Tonette S. Rocco
■ Florida International University ■ College of Education ■
■ Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies ■
■ 8910 SW 150 N. Court Circle Miami, Florida 33196 ■
■ 305-386-4096 ■ ■
EDUCATION
The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
Doctor of Philosophy
Adult Education & Human Resource Development 1997
Minors: Human Resource Development
Rehabilitation Counseling
Research Methods
Dissertation: Rocco, T. S. (1997). Making the Accommodation Communication
Work: Factors Involved in Disclosure of Adults with Disabilities for Accommodation
in Higher Education and Employment Settings. (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State
University, 1997).
Master of Arts
Education 1995
Master of Science 1991
Labor Human Resources
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 1990
Human Resources
FULL-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Florida International University (Miami, Florida)
Graduate Program Director, Adult Education and Human Resource Development 2006-present
Associate Professor, Adult Education & Human Resource Development 2006-present
Dissertation Advisor, University Graduate School 6/2005-present
Honors Research Affiliate, Student Research Artistic Initiatives, Honors College 2004-present
Affiliate, Center for Labor Research & Studies 2004-present
Research Fellow, Center for Urban Education Innovation 2004-present
Affiliate, Intercultural Institute for Educational Initiatives 2004-2008
Graduate Faculty, University Graduate School 2004-present
Assistant Professor, Adult Education & Human Resource Development 2000-2006
PART-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
University of Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Visiting Scholar, Utrecht School of Governance 5/2006
Florida International University (Miami, Florida)
Honors Fellow, Honors College 2005-2006
Maastricht University, (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Visiting Scholar , Research centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) 8/2004
The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Workforce Education & Lifelong Learning 1999-2000
Lecturer, Workforce Education & Lifelong Learning 1997-1999
NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
Program Specialist, Center for Special Needs Populations 8/1999-6/2000
The Ohio State University at Lima (Lima, Ohio)
Program Evaluator, Welfare to Work 1/1999-7/1999
Project Coordinator, School to Work 1/1998-1/1998
Career Results (Upper Arlington, Ohio)
Director of Training 3/1992-7/1992
Tele-Mom, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio)
Coordinator 6/1989-12/1993
Crown Favor (Columbus, Ohio)
Sales Manager 1/1988-12/1988
Allnet Communications (Columbus, Ohio)
Sales Representative 6/1985-8/1987
Carpet Color Systems (Upper Arlington, Ohio)
Co-Manager, Telemarketing 9/1984-10/1985
Sheltergard (Columbus, Ohio)
Manager, Telemarketing 8/1982-8/1984
Assistant Manager, Sales 8/1982-8/1984
Central States Waterproofing
Manager, Telemarketing 4/1980-7/1982
Sunny’s Unicorn and Unicorn Collectibles
Owner/Manager 1983-1986
BOOKS, JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES, MONOGRAPHS
Rocco, Tonette S., (Ed.), (proposal requested March 1, 2009). Challenging Ableism, Understanding Disability, Including adults with disabilities in workplaces and learning spaces. In S. Imel (Ed. in Chief) New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education No. x. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Rocco, Tonette S., & Hatcher, Tim (accepted on Jan. 23, 2008; manuscript due May 2009). Demystifying the Writing and Publishing Process: A guide for emerging scholars. Anticipated publication Fall 2009 San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Grace, Andre & Rocco, T. S. (Co-Editors) (May 2009). Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Rocco, Tonette S., Gedro, Julie & Kormanik, Martin B. (Eds.) (2009). Sexual Minority issues in HRD: Raising Awareness [Special Issue]. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 11 (1) (149 pgs).
Rocco, T.S. & Thijssen, J.G.L. (Eds.),(2006). Older Workers, New Directions: employment and development in an ageing labor market. Miami: FL, USA: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University. ISBN 0-9778128-0-4 (e-book available from editors)
ARTICLES IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
(*juried, + with student, ++ dissertation)
+Rocco, T. S. & Plakhotnik, M. S. (2009). [Editorial] A View to Our Past and Future: The Development of Professional Organizations. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development 23(1), 3-5. Miami: Florida International University.
*Kormanik, Martin B. & Rocco, T. S., (2009). Internal Versus External Control of Reinforcement: A Review of the Locus of Control Construct. Human Resource Development Review 8(3) x-x. [On August 7, 2009 the MDLinx Editorial Team Your article was assigned to the following specialties: Hospital Administration, Practice Management. Your article was selected as number 9 on our Practice-Management site. You can see your article by clicking here: <http://www.mdlinx.com/practice-management/email_user_arts.cfm?article_id=2823201&rank=0>]
*Bowman, L., Rocco, T. S., and Peterson, E. (in press). The Exclusion of Race from Mandated Continuing Legal Education - A Critical Race Theory Analysis, The Seattle Journal for Social Justice, x, (x) x-xx.
*+Pane, D., & Rocco, T. S. (2009). Critical Microethnography: The Search for Emancipatory Methods [101 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research 10 (2) Art. 12, http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0902129.
