Ivet Parra- Gaete is a doctoral candidate and research assistant of the Educational Policy and Evaluation Ph.D. program at Arizona State University. She holds a master's in Higher and Postsecondary Education and another masters’ in the field of Communications. Also, she has several years of experience as a coordinator for a binational program in Chilean higher education institutions. Her research interests include higher education policy, international dimensions of higher education, and sociocultural and qualitative approaches to research.
Ivet was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to pursue her graduate studies in the U.S. She also received the Becas Chile to support both her master's and doctoral studies at Arizona State University.
- MA. Education (Higher and Postsecondary Education), Arizona State University, United States, 2017.
- MA. (Communications), Universidad Diego Portales, Chile and IDEC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, 2014
- BA. (Social Communications), Universidad Austral de Chile, 2006.
- Professional Title (Journalist), Universidad Austral de Chile, 2006.
Qualitative Methods
Higher Education
Doctoral Education
STEM Education
Equity in Higher Education
Hailu, M., Parra-Gaete, I. (2022) [Under review]. Sub-Saharan Women in Engineering (SSAWE) higher education: A conceptual research model. Policy Futures in Education.
Wakefield, W., Amrein-Beardsley, A., Collins, C., Parra-Gaete, I., Glassmeyer, K., Palandjian, G., do Lago e Pretti, E., Roberts, T., & Terada, T. (2022). Examining an alternative teacher education undergraduate program: Possibilities for teaching and extending what it means to be an educator outside of the classroom. Journal of Teacher Education and Educators 11(2), PAGE RANGE, DOI
Parra-Gaete, I. (2019). Review of The malaise of academic scholarship: Why it starts with the doctoral dissertation as a baptism of fire by J. J. Hampton. Education Review, 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/er.v26.2477
Tatto, M. T., & Parra-Gaete, I. (2019). Research Traditions in Teacher Education in Mexico: A Review. Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Teacher Education: A Cross-National Study. In M.T. Tatto, and I. Menter (Eds). Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Teacher Education: A Cross-National Study, pp. 173-192. Bloomsbury Academic.
Doctoral Dissertation Doctoral Students' Perceptions of their Socialization Processes and Outcomes of Success in Nationally Accredited Engineering and Technology Programs in Chilean Universities. Approved by ASU Institutional Review Board STUDY00014791: Socialization of Doctoral Students in Chile.
Parra-Gaete, I. (2021). Exploring the use of intersectionality as theoretical lens to study experiences of International Students of Color in the United States. Paper Session “Intersectionality and acknowledging international student engagement.” Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). April 26, 2021.
Parra-Gaete, I. (2021). Using Testimonio to Explore my Journey as International Student of Color in the United States. Paper Session “Convergences: Locating Advocacy and Justice”. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). To be held virtually. April 12, 2021.
- 2017-2021. Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Graduate Research assistant.
- January- May 2017. Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Transcriber and Spanish-English Translator Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). Primary Researchers: Dr. Melanie Bertrand, and Dr. Sybil Durand.
- January-March. 2017 Arizona State University Global Launch. Marketing for South America Intern.
- August- December 2016. Arizona State University Study Abroad Office. Intern.
- 2011-2015. American Corner Universidad Diego Portales and U.S. Department of State. Coordinator.
- 2013-2014. Wake Forest University Southern Cone Program at Universidad Diego Portales. In site coordinator and students’ mentor.
- March- June 2009. Middlebury College Exchange Program at Universidad Austral de Chile. Students’ mentor.
- 2006-2011. American Corner Universidad Austral de Chile and U.S. Department of State. Coordinator.
- March- June 2006. Kangaroo Education in Chile. Advisor.