Rebecca Rosen

Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Professional Development & Education Reform

Education

PhD University of Rochester

Biography

Dr. Rebecca Rosen is a postdoctoral fellow working on a National Science Foundation-funded study on inclusive design in informal learning spaces. Additionally, with her appointment in the Center for Professional Development and Education Reform, in conjunction with Associate Professor Kevin Meuwissen, Dr. Rosen helps to develop and enact professional learning for the Regional Social Studies Leadership Cadre – a working group of educators committed to supporting high-quality social studies teaching. Dr. Rosen also assists with evaluating the ROC Urban Teaching Fellows Program, Rochester’s first teacher residency program. Dr. Rosen teaches courses in the teaching and curriculum program. Before pursuing her doctoral degree, she worked as an educator and teacher educator at the Guggenheim Museum and the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Dr. Rosen’s dissertation was titled “Gatekeeping Difficult Histories: The Interaction of Emotions with Secondary Social Studies Teachers’ Pedagogical Reasoning.” Dr. Rosen’s research focuses on the decision-making practices of social studies teachers and the ways in which they mediate their own and their students’ emotions, and perceptions of associated risks, when teaching difficult content.