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2022

Awards

  • Pickett, J. (2022) UTEP Dinner Theatre Service Award. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX.
  • Pickett, J. (2022). Dodson research grant ($3,000). Graduate School, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Pickett, J. (2022) UTEP Opera Service Award. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX.
  • Santoyo, M. (2021). UTEP Graduate School Summer Research Funding Program. Graduate School, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX
  • Smith, K. (2022). NSF ASPIRE West Texas Research Collaborative Fellowship

Publications

  • Nyachoti, D. O., Redelfs, A. H., Brown, L. D., Garcia, E. B., Garcia, E., Loweree, C. A., ... & Whigham, L. D. (2023). Nutrition and Health Programming and Outreach in Grocery Retail Settings: A Community Coalition in Action. Nutrients, 15(4), 895.
  • Tillman, D.A., Soto, T.J., Smith, K.H. & An, S.A. (2022). Visualizations of Current and Aspired TPACK from In-Service Teachers. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2275-2280). San Diego, CA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 19, 2022 from .

Presentations

  • Arciero, A., Robertson, W. & Gonzalez, P. (2022). Social Mobility for Hispanic STEM Students: The UT System LSAMP. HACU Conference. San Diego, CA.
  • Kosheleva, O. & Gonzalez, P. (2022). Robotics in Middle Grades. Future African Space Explorers STEM Academy (FASESA) Conference. Gauteng, South Africa.
  • Pickett, J. (2022). Re(producing) Gender Difference: A Cultural Accounting of Professional Skills Amongst Latinx Computer Science Majors. Paper session: Institutional Culture for Women in STEM, AERA Meeting. San Diego, CA.
  • Soto, T. (2022). Visualizations of Current and Aspired TPACK from in-service Teachers. Society for information and Teacher Education. SITE Conference. San Diego, CA. 
  • Walker J. T. & Perez-Piza M, (2022). A Case Examining Synthetic Biology for Adult Learning. International Society of the Learning Sciences. Proceedings of the ISLS Conference. Hiroshima, Japan. (online).
  • Walker J.T., Barrera A, Sepulveda R., Perez-Piza M., (2022). Critical Biomaking: Socioscientific Issues as Context for Life Science Maker Education. International Society of the Learning Sciences. Proceedings of the ISLS Conference. Hiroshima, Japan. (online).

2021

Awards

  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2021). 2nd place CARES Entrepreneurship Bootcamp ($2,000). The Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX
  • Sanmiguel-López, A. (2021). UTEP Graduate School Summer Research Funding Program. Graduate School, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX

Publications

  • Argumedo, S., & Jojola, T. (2021). PUEBLO Analysis: An Indigenous Planning Tool for Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. Retrieved from
  • Castro, Y. D. et al. (2021) Developing a Language Policy for the Teacher Education Department. Presented at the Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Coloquio.  The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Favela, G. H. (2021). [Review of the book Native and Non-Native Teachers in English Language Classrooms: Professional Challenges and Teacher Education by J.D.M. Agudo]. Journal of Latinos and Education. Published online. Retrieved from
  • Frausto Hernandez, I. (2021). The TOEFL as Exit Criteria in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Programs in Mexico: A Discourse Historical Analysis (DHA) Approach. Open Journal for Educational Research, 5(1), 105-118.
  • Frausto Hernández, I. (2021). Unravelling Themes Upon Semi-Structured Interviews. In I. Mora-Pablo, E. E. García-Ponce, & M. M. Lengeling (Eds.), Research Methodology in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Resource for Graduate Students (pp. 51-72). Universidad de Guanajuato.
  • Gomez, M. A. (2021). Rethinking Brutality: Making Sense of Narcoculture. Radical Philosophy Review, 24(2), 239-245.
  • Gomez, M. A. (2021). Philosophy in Action in the U.S.-Mexico Border: Desenterrando Conocimientos y Resolana. In A.E. Kohan, W.O. Wozniak & P. Freire, P. (Eds), Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, 21(1). pp. 2-7.
  • Johnson, S. J., de la Piedra, M. T., Sanmiguel‐López, A., & Pérez‐Piza, M. (2022). Mexican‐heritage Children’s Learning of Ballet Folklórico: Herencia, Familia, y Orgullo. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 53(2), 130-148.
  • Marquez, I., Del Rio, K., Vasquez, D., & Aguilera, J. (2019). Highlights from the collaboration between the public health department and two local universities to prevent chronic diseases through screenings and services for vulnerable populations in El Paso, Texas. In APHA's 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo. APHA. Philadelphia, PA.
  • Pickett, J. (2021). Threshold concepts in physical education: a design thinking approach. Sport, Education and Society, 26( 9),1041-1043, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2021.1984646
  • Salazar, L. (2021). Small Teaching Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é: Applying Learning Science in Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Classes, by F. Darby and JM Lang. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 22(4), 85-89.
  • Soto, T.J., Tillman, D.A. & An, S.A. (2021). Applying TPACK to Medical Education. In E. Langran & L. Archambault (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1632-1637). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved April 17, 2022 from . 

