Rachel has more than 20 years’ experience teaching a variety of subjects at Les Roches. She obtained both a masters and doctorate in Education from the Open University.
She is directly involved in student-led research in Les Roches through applied projects as well as teaching undergraduate students Methods of Research Inquiry, guiding students on their dissertation path and supervising dissertation students in their final bachelor semester. She has presented student work related to climate change and agritourism at a conference in Germany. Rachel also teaches courses related to digitalisation and change management at the post-graduate level, both face-to-face and on-line.
Last but not least, Rachel is a member of the Les Roches Research Committee, heading the Scholarship for Teaching and Learning Theme. Her research interests are wide ranging and include emotional labour, faculty lived experience of crises, professional interaction and identity and sustainability. She values researching alongside her peers and their work has been presented at conferences in Europe and won an award in the US and has been published in leading journals and as a book chapter.
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), (2021)
EdD in Education, Open University (UK)
Current Research
-Germanier, R. L., Darioly, A. (2023). Exploring emotional labor, emotions and professional identity in engineering and hospitality students in conjunction with the EPFL.
Publications
-Germanier, R. L., & Puhr, R. (2023). Flourishing or languishing? Exploring the lived experiences of faculty negotiating the challenges of synchronous and asynchronous delivery. In P. Kumar, & J. Eisenberg (Eds.). Synchronous and Asynchronous Approaches to Teaching: Higher Education Lessons in Post-Pandemic Times. Palgrave Macmillan.
-Germanier, R. L., & Moricciani, N. (2023). Perceiving and adapting to climate change: Perspectives of Tuscan wine-producing agritourism owners. Sustainability, 15(2100). Read
-Germanier, R. L. (2015). L’apport de l’humour dans l’apprentissage en context international. Etudes En Didactique Des Langues, 25 (Foreign Language Learning and Teaching Research), 81–101.
Conferences
-Germanier, R. L., Darioly Carroz, A., Kotluk, N. & Tormey, R. (2023) “But of course I’m going to look happy” or “He needed to know I was angry”? Comparing use of emotional labour in teamwork in engineering and hospitality students. EAPRIL, Belfast.
-Kotluk, N., Tormey, R., Germanier, R. L., & Darioly Carroz, A. (2023, September). Emotional labor experienced in team projects: A comparison of engineering and hospitality students. SEFI, Dublin.
-Germanier, R. L., & Moricciani, N. (2022) Perceiving and adapting to climate change: A case study exploring the perspectives of agritourism owners in Val d’Orcia, Tuscany. STRINGS conference. University of Aveiro.
-Germanier, R. L., & Moricciani, N. (2022) Perceiving and adapting to climate change: A case study exploring the perspectives of agritourism wine owners in Val d’Orcia, Tuscany. 5th Culinary and Wine Tourism Conference, Helibronn.
-Agogue, M., Fiset, J.E., Geller, K.D., Germanier, R., Lewis Grant, K., Mailhot, C., Mukherji, S., Phillips, J.C., Puhr, R., Robinson, M.A. & Srinivasan, V. (2022, August 5-8). Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching: Realigning Teaching Approaches to a VUCA World [Symposium abstract]. Academy of Management (AOM) 82nd Annual Meeting, Seattle, CA, United States.
-Germanier, R. L. (2013). Identity construction through humour in the international vocational postgraduate classroom. 3rd I-mean conference. Bristol.
-Germanier, R. L. (2011). Becoming a professional: Inter-student humour in the international post-graduate classroom: A case study. 2011 Laughter and Humor in Interaction Conference. Boston.
-Germanier, R. L. (2011). Learning through humour in the international post-graduate classroom. In: Corhum (L’association pour le développement des recherches sur le Comique, le Rire et l’Humour), Humour et enseignement, IXème colloque international Corhum, Paris.
“Simplify the complex.”