Rochelle Gutierrez

Rochelle Gutierrez is a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Her main focus is changing the way in which mathematics is taught to the minority and the effects of race, class and language on teaching and learning.

Early life and education

Gutierrez is from San Jose, California. She attended Stanford University and received her bachelor's degree in human biology in 1990. She then moved to the University of Chicago, where she earned a master's degree in social sciences and a PhD in education. Her doctoral research was centered on equity in teaching mathematics.

Awards In 2010 she was given the Outstanding Faculty Award for Service at UIUC.

In 2016 she was awarded the Iris M. Carl Equity and Leadership Award (TODOS Mathematics).

In 2017 Gutierrez received the Social Justice Award, which is given to those who spend of their time helping minorities.