Rita Garcia

Adjunct Research Fellow — Victoria University of Wellington

Rita Garcia is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington. Her computing education research includes replication studies, collaborative learning, and the development of professional and teamwork dispositions in software engineering and computer science students.

Collaborated Papers

2026

6.B. Alshaigy, Jana-Sophie Effert, Rita Garcia, Julia Hermann, Natalie Kiesler, Ellie Lovellette, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy."Academically Included, Professionally Excluded: The Illusion of Inclusion in Computing Education" ACM Transactions on Computing Education. (2026).[doi][]
5.Rita Garcia, Brian Harrington, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy."'If You Don't Know, Just Ask': How New Graduates Demonstrate Non-Technical Skills and Behaviours in the Workplace" Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1. (2026).[doi][]
4.Rita Garcia, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Dennis J. Bouvier, Sarah Heckman, B. Kern, Sophia Krause-Levy, Michael Liut, U. Nasir, Yuhan Pan, Juliane Sperling."Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Replication in Computing Education" Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2. (2026).[doi][]

2025

3.Rita Garcia, A. Csizmadia, Janice L. Pearce, B. Alshaigy, Olga Glebova, Brian Harrington, Konstantinos Liaskos, S. Lunn, Bonnie K. Mackellar, U. Nasir, Raymond Pettit, Sandra Schulz, Craig Stewart, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy."An International Examination of Non-Technical Skills and Professional Dispositions in Computing -- Identifying the Present Day Academia-Industry Gap" 2024 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. (2025).[doi][]

2024

2.Rita Garcia, A. Csizmadia, Janice L. Pearce, B. Alshaigy, Olga Glebova, Brian Harrington, Konstantinos Liaskos, S. Lunn, Bonnie K. Mackellar, U. Nasir, Raymond Pettit, T. Prickett, Sandra Schulz, Craig Stewart, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy."All for One and One for All - Collaboration in Computing Education: Policy, Practice, and Professional Dispositions" Proceedings of the 2024 on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2. (2024).[doi][]

2023

1.B. Ericson, Janice L. Pearce, Susan H. Rodger, A. Csizmadia, Rita Garcia, Francisco J. Gutierrez, Konstantinos Liaskos, Aadarsh Padiyath, M. Scott, David H. Smith, J. Warriem, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy."Multi-Institutional Multi-National Studies of Parsons Problems" Proceedings of the 2023 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. (2023).[doi][]

Posters

2026

1.Amber Richardson, Jessica Wen, Naaz Sibia, Rita Garcia, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Michael Liut."What Do Students Still Ask? Discussion Board Questions in Computer Science Courses Before and After AI" (2026).