Featured grants
- Davis, Dionne Laverne (Principal), Pena, Rosa Maria (Co-Principal). Centering Students as Policy Actors in Educational Contexts, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: 2025, Funded: 2025 - 2026). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Pena, R. M. (n.d.). A Mismatch in Vision and Practices Leads to Inequities. In Interrupters, Visionaries, Champions and Legends: School Leader Evocative Autoethnographies of Resilience, Grit, Adversity, Failure and Success of Leading Public Schools in the 21st Century.
- Buchanan, M., Martinez, M. A., & Pena, R. M. (n.d.). Mean girls in educational leadership: Overcoming incivility among women. In Incivility and Workplace Toxicity in P-12 Schools: The Causes, Costs, and Solutions for Educational Leaders. Routledge.
- Davis, D. L., Martinez, M. A., & Pena, R. M. (2024). Navigating quandaries and hard places: The impact of leadership dynamics on the career paths of three BIPOC women assistant principals. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231221113
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Harvard Summer Urban Leadership. 2010
- Award / Honor Recipient: American Association of School Administrators. 2006
- Award / Honor Recipient: Boys Scouts. 2005
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Educational Administration Graduate, Texas State University. 2001
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teacher of the Year-Dawson Elementary, Austin ISD. 1998
Featured service activities
- Member
Department Curriculum Committee
- Other
Co-Coordinator Master's EDCL Programs
- Member
EDCL Recruitment Team for Master’s, Ph.D., & Superintendent Programs
- Member
Texas Quality Measures Self Study EDCL Team
- Graduate Advisor
Coordinator of Superintendent Certification Program
- Member
St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church Pastoral Council