Presentations

  •  Gomez, M. (2021). Author Meets Critics Book: A Sense of Brutality: Philosophy after Narcoculture. Presented for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Washington Philosophy Department.
  • Gomez, M. (2021). The Impact of my Pedagogical Praxis as a Doctoral Student and Practitioner. Presented for Doctoral Women Organization. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Gomez, M. (2021). A Sense of Brutality: Philosophy after Narcoculture Panel. Presented for Concerned Philosophers for Peace Conference.
  • Gomez. M. (2021). Philosophy in Action in the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Pedagogy of Desenterrando Conocimientos. Presented for Davenport Lecture, Texas A&M Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é.
  • Gomez. M. (2021). New Worlds and American Borderlands: Histories, Cultures, Identities and My Philosophical Praxis. Presented for Harvard Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, History Department.
  • Johnson, S. J. & Sanmiguel-López, A. (2021, November 17-21) Embodied and multilingual pedagogies for children’s cultural learning in ballet folklórico at the U.S. Mexican border. AAA Annual Meeting Baltimore, MA
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2021). TeachTech Cohort 2019-2020: The Open Educational Resources (OER) and Affordable Materials Initiative at UTEP. Pre-recorded video presentation presented at the 2021 Sol Conference: The Center for Faculty Leadership and Development. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso
  • Mortimer, K.S., Akbar, M., Rodriguez, R., Benitez, P., Delgado, P., Escandon, S., Gray, S., Kneedler, H., Medrano, V., Ontiveros, C., Ramirez, J., Vazquez, J. (2021). La educación en ciencias de la computación como una oportunidad para avanzar en la pedagogía bilingüe/translenguaje (Computer science education as an opportunity to advance bilingual/translanguaging pedagogy). Invited presentation for the II Congreso Paraguayo de Lingüística Aplicada, 10-12 November, Instituto Superior de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay.
  • Salazar, L. (2021). Finding our way: A graduate student’s reflections on building community online during COVID-19. Presented at SOL Conference. The Center for Faculty Leadership and Development. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Sepulveda, R. (2021). Towards a culturally relevant pedagogy in Synthetic Biology. Presented at Bio Summit 4.0 Virtual Conference.
  • Soria, B.G. (2021). Bilingual Teachers Navigating a Transitional Model at an Elementary School on the U.S.-Mexico Border. AERA Virtual Conference.
  • Soto, T. (2021). Applying TPACK in Medical Education. Presented at Society for information and Teacher Education. SITE Conference. San Diego, CA.

