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Dr. Rolf Straubhaar

  • Associate Professor - Conslng, Ldrship, Adlt Educ & Schl Psych
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Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Straubhaar, Rolf Jacob, Torres, C A, Rhoads, R, Rocco, R. UCLA Uncommon Conversations Research Grant, $8000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Straubhaar, Rolf Jacob. UCLA Graduate Summer Research Grant, $6000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Straubhaar, Rolf Jacob (Principal). Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, $82000. (Funded: 2013 - 2014). Grant.
  • Straubhaar, Rolf Jacob. FLAS Federal Language Study Grant (Portuguese), $10000. (Funded: 2012 - 2013). Grant.
  • Straubhaar, Rolf Jacob. UCLA Education Department Merit-Based Scholarship, $10000. (Funded: 2012 - 2013). Grant.
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  • Straubhaar, R. J. (2025). “One day, all children will.......do what exactly?” Interrogating the ideological assumptions and implications of the Teach For All teacher educational model. In Preparing teachers for social change: Teacher education at a crossroad (pp. 43–53). Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Preparing-Teachers-for-Social-Change-Teacher-Education-at-a-Crossroad/Dadvand-Lampert-Brooks/p/book/9781032845647
  • Straubhaar, R. J. (2025). Complicating our image of the “good student:” Mexican students’ use of navigational capital in a newcomer school. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 38(7), 941–955. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2024.2416717
  • Wang, J., Straubhaar, R. J., Leon, S., Kikoler, D., & Rosales, E. (2025). A quasi-experimental approach to evaluating magnet schools. Evaluation and Program Planning. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102666
  • Straubhaar, R. J. (2024). Complementing the scholarship of teaching and learning with engaged pedagogy and community cultural wealth. Insight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 20(3), 1–10. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.46504/20202403st
  • Straubhaar, R. J. (2020). Teaching for America across two hemispheres: Comparing the ideological appeal of the Teach for America teacher education model in the United States and Brazil. Journal of Teacher Education, 71(3), 307–318. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487119845635
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  • Award / Honor Nominee: Award for Excellence in Online Teaching, Texas State University. October 31, 2025 - January 15, 2026
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor for 2025, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. October 28, 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: CoSearch, 2nd Place team, Texas State University's Center for Communication, Collaboration and Creativity. September 17, 2021 - September 18, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University College of Education. February 1, 2021 - February 26, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University College of Education. February 1, 2020 - February 25, 2020
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  1. Member

    University Budget Committee

  2. Board Member

    San Marcos CISD School Health Advisory Council

  3. Member

    Annual Review Appeals Committee

  4. Member

    Faculty Classroom Technology Committee

  5. Editor

    Leadership and Policy in Schools

  6. Member

    Personnel Committee

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