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Abraham S. Fischler
Associate Professor
Department of Education
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
Dr. Herminia Janet Rivera Rodriguez is a Professor at Nova Southeastern University’s
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice. She received
her doctorate from The Ohio State University Graduate School of Education.
Dr. Rivera Rodriguez’s academic interest is in practicing culturally relevant pedagogy
in the early childhood and elementary classroom. Dr. Rivera has published on the topic
of culturally relevant pedagogy and she continues doing research in this area. She
also published and participated in several research projects examining other early
childhood topics like STEM in the early childhood classroom.
Dr. Rivera Rodriguez has presented early childhood education topics at several local,
national, and international conferences. She has over 20 years of experience in teacher
education, teaching in early childhood education and elementary education programs
at the college level.