2020

Awards

  • Fierro, K. (2020). Doctoral Excellence Fellowship. The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Frausto Hernandez, I. (2020). Doctoral Excellence Fellowship. The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2020). Dodson research grant ($3,000). Graduate School, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Muñoz, J. (2020). Minority Dissertation Fellowship. American Educational Research Association (AERA).
  • Sanmiguel-López, A. (2020).  Descamps Doctoral Summer Scholarship ($500). Graduate School, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Salazar, L. (2020) UTEP college of education travel grant ($750). College of Education The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Velázquez, J. (2020). Bilingual Certification Preparation: Exam 190 Grant. Texas Education Agency (TEA).
  • Velázquez, J. (2020). Bilingual Education Supplemental 164 Resources Grant. Texas Education Agency (TEA), Texas.
  • Villalobos, M. (2020). Doctoral Excellence Fellowship. The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.

Publications

  • Acevedo, R. (2020). Revelación Femenina. Cosmic Women Magazine, 4, 10-11.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S., Houston, A., & Cooper, A. (2020). The Anti-Racist Discussion Pedagogy. Packback.
  • Crawford, T., Frausto Hernández, I., Mora Pablo, I., & Witten, M. (2020). Negotiating Course Design in the Mexican Educational System Using Complex Thought: A Case Study in Central Mexico. Open Journal for Studies in Linguistics, 3(1), 1-12.
  • Gomez, M. (2020). Education for Empire: American Schools, Race, and the Paths of Good Citizenship by Clif Stratton. Inter-American Journal of Philosophy, 11(2), 68-73.
  • Gomez, M. A. (2020). Praxis in the U.S.-Mexico Border: Inside the El Paso Community College Philosophy Club. Blog of the APA.
  • Salazar, L. (2020) Crafting culturally efficacious teacher preparation and pedagogies, by B. Bustos Flores, L. Claeys and C. D. Gist, Bilingual Research Journal, 43:1, 125-128, 
  • Sanmiguel-López, A. (2020). Latinx and immigrants Heritage Language Maintenance. In G. Onchwari & J. Keengwe (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Bridging Family-Teacher Relationships for ELL and Immigrant Students. IGI Global.
  • Shakirova, G., Tchoshanov, M., and Fierro, K. (2020). Role of not knowing in student successful mathematical reasoning. Proceedings of the INTED 2020 Conference, Valencia, Spain. .
  • Shakirova, G., Tchoshanov, M., and Fierro, K. (2020). Relationship between not knowing and successful problem solving among pre-service secondary mathematics teachers. In Sacristán, A.I., Cortés-Zavala, J.C. & Ruiz-Arias, P.M. (Eds.). Mathematics Education Across Cultures: Proceedings of the 42nd Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Mexico. Cinvestav / AMIUTEM / PME-NA. https:/doi.org/10.51272/pmena.42.2020
  • Soria, B. G. (2020). [Review of the book Transforming Educational Pathways for Chicana/o Students: A Critical Race Feminista Praxis: by Dolores Delgado Bernal and Enrique Aleman, Jr.]. New York, Teachers College Press.
  • Teller, R.C. (2020). Digital thinkers: A qualitative examination of millennial technology use. Proceedings of Sixteenth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, & Society 2020. Champaign, IL: Technology, Knowledge, & Society.
  • Ullman, C., Mangelsdorf, K., and Muñoz, J.(2020). Graduate Students Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Ethnographic Study . New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-08730-9.
  • Villarreal, E., Pechak, C., Dillon, L., Umucu, E., Reyes, C.M., Peralta Matus, B. (2020). A tool to enhance patient safety: refinement and validation of the Physical Therapy Spanish Proficiency Measure. Physical Therapy Journal Policy, Administration, Leadership. 20(3):5-15

