Rocio Del Carmen Chavela Guerra
Rocio Del Carmen Chavela Guerra, Ph.D., worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at i2e2a (formerly the Cox Research Group). Before pursuing her doctorate in engineering education, she held an appointment as an instructor at the Universidad de las Americas Puebla in the department of chemical engineering. She has worked with Dr. Cox on the creation of a pedagogical course for first-year engineering graduate teaching assistants, “Effective Teaching Of Engineering: Linking Theory And Practice.” She also have surveyed undergraduate engineering students about their perceptions of GTA instruction and has interviewed GTAs about their roles as TAs. At Purdue, she was selected as a National Academy of Engineering Engineering Education Graduate Fellow and represented Purdue at the January 2011 Emerging Leaders Conference in new York City. Her dissertation is titled Faculty Development Units at Mexican Higher Education Institutions: A Descriptive Study of Characteristics, Common Practices, and Challenges. She is currently Manager of Faculty Development within the Office of Outreach and Engagement Activities at the American Society for Engineering Education.
