Janet Rocha
Biographic Data
| ID | 6006650 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Rocha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Rocha |
| SIGNATURE | ROCHA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8139-8553 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cariño Competence in STEM
Cariño (care) should be central to equity-centered transformation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) higher education. Yet, relational leadership practices that prioritize culturally grounded care—such as cariño—are often absent in STEM initiatives, leaving unexamined how Women of Color (WOC) enact these practices to advance equity for historically marginalized students. Employing a qualitative methodology grounded in Chi…
Academic resilience of Mexican heritage women in college
Affirming and Nurturing Students’ Cultural Wealth to Enhance Self-efficacy
Embracing students’ cultural assets is critical in facilitating self-growth and development at the secondary level, especially among minoritized students interested in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine/health (STEM-M) careers. Using sociocultural and community cultural wealth (CCW) lenses, longitudinal data among 23 students or 53 semi-structured interviews were analyzed to understand how their participation in an extram…
Snapshots of Everyday Affirmations Captured Through Critical Race Photovoice
There is limited understanding of how women of Mexican heritage transform cultural and familial protective factors into strategies to help navigate their education. This study helps bridge the gap between students’ cultural wealth and the ways they utilize this protective factor in college. I analyzed the strategies used by seven first-generation college women of Mexican heritage and captured them through participant-produced photographs. Specifi…
The value of scholar-practitioner cultural intuition in transforming educational systems
In this manuscript, we discuss how we, four women scholar-practitioners of color (WSPoC), utilize their cultural intuition (CI) to navigate the work place and academia in the context of our professional roles situated within STEM-M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics-Medicine) K-16 setting. We collectively shared our testimonios through platicás in writing group sessions creating a virtual counterspace that allowed us to examine the ro…
A Multi-methods Approach to Qualitative Inquiry to Explore the College Journeys of Mexican American Women
This qualitative study highlights how the use of several interpretative-methods helps to better capture the journey of the participants’ transition from low-income, immigrant households to first-generation college students of color at a top-tier research university. I examine a wide range of interpretive practices, from traditional to innovative educational methods in the field of qualitative inquiry, when exploring the lived experiences of stude…
Pedagogies of sacrifices
Postsecondary institutions do not typically recognize or utilize students’ cultural wealth, yet cultural practices can significantly affect college persistence. In this longitudinal study, seven Mexican American low-income college students attending a large public research institution participated in in-depth interviews to examine the types of familial-cultural practices participants engage in with their families, and to explore how they apply sy…
Beyond Theoretical Sensitivity
To address the benefits of cultural intuition on qualitative inquiry, we highlight four qualitative studies and examine how we, as Chicana scholars, embrace the role cultural intuition plays in our individual studies. In this article, we illustrate how cultural intuition informs our use of Freirean generative themes within our methodological approach. For an in-depth illustration, we each highlight one of the four tenets of cultural intuition and…
Affirming and Nurturing Students’ Cultural Wealth to Enhance Self-efficacy
Embracing students’ cultural assets is critical in facilitating self-growth and development at the secondary level, especially among minoritized students interested in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine/health (STEM-M) careers. Using sociocultural and community cultural wealth (CCW) lenses, longitudinal data among 23 students or 53 semi-structured interviews were analyzed to understand how their participation in an extram…
Beyond Theoretical Sensitivity
To address the benefits of cultural intuition on qualitative inquiry, we highlight four qualitative studies and examine how we, as Chicana scholars, embrace the role cultural intuition plays in our individual studies. In this article, we illustrate how cultural intuition informs our use of Freirean generative themes within our methodological approach. For an in-depth illustration, we each highlight one of the four tenets of cultural intuition and…
Pedagogies of sacrifices
Postsecondary institutions do not typically recognize or utilize students’ cultural wealth, yet cultural practices can significantly affect college persistence. In this longitudinal study, seven Mexican American low-income college students attending a large public research institution participated in in-depth interviews to examine the types of familial-cultural practices participants engage in with their families, and to explore how they apply sy…
Beyond Theoretical Sensitivity
To address the benefits of cultural intuition on qualitative inquiry, we highlight four qualitative studies and examine how we, as Chicana scholars, embrace the role cultural intuition plays in our individual studies. In this article, we illustrate how cultural intuition informs our use of Freirean generative themes within our methodological approach. For an in-depth illustration, we each highlight one of the four tenets of cultural intuition and…
Pedagogies of sacrifices
Postsecondary institutions do not typically recognize or utilize students’ cultural wealth, yet cultural practices can significantly affect college persistence. In this longitudinal study, seven Mexican American low-income college students attending a large public research institution participated in in-depth interviews to examine the types of familial-cultural practices participants engage in with their families, and to explore how they apply sy…
A Multi-methods Approach to Qualitative Inquiry to Explore the College Journeys of Mexican American Women
This qualitative study highlights how the use of several interpretative-methods helps to better capture the journey of the participants’ transition from low-income, immigrant households to first-generation college students of color at a top-tier research university. I examine a wide range of interpretive practices, from traditional to innovative educational methods in the field of qualitative inquiry, when exploring the lived experiences of stude…
Snapshots of Everyday Affirmations Captured Through Critical Race Photovoice
There is limited understanding of how women of Mexican heritage transform cultural and familial protective factors into strategies to help navigate their education. This study helps bridge the gap between students’ cultural wealth and the ways they utilize this protective factor in college. I analyzed the strategies used by seven first-generation college women of Mexican heritage and captured them through participant-produced photographs. Specifi…
The value of scholar-practitioner cultural intuition in transforming educational systems
In this manuscript, we discuss how we, four women scholar-practitioners of color (WSPoC), utilize their cultural intuition (CI) to navigate the work place and academia in the context of our professional roles situated within STEM-M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics-Medicine) K-16 setting. We collectively shared our testimonios through platicás in writing group sessions creating a virtual counterspace that allowed us to examine the ro…
Academic resilience of Mexican heritage women in college
Affirming and Nurturing Students’ Cultural Wealth to Enhance Self-efficacy
Embracing students’ cultural assets is critical in facilitating self-growth and development at the secondary level, especially among minoritized students interested in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine/health (STEM-M) careers. Using sociocultural and community cultural wealth (CCW) lenses, longitudinal data among 23 students or 53 semi-structured interviews were analyzed to understand how their participation in an extram…
Cariño Competence in STEM
Cariño (care) should be central to equity-centered transformation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) higher education. Yet, relational leadership practices that prioritize culturally grounded care—such as cariño—are often absent in STEM initiatives, leaving unexamined how Women of Color (WOC) enact these practices to advance equity for historically marginalized students. Employing a qualitative methodology grounded in Chi…
Sociology (7 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (6 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Career Development and Diversity (2 works)