Presentations

  • Chew-Meléndez, S., Houston, A., & Cooper, A. (2020). Adopting an Anti-Racist Pedagogy: A Guide to Building an Anti-Racist Pedagogy in any Discipline. Paperback. Retrieved from 
  • Acevedo, R. (2020). Mock Job Talk. Presented at the Latino Research Institute, IQRMI-ADS. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at Austin.
  • Acevedo, R. (2020). Personal Testimonio. Presented at the First Generation Professionals Academy for Emerging Professionals. U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Civil Rights.
  • Acevedo, R. (2020). Queering Our Classrooms. Co-Presenter. The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Moderator for one of the QOC pre-event on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 presented by Dr. Hilda Sotelo and Ms. Mandy López.
  • Argumedo, S. & Olivas, A. (2020). (Un) Homophobe Your Mind. Presented at the National HEP / CAMP Conference.
  • Gomez, M. (2020). Jose Ingenieros and Idealism. Presented atEPCC Virtual Philosophy Lecture Series. El Paso Community College.
  • Gomez, M. (2020). Philosophical Praxis in the U.S. – Mexico Border: A Grounded Pedagogy. Society for Mexican American Philosophy Virtual Lectures.
  • Gomez, M. (2020). The Need for Inter-American Philosophy: Anticipating and Solving Pedagogical Challenges: Understanding U.S.-Mexico Border Students' Identities to Improve their Representation in Philosophy Education. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
  • Johnson, S. J. & Sanmiguel-López, A. (2020) Convirtiéndose en bailarina: Young children’s identity and cultural learning of ballet folklorico. XXXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Virtual Congress.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2020). Adjusting research during the pandemic. The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2020). Navigate the uncertainty. The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2020). Reset your research agenda. The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2020). Tackle PhD research anxiety. The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2020). Zotero: A citation tool to help you transition to APA 7th edition. The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. & Mucino, H. (2020). Preparing AERA 2021 submission workshop. The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Mortimer, K. S. & Liao, Y.-Y. (2020). How to hold ourselves accountable for making sure Black Lives Matter in the Teacher Education Department?. The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Muñoz, J. (2020). Exclusion, Race, and Stigma: How Brown, At-Risk Youth Are Produced in a Disciplinary Classroom on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • Salazar, L.J. (2020) Crossing the US-Mexico border for an Education: Portrayals of complexity and Intersectionality among transfronterizx students. Presented at The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Coloquio. The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Sanmiguel-López, A. (2020) Mexican-heritage children’s cultural learning of ballet folklórico: Attentive and embodied pedagogies of care, cultural pride, and concerted hard work. Presented at the Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) Interdisciplinary Working Group Colloquium. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of California of Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA.
  • Santoyo, M. (2020). Transfronterizas’ Situational Leveraging of Border Identities. Presented at The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Coloquio. The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Santoyo, M. (2020).  American Education Research Association (AERA) 2020 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2019

Awards

  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2019). Teach Tech Cohort 2019–2020: The OER Initiative ($3,000). Provost’s Office, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2019). UTEP graduate school travel grant ($850). Graduate School, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2019). UTEP college of education travel grant ($750). College of Education, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Mendoza, L.E. (2019). UTEP graduate school travel grant ($530). Graduate School, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Mendoza, L.E. (2019). Dodson research grant ($3,000). Graduate School, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Mendoza, L.E. (2019). Graduate school summer research grant ($4000). Graduate School, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Mendoza, L.E. (2019). Men and women of mines awards. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Mendoza, L.E. (2019). Premio/Ayuda de Viaje ($165). Estudiantes de Posgrado (Maestría y Doctorado): Sección Educación y Políticas Educativas de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LASA).
  • Salazar, L. (2019). UTEP college of education travel grant ($750). College of Education The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Salazar, L. (2019). Latin american studies association conference travel grant ($576). The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Sanmiguel-López, A (2019). UTEP College of education travel grant ($750). College of Education, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX

