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Gianina Carolina Morales Morales

Academic (profesora adjunta) and Research and Innovation Coordinator of the Faculty of Engineering

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


The study of languages, disciplinary literacies, and discourses in engineering; engineering education practice and development; The application of qualitative and mixed-method research that integrates technology and critical analysis of texts.

Educación

  •  PhD in Language, Literacy and Culture, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. Estados Unidos, 2025
  •  Magíster en Gestión Pedagógica y Curricular, mención Lenguaje y Comunicación, UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO. Chile, 2012
  •  Profesor de Castellano y Comunicación , PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2007
  •  Licenciada en Lengua y Literatura Hispánica, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2007
  •  Licenciada en Educación, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2007

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Adjunto Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2021 - A la fecha

  •   Profesor Auxiliar Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2013 - 2021

  •   Profeso Ayudante Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2010 - 2013

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Learning Scientist (consultant position). Part Time

    Cyber Energy Center, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos

    2024 - 2025

  •   Accreditation Consultant for program Ph.D. in Aquaculture Other

    Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2018 - 2019

  •   Accreditation Consultant for program MSc. in Oceanography. Other

    Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2010 - 2012

  •   Accreditation Consultant for program MSc. in Oceanography Other

    Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2016 - 2017

  •   Accreditation Consultant for program MSc. in Geography. Other

    Instituto de Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2018 - 2019

  •   Designer and editor of the e-learning course ICT and Spanish Language Arts (60 hours) Other

    Centro Zonal Costa Digital (Enlaces Program from the Chilean Ministry of Education)

    Viña del Mar, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Coordinator and coach of facilitators of e-learning and b-learning professional development courses. Other

    Centro Zonal Costa Digital (Enlaces Program from the Chilean Ministry of Education)

    Online, Chile

    2009 - 2011

  •   Facilitator of e-learning and b-learning courses for teachers across the country. Other

    Centro Zonal Costa Digital (Enlaces Program from the Chilean Ministry of Education)

    Online, Chile

    2009 - 2014

  •   Designer and Facilitator of professional developments in education Other

    Multiple organizations

    Several, Chile

    2010 - 2023

  •   Adjunct Part-time Faculty; course Critical Histories of Education, (Summer 2024). Master of Arts in Teaching Part Time

    School of Education, University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos

    2024 - 2024

  •   Language Teacher. Middle and High School grades Part Time

    Colegio Albamar

    Viña del Mar, Chile

    2007 - 2014

  •   Language Teacher. Middle and High School grades Part Time

    Colegio Albamar

    Concón, Chile

    2017 - 2021

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Best Paper Award

    American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Community Engagement Division

    Estados Unidos, 2024

    For Paper “Community Voices in the Spotlight: Students’ Engagement in the Literacies of Human-Centered Engineering Design.”

  •   Merit Scholarship

    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

    Estados Unidos, 2024

    Annual award. School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, United States.

  •   Rita M. Bean Endowed Student Resource Fund

    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

    Estados Unidos, 2023

    Annual award. School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, United States.

  •   Rita M. Bean Endowed Student Resource Fund

    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

    Estados Unidos, 2022

    Annual award. School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, United States.

  •   Rita M. Bean Endowed Student Resource Fund

    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

    Estados Unidos, 2021

    Annual award. School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, United States.

  •   Fulbright Equal Opportunity Fellowship (BIO)

    COMISION FULBRIGHT-CHILE

    Chile, 2021

    Fellowship for pursuing doctoral studies in the United States between 2021 and 2025. Fulbright Commission and National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), Chile (Awarded 2019).

  •   First place in the ranking of graduates from the Magister en Gestión Pedagógica y Curricular

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Chile, 2012

    First place in the ranking of graduates from the Master of Pedagogical and Curricular Management. Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.

  •   Best graduate.

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2007

    Best graduate. Pedagogía en Castellano y Comunicación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

  •   Study Abroad Scholarship

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2004

    Grant to study abroad at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (Sep. 2005 to Feb. 2006).

  •   President of the Republic Scholarship

    Gobierno de Chile

    Chile, 2002

    Stipend scholarship from Chilean Government 2002-2006

  •   Scholarship for Outstanding Students Entering Education

    MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION

    Chile, 2002

    Full college tuition scholarship for 2002-2006

  •   Conference Travel Grant

    Council of Graduate Students in Education (CGSE), University of Pittsburgh

    Estados Unidos, 2025

    Conference Travel Grant

  •   Conference Travel Grant

    Council of Graduate Students in Education (CGSE), University of Pittsburgh

    Estados Unidos, 2024

    Conference Travel Grant

  •   Conference Travel Grant

    Council of Graduate Students in Education (CGSE), University of Pittsburgh

    Estados Unidos, 2023

    Conference Travel Grant

  •   Conference Travel Grant

    Council of Graduate Students in Education (CGSE), University of Pittsburgh

    Estados Unidos, 2022

    Conference Travel Grant


 

Article (1)

What trends in contemporary literary studies have to offer English education

Rainey E.C.; Storm, S.; Morales G.

