Kristin J. Hocker, EdD

(Pronouns: she/her/hers)

Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing

Education

Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership, 2015. University of Rochester, Warner School of Education. Rochester, NY
Masters in Instructional Design and Training, 2004. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY

Bio

Kristin Hocker is an assistant professor of clinical nursing, a faculty diversity officer, and the School of Nursing’s deputy Title IX coordinator, undertaking responsibility for the prompt and fair handling of sex-based harassment or misconduct complaints.

Widely recognized as an influential voice in matters of diversity and inclusion, leadership, and professional development, Hocker has a progressive record of experience in teaching, consulting, and facilitating training and professional development within higher education, academic medicine and health care.

Before joining the School of Nursing full time in 2019, she spent the previous 13 years as an organizational development specialist in the University of Rochester Department of Human Resources, where she coordinated the UR Safe Space program and facilitated workshops on implicit bias and micro aggressions, cultural humility, and other topics that address the concept of inclusion as practice. In addition, she taught part-time in the HCM program (where she continues to teach). She has also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Warner School of Education, The College at Brockport, and MCC. She is also a part of the faculty team teaching leadership development to fellows in the UR LEND (Leadership Education for Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities) program.

Hocker earned a doctorate in higher education in 2015 from the Warner School, and received her bachelor’s degree in food service management and master’s in training and instructional design from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Professional Experience

Organizational Development Specialist,: University of Rochester, Human Resources, Rochester, NY. 8/2005 - 1/2019
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing,: University of Rochester, School of Nursing (HCM program), Rochester, NY. 1/2019 - Current

Awards

Mary Dombeck Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award: School of Nursing, 2021
Presidential Diversity Award: University of Rochester, 2015

Presentations

Antiracist & Inclusive Pedagogies: Faculty Professional Development Institute, faculty workshop, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 2022
Equity-Minded Pedagogy in Nursing Education: Wharton, Mitchell; AACN Diversity Symposium (Virtual), American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2022
Creating a Collaborative Community of Assessment Practice in Nursing: A Rubric Development Experience.: Greene, R., Hocker, K., Rosario-McCabe, M., & Sharpe, L.S.; Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education Conference (AALHE), 2022
Cultural Humility: Workshop for MidLakes School Board, MidLakes Central School District, 2021
What would antiracist curriculum look like in First Year Seminar?: Khuram Hussein; Student and Faculty Forums, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 2021
Restorative Practices for Historical Harms: Infusing Appreciative Inquiry into Restorative Practices: Restorative Justice Facilitator Retreat, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing, 2021
The Paradigm and Praxis of Equity-Minded Pedagogy: Department of Psychiatry’s Diversity & Equity Speaker series, URMC, 2021
Mattering and Marginalization: Real World Geneseo, SUNY Geneseo, 2021
Cultural Humility: Graduate Student workshop, University of Texas, San Antonio, 2020
Antiracism is an Inside Job: Department of Psychiatry 8th Annual Summer Brown Bag Series, University of Rochester, 2020; Rochester, New York
When Your Existence is an Ongoing Act of Rebellion: Cultural Harmony Day, SUNY Geneseo, 2019; Geneseo, New York
Historical Trauma: An Overview: Department of Psychiatry 5th Annual Summer Brown Bag Series, University of Rochester, 2017; Rochester, New York
Approaching Difficult Conversations with Cultural Humility: Community Conversations, The College at Brockport, 2016; Brockport, New York
Leadership in Action: A Phenomenological Study of Professional Staffs' Conceptions of Leadership in Higher Education: American Educational Research Association Annual conference-Division J Vice President's Invited session: In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower, AERA, 2015; Chicago, Illinois
Living HR: Experiencing Policy through Case Studies: Anne Maynard; Eastern Regional College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA HR) conference, CUPA HR, 2015; Uncasville, Connecticut

Publications

Hocker, K (2019). Review of A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE, Ed. Virginia Stead. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 49, 118-122.