Publications

  • Abdo, N., Ibraheem, N., Obeidat, N., Graboski-Bauer, A,. Batieha, A., & Khatabih, M. (2019). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of women toward prenatal genetic testing. Epigenetics Insights. 
  • Castro Y. D. (2019).  [Review of the book Chicano popular culture:  Que Hable el Pueblo (2nd. Ed.), by Tatum, C.].  Journal of Latinos and Education, pp. 1-2.
  • Chew-Melendez, S. (2019) Ayotzinapa Manifesto: An Education for the Revolution In C. Rossatto (Ed.). Manifesto for New Social Movements: Equity, Access, & Empowerment. Charlotte, NC: Age Publishing Company.
  • Chew-Melendez, S. (2019) “El Ángel” en Voces Femeninas en la Dramaturgia de Frontera. In E. Mijares (Ed.). Universidad Autónoma de Cd. Juárez.
  • Chew-Melendez, S. (2019) Reies López Tijerina: entre la migración, la ética y la estética. Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Filosofía y Liberación. Universidad Autónoma de Cd. Juárez/Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Chew-Melendez, S. (2019) The Internment of Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans During WWII. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin America History, and Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Mexican History. Oxford Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Press.
  • Hampton, E., and Ontiveros, Cynthia C. (2019). Copper Stain: ASARCO’S Legacy in El Paso (Vol. 1). Norman, OK: Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Oklahoma Press.
  • Owens, A., & Garcia, B. (2019). Teaching executive functions: Modeling independence from cradles to college for success. In J. Keengwe, & R. Byamukama (Eds.), Handbook of research on promoting higher-order skills and global competencies in life and work (pp. 295-310). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 
  • Pickett, J. (2019) Moving Otherwise. Journal of Dance Education.
  • Teller, R.C., Tillman, D.A., Robertson, W.H., Tinajero, J.V. & An, S.A. (2019). Preparing bilingual teachers to integrate the engineering design process into upper-elementary and middle school classrooms. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (pp. 1646-1652). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Vallés, E, L. G., Aguon, r. a., jr., Dickerson, M. E. R., & Erickson-Alvarado, L. A. (2019). Reclaiming indigeneity on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands: Critical epistemological praxis for de-colonizing westernized teacher education programs. In C. Rossatto (Ed.), Manifesto for new social movements: Equity, access, and empowerment (pp. 1-88). Charlotte, NC.: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Presentations