Article ISI SCOPUS
English in Education  (2024)

BookSection (2)

“The Students Are . . . the Knowers”: Teachers' Appropriation of Disciplinary Literacy Tools in Their Lesson Planning

Rainey, Emily C.; Morales, Gianina; Scott, Chyllis E.; Miller, Diane M.; Albert, Matthew

BookSection SCOPUS
Cultivating Literate Citizenry Through Interdisciplinary Instruction  (2024)

Teaching and learning literary literacy

Rainey, Emily C.; Humphrey, Corey A.; Morales, Gianina; Ortlieb, Evan; Kane, Britnie Delinger; Cheek, Earl H.

BookSection
 (2023)

ConferencePaper (12)

Topics and Trends in Engineering Design Discourses: Analyzing 30 Years of Engineering Education Scholarship [Research-in-Progress roundtable session]

Morales, Gianina

ConferencePaper
 (2025)

Community Voices in the Spotlight: Students' Engagement in the Literacies of Human-Centered Engineering Design

Morales G.; Rainey E.C.

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings  (2024)

Considering the potential of machine learning for literacy education research [Roundtable session]

Rainey, Emily C.; Storm, Scott; Morales, Gianina

ConferencePaper
 (2024)

Exploring Transformative Disciplinary Literacies Pedagogies in Engineering

Morales, Gianina; Rainey, Emily C.

ConferencePaper
 (2024)

Tracing Injustice and Criticality in Literacy Education Scholarship: Topic Modeling the Field [Rountable session]

Rainey, Emily C.; Morales, Gianina; Storm, Scott

ConferencePaper
 (2024)

Promoting Tsunami Risk Awareness through Service Learning and the Application of the Disaster Imagination Game (DIG) in Ocean Engineering: an Analysis of Students' Perceptions Years Later

Morales G.; Gallardo M.R.

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings  (2023)

Topic Modeling 75 Years of Reading/Literacy Education Scholarship

Rainey, Emily C.; Morales, Gianina; Storm, Scott

ConferencePaper
 (2023)

Work in Progress: Examining the Impact of a Faculty Development Program in Engineering Instructors' Teaching Practices and Perceptions on Active Learning Methodologies

Morales G.; Noel R.A.

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings  (2023)

Exploring the potential of a topic model heuristic for supporting preservice teachers’ critical disciplinary literacy planning and reflection [Symposium presentation]

Humphrey, Corey A.; Morales, Gianina; Rainey, Emily C.

ConferencePaper
 (2022)

Lesson Learned: Active Learning Coaching Program to Promote Faculty Development and Innovation in STEM Courses

Morales, Gianina; Noel, Rene; Carmona Campos, Rolando

ConferencePaper
 (2022)

Texts, purposes, and practices: What trends in contemporary literary studies have to say to English Education [Symposium presentation]

Rainey, Emily C.; Storm, Scott; Morales, Gianina

ConferencePaper
 (2022)

Active Learning Strategies: Application of the Jigsaw method for solving problems in ocean engineering

Morales G.; Molina, M

ConferencePaper
 (2017)

ConferencePoster (2)

Exploring the Literacies of Human-Centered Engineering Design

Morales, Gianina; Rainey, Emily C.

ConferencePoster
 (2024)

Undergraduates’ meaning making: exploring the disciplinary literacies of engineering students solving professional problems

Morales, Gianina; Rainey, Emily C.; Noel, Rene; Muñoz, Roberto

ConferencePoster
 (2023)

Proyecto (7)

Examining engineering design literacies to foreground social change in K-16 engineering education

Morales, Gianina

Proyecto School of Education Student Research Grant. Grant awarded but not executed due to unforeseen external circumstances.
 (2025)

Exploring discourses of literacy scholarship: Topic modeling the field of literacy education

Rainey, Emily C.

Proyecto Graduate Research Assistant
 (2021)

Diseño e implementación de una estrategia para la evaluación y fortalecimiento continuo de competencias STEM

Noel, Rene

Proyecto Asesora pedagógica
 (2016)

Aprendiendo Uno a Uno

Rodríguez Méndez, Jaime

Proyecto Asesora Curricular
 (2009)

Pensar con Tecnología: Herramientas interactivas para el pensamiento crítico

Rodríguez Méndez, Jaime

Proyecto Asesora curricular y asistente de investigación
 (2007)

Comprensión de Textos en Soporte Papel y Pantalla

Peronard, Marianne

Proyecto
 (2006)

Modelo Didáctico para Potenciar la Escritura usando TIC

Basáez, Carol; Evelyn Mujica Appiani

Proyecto Asesora en terreno; asistente de investigación y diseñadora de materiales.
 (2006)

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Gianina Morales

Academic (profesora adjunta) and Research and Innovation Coordinator of the Faculty of Engineering

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile