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Adult Education/Human Resource Development Faculty
Rocco, Tonette S., Associate Professor Co-Program Director,
Adult Ed./HRD
360 A 305-348-3418 roccot@fiu.edu

Reio, Thomas G., Jr.
Associate Professor

Co-Program Director, Adult Ed./HRD 360 B 305-348-3418 reiot@fiu.edu
Smith, Douglas H., Professor Emeritus
Adult Ed./HRD   305-348-3418 smithdh@fiu.edu

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Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Florida International University, University Park Campus
College of Education, ZEB 313
Miami, FL 33199

Phone Number: (305) 348-3418
Fax: (305) 348-1515
Email: porrasm@fiu.edu

Introducing the Adult Education
and Human Resource Development Faculty

Tonette S. Rocco, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Co-Program Director

 

Dr. Rocco completed four degrees from The Ohio State University - a Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Masters of Labor and Human Resources, a Master of Arts in Education and a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. Her minor areas were rehabilitation services and qualitative research. She is Editor, New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development (NHAE/HRD), the Qualitative Methods Editor for the Human Resource Development Quarterly, on the editorial boards for Human Resource Development International and the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. She is chair of the College of Education Research Conference (COERC), and facilitates the Writing, Research, and Publication Discussion Group monthly. Her research interests include sexual minorities, disability studies, privilege, critical race theory, older workers, equity and access, qualitative and mixed methods.

Reio, Thomas G., Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Co-Program Director

Dr. Reio completed both his doctoral degree and certificate of advanced graduate studies in Adult and Continuing Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a Masters of Business Administration at Averett University, and a Bachelors degree in Horticulture at the University of Maryland, College Park. His minor was in Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics. He was runner-up for the first Malcolm S. Knowles Dissertation-of-the-Year Award. He is on the Editorial Board of five scholarly journals, including Advances in Developing Human Resources, the International Journal of Self-Directed Learning, and Contemporary Educational Psychology. His research and teaching is informed by 16 years of experience in the for-profit service industry, serving in positions ranging from branch manager to training director to operations manager. In particular, he has extensive experience as a turn-around specialist. He has published or has in press a number of journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and technical reports. He is co-editor of the upcoming Handbook of Research in Adult Development and Learning. His research interests include learning motivation-cognitive and sensory curiosity, risk-taking,
entrepreneurship and innovation, workplace socialization, and school-to-work transition.

Douglas H. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Smith completed the doctorate degree in adult education and management from The Ohio State University, a masters degree from Indiana University in Counseling, and a Bachelors degree in Psychology and History from Anderson University. He brings over thirty years of experience working with a wide variety of organizations and companies in the areas of organizational development, total quality management/continuous quality improvement, management development, career assessment, leadership, and future trends. Published, or has in press, three books on total quality, management, and human resource development, over 30 journal articles, reports and editorials, and numerous international and national presentations.

 

 

updated: 10/08/08