delivers a range of international business pedagogy sessions and workshops for faculty. He has also taught various international business courses in the full time MBA and in the Kelley Direct Online MBA Programs. Garcia holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in International Business with a functional area minor in Organizational Behavior and an MBA from the University of Toledo, Ohio (International Business). He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Psychology.
Dr. Garcia has received several honors and awards for his contributions to international business teaching and service. For example, in 2023 he was nominated for Indiana University’s Mary Burgan Distinguished Service Award. In 2021 he received the Dr. James E. Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award. In 2018 he was awarded the Kelley Service Award. In 2015 he received the “Elvin S. Eyster Teaching Scholar Award” and was a finalist for the “Innovative Teaching Award.” In 2013 he received the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award for overall teaching quality. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Kelley Direct “Teaching Excellence Award.” He was also recognized for the 2010 “Kelley Service Award” for contributions to international business teaching and programming. In 2008 he was awarded the “Innovative Teaching Award” by the Kelley School of Business. He was also nominated in 2009, 2010, and 2011 for the “John W. Ryan Award” for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies. He has also been recognized several times as a “Favorite Professor” by several scholar-athletes at Indiana University.
Dr. Garcia is currently instrumental in the Global Foundations Core undergraduate program curriculum. Beginning in Spring of 2013, he began teaching a required Global Business Environments course to all Kelley undergraduates. Garcia also regularly teaches several Kelley Undergraduate and MBA courses involving travel abroad.