Professional portrait of Joan Labay Marquez

Joan Labay-Marquez

Practicing Faculty

Biography

Joan Labay-Marquez (J.D. ’90, M.Jur. ’22, B.A. ’87) is the Assistant Director for Graduate Studies at the Dreeben School of Education at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW). She has taught undergraduate, graduate and doctoral classes at UIW since 2016. Prior to her entry into Higher Education Administration, she maintained a general practice that included matters in employment law, family law, school law, wills, probate and estate planning, mortgage lending, oil and gas, corporate law and consumer bankruptcy.

Labay-Marquez is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association and is admitted to practice law in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. She served as a Municipal Court Prosecutor for the cities of San Antonio and Kirby.

She is Vice President for the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) San Antonio Affiliate and Former Director of the UIW Young Women’s Global Leadership Program and Board Member for Young Professionals of the Editorial Board for the NASPA Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education (JWG). She is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

She is a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church and enjoys music, reading and traveling with her family.


Joan Labay-Marquez

Practicing Faculty

Education

  • J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law, 1990
  • M.Jur., St. Mary’s University School of Law, summa cum laude, 2022
  • B.A, St. Mary’s University, cum laude, 1987

Contact Information

License to Practice

  • Texas

Specialties and Courses

  • Risk, Regulation and Reporting
  • Employment and Human Resources Law
  • Higher Education Law and Legal Issues in Student Affairs
  • Law and Ethics in Cybersecurity
  • Risk Management and Policy in Cybersecurity
  • Network Security Management
  • Texas School Law
  • Special Education

Publications

  • Love, A. S., Niu, C., & Labay-Marquez, J. (2025). Artificial intelligence in public health education: Navigating ethical challenges and empowering the next generation of professionals. Health Promotion Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399251320989
  • Love, A. S., Labay-Marquez, J., & Valadez, R. (2023). Understanding Adult Learners’ Needs and Integrating Technology for Effective Online Education: Adult-Centered Approaches for Teaching and Learning. In J. Keengwe (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Innovative Frameworks and Inclusive Models for Online Learning (pp. 172-193). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9072-3.ch009.

Awards

  • CCVI Grant Recipient “Sisters Supporting Women for a Better World” 2021
  • UIW Connelly Leadership Award, 2020
  • American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) Harry Staubs Award 2018
  • AIAA Foundation Educator Achievement Award, 2013
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