+Rocco, T. S. & Plakhotnik, M. S. (2009). Instructor’s Corner: Literature Reviews, Conceptual Frameworks, and Theoretical Frameworks: Terms, Functions, and Distinctions. Human Resource Development Review, 8, (1) 120-130.
*+Rocco, T. S., Landorf, H. & Delgado, A. (2009). Framing the issue/framing the question: Inquiry, inclusion, advocacy, or hostility? In T. S. Rocco, J. Gedro, and M. Kormanik (Eds.), Sexual Minority issues in HRD: Raising Awareness. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 11 (1) 7-23.
*van Loo, J. & Rocco, T. S. (2009). Sexual minorities, earnings, and career development: Insights from Economics. In T. S. Rocco, J. Gedro, and M. Kormanik (Eds.), Sexual minority issues in HRD: Raising awareness. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 11 (1) 82-94.
*Collins, Mary Hair, Hair Jr., Joseph F. & Rocco, Tonette S. (2009).The Older Worker-Younger Supervisor Dyad: A Test of the Reverse Pygmalion Effect. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 20 (1) 21-41.
*++Fornes,S. L., Rocco, T. & Rosenberg, H., (2008). Improving outcomes for workers with Mental Retardation. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 19 (4), 373-395.
+Delgado, A., & Rocco, T. S. (2008). “But to impose, we must.” Two views on educational imposition [Editorial]. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 22(2), 2-5. http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons
*+Fornes, S., Rocco, T. S., & Wollard, Karen Kelly (2008). Workplace Commitment: A Conceptual Model Developed from Integrative Review of the Research. Human Resource Development Review, 7 339-357.
Rocco, T. S., & Wollard, K. K. (2007[2008]). What a trip: Working and studying with Dr. Douglas H. Smith [Editorial]. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 21(3/4), 3-4. http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons
*Thijssen, J., Van der Heijden, B., Rocco, T. S. (2008). Towards the Employability-Link Model: Current employment transition to future employment perspectives. Human Resource Development Review 7: 165-183. [Winner Elwood F. Holton, III Research Excellence Award 2008]
* Nolan, R. & Rocco, Tonette S. (2008/2009 forthcoming). Teaching Graduate Students in the Social Sciences Writing for Publication. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 20 (2) xx-xx. http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/
*Landorf, Hilary, Doscher, Stephanie, & Rocco, Tonette (2008). Education for Sustainable Human Development: Towards a Definition. Theory and Research in Education, 6 (2) 221–236.
*+Cuming, R., Rocco, T. S., & McEachern, A. (2008). Improving compliance with OSHA guidelines: Implications for employers, trainers, and employees. AORN The official voice of preoperative nursing 87 (2) 347-360.
*++Gallagher, S. J., Rocco, T. S. & Landorf, H., (2007). A Phenomenological Study of Spirituality and Learning Processes at Work: Exploring the Holistic Theory of Knowledge and Learning. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 18 (4) 457-480.
Rocco, T. S., & Smith, D. H. (2006[2007]). The unique symbiosis between human resource development and adult education: Working towards an understanding [Editorial]. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 20(3), 1-3 http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons
Rocco, T. S. (2006[2007]). Perspectives on People, Teaching, Practice and Research [Editorial]. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development 20(2), 2-4. Miami: Florida International University.
Rocco, T. S. (2006[2007]). Setting our course, making our future: From New Horizons in Adult Education to New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development [Editorial]. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development 20(1), 3-4. Miami: Florida International University.
*Landorf, H., Rocco, T., & Nevin, A. (2007). Creating permeable boundaries: Teaching & learning for social justice in a global society. In Reyes L. Quezada, & Paula Cordeiro (Eds.), Special Issue: Internationalizing Schools and Colleges of Education. Teacher Education Quarterly, 34 (1), 41-56.
*van Loo, J. & Rocco, T. S. (2006). Differentiating CPE from training: Reconsidering terms, boundaries, and economic factors. Human Resource Development Review, 5(2), 202-227. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
*+Coello, Helena M., Casanas, Jorge A. & Rocco, Tonette S. (2004, December 6). Understanding Critical Race Theory: An analysis of cultural differences in healthcare education. RT Image, 17 (49) (pp. 12-15). (http://www.rt-image.com)
*+Rocco, T. S., Bliss, L., Gallagher, S., & Perez-Prado, A. (2003, Spring). Taking the next step: Mixed methods research in organizational systems. Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal, 21(1), 19-30.
*+Rocco, T., Stein, D., and Lee, C. (2003). An exploratory examination of the literature on age and HRD policy development. Human Resource Development Review, 2(2), 155-180.
Rocco, T. S. (2003, Invited). Forum: Shaping the future: Writing up the method on qualitative studies. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 14(3), 343-349. (EJ675831)
Rocco, T. S. (2001, Spring, Invited). Helping Adult Educators Understand Disability Disclosure. In J. Ross Gordon (Ed.), Adult Learners with Disabilities: An Overlooked Population [Special Issue]. Adult Learning, 12(2), 10-12. (EJ656884)
Rocco, T. (2001). Invited Reaction: Understanding the work beliefs of nonprofit executives through organizational stories about work. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 12(4), 241-246. (EJ634170)
*Stein, D., Rocco, T. S., & Goldenetz, K. A. (2000). Age and the University Workplace: A Case Study of Remaining, Retiring, or Retaining Older Workers. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 11(1), 61-80.