  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Activism and Scholarship in the Borderlands. Presented at Park Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, Fort Bliss, Texas.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Appropriation v Appreciation. Presented at Campus Edge Panel, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Homenaje a Anne Pittman. Presented at V Semana Conmemorativa de la Lucha Internacional por los Derechos de la Mujeres, Universidad Autónoma de Cd. Juárez, Estudios Interdisciplinrios de Género, Cuidad Juaréz, Mexico.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Honoring Stonewall: Empowering the LGTBQ Community Past and Present. Presented at Humanities Collaborative, El Paso Community College & The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Indigenous Women in the Border. Presented at Indigenous Peoples' Month Discussion Panel, El Paso Community College Diversity and Inclusion Programs, El Paso, TX.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Living History: Duranguito’s Struggle for the Land - Reflections on Engaged Scholarship. Presented at the College of Liberal Arts, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Really, Where Are You From? Understanding our Perceptions of Asian America. Presented at The Student Engagement and Leadership Center, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Uprooting Community: Japanese Mexicans, World War Ii and the US-Mexico Borderlands. Presented at Feria del Libro de la Frontera, Plaza de las Américas, Cuidad Juaréz, Mexico.
  • Chew-Meléndez, S. (2019). Uprooting Community: Japanese Mexicans, World War II and the US-Mexico Borderlands. Presented at the Centennial Museum Lectures, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Clark, S. (2019). “Two sides to every story: The importance of effective communication between teachers and parents. Sacred Heart Catholic School Professional Learning Community (PLC), Hattiesburg, MS.
  • de La Piedra, M. T., Convertino, C., Cabrera, C., Castro Y., Mendoza L., Santoyo M., & Salazar L., & Sanmiguel-Lopez, A., (2019). Border-crosser’s expertise: Testimonios of exclusion, inclusion, and agency that span national borders. Paper presented at the XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Boston, MA.
  • Flores, L. & Sarah, M. (2019). Celebrating Diversity: Keeping Students Engaged through Culture, Content, and Language. Session presented at the Border Learning Conference: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, El Paso, TX.
  • Gomez, M. (2019). Border Students and the Importance of Multicultural Education. Presented for Border Learning Conference, El Paso, TX.
  • Gomez, M. (2019). Latina Identity and the problem of representation: the power of testimonies to create pensadoras. Presented at the Building Bridges Between Latin American Philosophy and Indian Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, New Delhi, India.
  • Gomez, M. (2019). Pedagogy of multiculturalism on the border. Presented at the Building Bridges Between Latin American Philosophy and Indian Philosophy, Delhi Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, Delhi, India.
  • Hachey, A., & Slade, J., (2019). Social Emotional Development for Infants and Toddlers. Paso del Norte Association for the Education for Young Children Leadership and Advocacy Conference. El Paso, TX.
  • Hsu, P.-L., & Liao, Y.-Y. (2019). Using co-generative dialogues as formative assessments to improve project-based learning in a science internship. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2019). AERA 2019: Pre-Conference Presentation. Presented at The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. & Mucino, H. (2019). Preparing AERA submission workshop. Presented at The Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Lynch-Arroyo, R. & Lucero, A.L. (2019). Diminishing gender gap in mathematical disposition: Creating culturally responsive mathematics education programs and culturally relevant pedagogy, Presented at the National ATE, Atlanta, GA.
  • Mansour, J. (2019). Research on action-based compassion in the classroom. Presented at National Council for Social Studies, Austin, TX.
  • Mansour, J. (2019). Research on action-based compassion in the classroom. Presented at Education Colloquium, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Mendoza, L., Muciño-Guerra H. (2019). #bestpractices for TESOLERs. Presented at the Southeast Regional TESOL Conference 2019, Orlando, FL.
  • Mendoza, L. E. (2019). My exciting PhD journey. Presented at the Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab Colloquium, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Mendoza, L., Muciño-Guerra, H., Perez, Y., Santoyo, M. (2019). Privileges and Oppression Among Transfronterizxs in the US/Mexcio Border. Paper presented at the XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Boston, MA.
  • Muciño, H. (2019). Becoming an Engineer: Influences Shaping the Engineering Identities of Latinx Undergraduates on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Presented at American Education Research Association, AERA, Toronto, Canada.
  • Owens, A. (2019). Growing Good Writers!. Presented at Academy of Teachers for Young Children (ATYC), El Paso, Texas.
  • Owens, A. & Garcia, B. (2019). Dyslexia and Inclusion. Presented at Inclusion3: Inclusion & Instruction Institute, South Padre, Texas.
  • Owens, A. & Garcia, B. (2019). Executive Functions and Reading. Presented at Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA), Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Pickett, J. (2019). Queer as a Second Language, Queer(ing) Our Classrooms. Presented at the College of Education, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Sarah, M. (2019). Celebrating Diversity: Keeping Students Engaged through Culture, Content, and Language. Roundtable presentation at the NISOD International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, Austin, TX.
  • Sarah, M. (2019). Celebrating Diversity: Keeping Students Engaged through Culture, Content, and Language. Presented at the Boarder Learning Conference: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants at El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX.

2018

Awards

  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2018). National Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) conference award ($275). National IBL SIG of Mathematical Association of America (MMA)
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2018). UTEP college of education travel grant ($300). College of Education, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2018). UTEP Student Government Association travel funding ($350). Student Government Association (SGA), The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.
  • Sanmiguel-López, A (2018). UTEP College of education travel grant ($750). College of Education, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX    

