Jessica Guzman-Rea
Dr. Guzman-Rea has been working in higher education for 19 years and teaching for 16 years. She currently serves as an Assistant Dean for Diversity & Director of the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center at the University of Rochester. Dr. Guzman-Rea has previously worked as an Academic Advisor & Adjunct Faculty at both the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the University of Rochester. Dr. Guzman-Rea is most passionate about teaching and practicing cultural humility and restorative justice. In her administrative roles, she enjoys addressing and responding to bias incidents, teaching about implicit bias, macro social work, creating needs assessments, and administrating program evaluations and climate surveys. Dr. Guzman-Rea also has a love affair with APA and has served on several doctoral student committees. Lastly, Dr. Guzman-Rea recently wrote two chapters in edited books that have been published!
Courses Taught
SOCW 6002 - Changing Lives, Changing Society: Introduction to Social Work
SOCW 6051 - Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice
SOCW 6101 - Essential Skills for Social Work Practice
SOCW 6200 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment
SOCW 6215 - Social Work Practice in Children and Family Services
SOCW 6362 - Human Sexuality
SWLB 0651 - Social Work Skills Lab I
SWLB 0652 - Social Work Skills Lab II
Education
EdD, University of Rochester
MSW, Columbia University
BA, Case Western Reserve University
Publications
Guzman-rea, J. (2021). Experiencing Compassion Fatigue and Utilizing Trauma-Informed Pedagogy while Teaching Graduate Students Online.
Presentations
Guzman-Rea, J. (2020). Exploring Mixed Identities. Barbara Solomon School of Social Work, Walden University