*Rocco, T. S., Spangler, S. & Boggs, D. L. (1998). Methodological considerations for comparing the experiences of literary, historical and living adults as data sources. Educational Gerontology: An International Journal, 24(6), 567-583.
*Rocco, T. S., & West, G. W. (1998). Deconstructing privilege: An examination of privilege in adult education. Adult Education Quarterly, 48(3), 171-184. (EJ562205)
*Boggs, D. L., Rocco, T. S., & Spangler, S. (1995). A framework for understanding older adults’ civic behavior. Educational Gerontology: An International Journal, 21(5) 449-465.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Weinstein, M. Rocco, T. S. & Plakhotnik, M. (due 10.30.09). Web 2.0 and the Actualization of the Ideals of Adult Education In Victor C. X. Wang Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and Adult Education Integration (pp. xx-xx). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Munn, S. L. & Rocco, T S., (in review Aug 25, 2009). Organizational Policy and Discretionary Decisions: The issue of traditional versus non-traditional family structures. In S. Schmidt (Ed.) Case Studies and Activities in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Rocco, Tonette S., Gedro, Julie & Kormanik, Martin B. (in review Aug 24, 2009). Executive Development and LGBT Issues in the Workplace. In S. Schmidt (Ed.) Case Studies and Activities in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Rocco, T. S., Landorf, H., & Gallagher, S. (accepted, in press). Dismantling straight privilege: Alternate conceptions of identity and education. Submitted to Patrick M. Jenlink for Teacher Identity and the Struggle for Identity book.
Rocco, T. S., Thijssen, J.G.L. & Githens, R. (invited March 2009). The myth of the decline and fall of human capabilities. In John Walton and Claire Valentin (Eds.) Contemporary HRD Practices – a critical review. London: Palgrave.
*Thijssen, J.G.L. & Rocco, T. S. (in press/2009). Development of Older Workers: Revisiting Policies. In J. van Loo & Sandra Bohlinger (Eds.), Working at old age – emerging theories and empirical perspectives on ageing and work (pp. x-x). Thessaloniki, Greece: Cedefop.
Rocco, Tonette S., & Hatcher, Tim (in process, due May 2009). Why this book is needed. In Tonette S. Rocco, & Tim Hatcher (contract, 2008). Demystifying the Writing and Publishing Process: A guide for emerging scholars. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
+Rocco, Tonette S., & Plakhotnik, M. (in process, due May 2009). Elements of a manuscript reporting qualitative empirical data. In Tonette S. Rocco, & Tim Hatcher (in process/about to send to chapter authors). In Tonette S. Rocco, & Tim Hatcher (contract, 2008). Demystifying the Writing and Publishing Process: A guide for emerging scholars. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Rocco, T. S., Landorf, H., & Gallagher, S. (in press/2009). Just City Life: Creating a Safe Place for GLBT in Urban Adult Education. In Bob Hill and A. Grace (Eds.), Adult Education in Queer Contexts: Power, Politics, and Pedagogy. Chicago: Discovery Association Publishing House.
*Rocco, T., & Fornes, S. (in press 2010). Chapter 34: Adult and Continuing Education for Adults with Disabilities. In Amy Rose, Carol Kasworm and Jovita Ross-Gordon (Eds.), The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Petersen, E., Rocco, T. S., & Bowman, L. (accepted, in process). Critical Race theory. In Talmadge C. Guy, Lisa Merriweather Hunn, and Elizabeth A. Peterson (Eds.), Handbook of Black Adult Education.
Rocco, T. S. (May 2009). [Chapter 11] Informing Learning for Today’s Professionals: Lessons from the Social Critique of Mandatory Continuing Education. In André P. Grace & Tonette S. Rocco (Eds.), Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice (pp. 165-182). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Grace, A. P. & Rocco, T. S. (May 2009). [Chapter 2] Mediating Challenges in Adult Education and Culture: John Ohliger’s Radical Social Project. In André P. Grace & Tonette S. Rocco (Eds.), Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice (pp. 17-40). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Grace, A. P. & Rocco, T. S. (May 2009). [Chapter 1] John Funnell Ohliger: A Brief Biography of His Life and Vocations. In André P. Grace & Tonette S. Rocco (Eds.), Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice (pp. 3-16). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Rocco, T. S., & Gallagher, S. (2006). Straight privilege and moral/izing: Issues in career development. In R. J. Hill (Ed.), Challenging Homophobia and Heterosexism: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Issues in Organizational Settings (pp. 29-40). In S. Imel (Ed. in Chief) New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education No. 112. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Rocco, T.S. & Thijssen, J.G.L. (2006). New Perspectives on Older Workers: General Introduction. In Tonette S. Rocco & Jo G.L. Thijssen (Eds.), Older Workers, New Directions: employment and development in an ageing labor market (pp. 6-16). Miami: FL, USA: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University.