Publications

  • An, S.A., Perez, P.E., Teller, R.C., Tillman, D.A., (2018). Employing 3D Printing to Fabricate Augmented Reality Headsets for Middle School STEM Education. Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives on 3D Printing in Education, IGI Global. 241-261.
  • Avila, M., Portillo, H., Lopez, C., Cruz Quinones, M., y Flores, S. (2018). La conjeturación en problemas de probabilidad usando referentes geométricos mediados por simulaciones en Geogebra. Revista de Orientación Educacional, 32(61), 3-13.
  • Calvo, B., Saldaña, C., and Kosheleva, O. (2018). Math, Music and Arts, A Community Based Approach: Improving outcomes for at-risk Hispanic students, In: T, Yuen., E, Bonner., M, Arreguin-Anderson, (Eds.), (Under)Represented Latin@s in STEM: Increasing Participation Throughout Education and the Workplace. New York, N.Y. Peter Lang.
  • Chew, S. (2018). “Representations of Black Womanhood in Mexico”. Studies in Latin American Popular Culture, 36, 108-127.
  • Foyou, V. E., Ngwafu, P., Santoyo, M., & Ortiz, A. (2018). The Boko Haram Insurgency and its Impact on Border Security, Trade and Economic Collaboration Between Nigeria and Cameroon: An Exploratory Study. African Social Science Review, 9(1), 7.
  • Gomez, M. (2018) A Defense for Multicultural Inclusion in Philosophy Textbooks: An Analysis from the Border. Inter-American Journal of Philosophy, 9(2), 76-82.
  • Gomez, M. (2018) El feminismo es un humanismo por Rubi de Maria Gómez Campos. Inter-American Journal of Philosophy, 9(2), 97-99.
  • Hsu, P.-L., & Venegas, Laura. (2018). Activity features of high school students’ science learning in an open-inquiry-based internship programme. International Journal of Science Education, 40(12), 1391-1409.
  • Hsu, P.-L., & Liao, Y.-Y. (2018). Using cogenerative dialogues to transform contradictions in project-based learning. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(112), em1623. 
  • Mein, E., Esquinca A., Monarrez A., Saldaña, C. (2018). Building a Pathway to Engineering: The influence of family and teachers among mexican-origin undergraduate engineering students. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
  • Mendoza, L. E. (2018). Language, Culture, Identity and Citizenship in College Classrooms and Communities. Juan C. Guerra, 2016, New York, NY: Routledge. 179 pp.
  • Paugh, N., (2018). The role of family literacy practices in the college readiness journey of Mexican American high school AVID seniors. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 17(4), 275-293.
  • Sanmiguel, A. (2018): Comparing ethnographies: Local studies of education across the Americas. Journal of Latinos and Education, 1-2.
  • Sotelo, H., interviewed by Noe Sanchez Navarro, Estación Norte, 44.3 UACJ-TV, June 11, 2018.
  • Viera, J. (2018). Emergent bilinguals self-affecting their self-efficacy through bilingual digital environments. In M. J. Spector, B. B. Lockee, & M. Childress (Eds.), Learning, design, and technology. Advance online publication. . Switzerland: Springer Nature.
  • Viera, J., Kosheleva, O., & Shahbazova, S., (2018). Bilingual students benefit from using both languages. In L. Zadeh, R. R. Yager, S. N. Shahbazova, M. Reformat, & V. Kreinovich (Eds.), Recent Developments and New Direction in Soft Computing: Foundations and Applications (pp. 431-439). Switzerland: Springer Cham.

