In addition to his early teaching at the University of California, Rockrise guest lectured, taught or spoke widely at, among others, the Universidad Nacional, Escuela de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (Caracas, Venezuela), University of Pennsylvania, Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ), Ministerio de Obras Publicas (Madrid, Spain), Agency for International Development (AID), Colegio de Ingenieros de Honduras (Teguicigalapa, Honduras), University of Oregon, Tuskegee Institute, Ecole Americain (Fontainbleau, France), British Universities of Bristol, Sheffield and Aberystwth, XVI Congreso Panamericano de Architectos (Caracas, Venezuela), Universidad Central (Mexico).