Jennifer Rojas-McWhinney

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Research and professional interests

As a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE), her goals are to increase understandings of diversity that exist within and across families while promoting health family relationships, interactions, and engagement.

Scholarly accomplishments

• Hellman, A. B, Uribe-Zarain, X., & Rojas-McWhinney, J. iELT-Ozarks (Improving English Language Teaching in the Ozarks). U.S. Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition ($2,483,661; funded).
• Gonzalez, A., Bell, A., Rojas-McWhinney, J., Hellman, A. B., Uribe-Zarain, X. (2017, September). ELL parents as classroom volunteers: Strategies and activities. Concurrent session presented at the annual conference of the Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MIDTESOL), Kansas City, MO.
• Rojas-McWhinney, J., & Bell, N. J. (2016). The negotiation of parenting beliefs by Mexican-American mothers and fathers of young children. Journal of Family Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2016.1176593.
• Swenson, A., Zvonkovic, A., Rojas-McWhinney, J., & Gerst, K. (2015). A couple analysis of relationship perception among couples who face work demands. Personal Relationships, 22, 153-171.
• Guy-Sheftall, B., Jaddo, L., Rojas-McWhinney, J., Marbley, A., Taylor, C., White, S. P.  (2014, April). Texas Tech University Women's Studies Affiliated Faculty Panel. Presentation given at the 30th Annual Conference on the Advancement of Women, Lubbock, TX.
• Rojas-McWhinney, J. (2013, December). Undergraduate teaching assistants: Time management and task assignment tips and ideas. National Council on Family Relations Network, 25.1, 17.
• Rojas-McWhinney, J. & Engler Jordan, R. (2013). 4 effective guidelines for collaboration. Roundtable discussion presented at the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), San Antonio, TX.