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Tonette S. Rocco

Tonette S. Rocco (born 1954) is an American academic in the field of educational policy studies.

As of February 2024, she is a professor of educational policy studies at Florida International University. She was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame for her "contributions as a social justice educator".[1]

Education edit

Rocco attended the Ohio State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration, a Master of Science in labor and human resources, a Master of Education, and a Doctor of Philosophy in adult education and human resource development.[2] During her studies, she co-founded the student organization Students for Disability Awareness.[3]

Career edit

While obtaining her degrees from the Ohio State University, Rocco worked for the university's Center of Special Needs Populations.[2]

Rocco joined Florida International University in 2005. For five years, Rocco was the director of the College of Education's Office of Academic Writing and Publication Support.[2] She also became responsible for the academic journal NewHorizons in Adult Education published through Nova Southeastern University. The journal was later renamed to NewHorizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. As of 2016, Rocco served as the journal's editor-in-chief.[1]

As of February 2024, Rocco is a professor of Adult Education and Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Policy Studies.[2]

Accomplishments edit

In 2009, Challenging the Parameters of Adult Education received the University Continuing Education Association Frandson Book Award.[2]

Handbook of HRD and Routledge Companion to HRD, both published in 2014, received the Forward Award from the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD).[2]

In 2015, Rocco received two awards from the AHRD. "Connection, Value, and Growth", an article Rocco co-wrote with Maria S. Plakhotnik, Joshua C. Collins, Hilary Landorf, won the Monica M. Lee Research Excellence Award. Rocco personally won the Laura Bierema Excellence in Critical HRD Award.[4]

In 2016, Rocco was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.[1]

The following year, Disrupting Adult and Community Education received an honorable mention for the Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Professional, Continuing, and/or Online Education.[2]

Books edit

  • Grace, André P.; Rocco, Tonette S. (2009-06-02). Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7879-7827-3.[5][6][7]
  • Rocco, Tonette S.; Hatcher, Timothy Gary (2011-02-09). The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-94921-4.[8][9]
  • Pane, Debra M.; Rocco, Tonette S. (2014-02-05). Transforming the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Lessons from the Classroom. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-6209-449-9.
  • Chalofsky, Neal F.; Rocco, Tonette S.; Morris, Michael Lane, eds. (2014-11-10). Handbook of Human Resource Development. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-45402-2.[10][11]
  • Poell, Rob F.; Rocco, Tonette S.; Roth, Gene L., eds. (2014-09-25). The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-72706-1.[12]
  • Mizzi, Robert C.; Rocco, Tonette S.; Shore, Sue, eds. (2016-05-12). Disrupting Adult and Community Education: Teaching, Learning, and Working in the Periphery. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-6091-8.[13][14]
  • Rocco, Tonette S.; Smith, M. Cecil; Mizzi, Robert C.; Merriweather, Lisa R.; Hawley, Joshua D., eds. (2020). The handbook of adult and continuing education. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-62036-684-4.[15]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Tonette S. Rocco". International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2024-02-18. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Tonette S. Rocco". Florida International University. Archived from the original on 2024-02-18. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  3. ^ "Trustees Honor Tonette Rocco". Ohio State News. 1996-12-08. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  4. ^ "2015 Award Winners – AHRD". Academy of Human Resource Development. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  5. ^ Hall, Budd L (2011). "Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice". The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. 23 (2): 83.
  6. ^ Williard, David (June 2010). "Product Review: Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Obliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice". Adult Learning. 21 (3–4): 45. doi:10.1177/104515951002100308. ISSN 1045-1595. S2CID 151814324.
  7. ^ Mandell, Alan; Coulter, Xenia (February 2011). "Book Review: Grace, A. P., Rocco, T. S., and Associates. (2009). Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education: John Ohliger and Contradictions in Modern Practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass". Adult Education Quarterly. 61 (1): 95–97. doi:10.1177/0741713610389783. ISSN 0741-7136. S2CID 145301989. Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  8. ^ Rios, Steve J. (May 2013). "Book Review: The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing by T. S. Rocco and T. Hatcher". Adult Learning. 24 (2): 85–86. doi:10.1177/1045159513477848. ISSN 1045-1595. S2CID 146134335.
  9. ^ Schmidt, Steven W. (September 2011). "The handbook of scholarly writing and publishing". Human Resource Development International. 14 (4): 503–505. doi:10.1080/13678868.2011.601606. ISSN 1367-8868. S2CID 144109642.
  10. ^ Park, Sunyoung (March 2016). "Handbook of Human Resource Development". Human Resource Development Quarterly. 27 (1): 151–154. doi:10.1002/hrdq.21224. ISSN 1044-8004. Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  11. ^ Scully-Russ, Ellen (November 2017). "The Handbook of Human Resource Development, edited by N.E. Chalofsky, T.S. Rocco, and M.L. Morris. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2014. 759 pages, $140 (hardcover), $112 (e-book)". New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. 29 (4): 59–62. doi:10.1002/nha3.20202. S2CID 148599565. Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  12. ^ Wilson, John Dewar (March 2016). "The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development". Human Resource Development Quarterly. 27 (1): 155–161. doi:10.1002/hrdq.21245. ISSN 1044-8004. Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  13. ^ Lutomia, Anne Namatsi (August 2018). "Book Review: Disrupting Adult and Community Education: Teaching, Learning, and Working in the Periphery , by R. C. Mizzi, T. S. Rocco, and S. Shore (Eds.)". Adult Education Quarterly. 68 (3): 251–252. doi:10.1177/0741713617734549. ISSN 0741-7136. S2CID 148622827. Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  14. ^ Freire, Christina J.; Molina, Nathalie (July 2018). "Disrupting Adult and Community Education: Teaching, Learning, and Working in the Periphery, by Robert C. Mizzi, Tonette S. Rocco, and Sue Shore. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2016. 339 pages, $90.00 (hardcover)". New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. 30 (3): 72–74. doi:10.1002/nha3.20225. S2CID 166111091. Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  15. ^ Kalenda, Jan (2022-10-01). "The handbook of adult and continuing education". International Review of Education. 68 (5): 799–801. doi:10.1007/s11159-022-09978-2. ISSN 1573-0638. S2CID 253566772.

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