Presentations

  • Acevedo, R. (2018). Latina Socialization Experiences and the Intersectionality of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity during their Doctoral Journeys. Presentation at the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, MALCS, Summer Institute Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Clark, S. (2018). “Storytelling, alphabet soup, and, drawing in the snow/sand: Literacy for early childhood?”. Paso Del Norte Chapter of the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children (TXAEYC), El Paso, TX. 
  • Clark, S. (2018). “Planning meaningful math & science experiences for young children”. New Mexico Association for the Education of Young Children (NMAEYC), Albuquerque, NM.
  • de La Piedra, M. T., Convertino, C., Cabrera, C., Castro Y., Mendoza L., Santoyo M., & Salazar L., & Sanmiguel-Lopez, A., (2019). Border-crosser’s expertise: Testimonios of exclusion, inclusion, and agency that span national borders. Paper presented at the XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Boston, MA.
  • Gomez, M. (2018, Sept 6). Academic Dishonesty and Ethics. Retrieved from
  • Gomez, M., & Stowe, I. (2018). Exploring Visual Culture and its Philosophical Implications. Art and Philosophical Symposiums: Rhetoric of the Image, El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX.
  • Gomez, M. (2018). Race, identity and the decolonization of academia. Presentation at the 45th Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Lilly, J. (2018). How to get your Spanish speaking parents involved in your RDSPD. Paper presented at the Statewide Conference for Education of the Deaf, Grapevine, TX.
  • Locke, I. N. & Sarah, M. (2018). Perspectives on Leadership: A Practical Skill Rooted in Vision. Poster presented at the 6th Annual UTEP IDRE Symposium: Understanding Interdisciplinary Research & Rewards, El Paso, TX.
  • Lynch-Arroyo, R. & Asing-Cashman, J. (2018). Active Learning and Terms of Engagement: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for the 21st Century Learner. Presented at the Regional ATE, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Lynch-Arroyo, R. & Lucero, A.L. (2018). Diminishing gender gap in mathematical disposition: Creating culturally responsive mathematics education programs and culturally relevant pedagogy. Presented at the Regional ATE, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Marshall, A. & Michal, L. (2018). Faculty development and equity in an era of mathematics reform. 44th Annual Conference of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, AMATYC, Conference Proceedings, Orlando, FL.
  • Marshall, A. & Michal, L. (2018). Faculty development and equity in an era of mathematics reform. Third National Mathematics Summit:  For Math in the first two years. National Association for Developmental Education, NADE Conference Proceedings, National Harbor, MD.
  • Mendoza, L. E. (2018). Merging language and digital literacy in the ESL classroom. Paper presented at the 45th MEXTESOL International Convention, Puerto Vallarta, México.
  • Mendoza, L. E. (2018). Nuestras identidades: Teaching Anzaldúa in an ESOL classroom. Paper presented at the at the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) Summer Institute Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at, El Paso, TX.
  • Paugh, N. (2018). An Ethnographic Case Study of a New Tech Classroom in a High School on the US/Mexico Border. New Tech Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO. 
  • Pineda, D. (2018). EFL teachers’ identities and their assessment practices. Paper presented at the Encuentro Internacional de Investigadores Universidad de Antioquia-Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Medellín, Colombia.
  • Pineda, D. (2018). EFL teachers’ identities informing their teaching and assessment practices. Session title: Transformative Pedagogy: Educational Horizons of Individual and Social Change. Paper presented at the 117th Annual Meeting: Change in the Anthropological Imagination of the American Anthropological Association. San Jose, CA.
  • Pineda, D. (2018). Knowing who teachers are through their teaching and assessment practices. Paper presented at the X Coloquio Internacional sobre Investigación en Lenguas Extranjeras (CIILE). Veracruz, México.
  • Pineda, D. (2018). Transformative Pedagogy: Educational Horizons of Individual and Social Change.  Paper presented at the 117th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
  • Rodriguez, R., & Rosssatto, C. (2018). “More is never enough…”: Colonizers and colonized un]happiness. Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Sahr, A. (2018). Translanguaging practices of multilingual learners of German. Paper presentation at the 21st Annual international conference on education, Athens, Greece.
  • Sahr, A. (2018). Translanguaging practices of multilingual learners of German in German classes. Presentation at the 68th Annual conference of the Midwest association for Latin American Studies MALAS, El Paso, Texas.
  • Sarah, M. (2018). Engage, Connect, and Innovate on Teaching through Technology. Session presented at EPCC CASP Conference, El Paso, TX.
  • Sotelo, H. (2018). Critical Organic Writing, Music & Healing. Mujeres activas en Letras y Cambio Social, MALCS, Summer Institute Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
  • Sotelo, H (2018). Celebrating Chinua Achebe & African Languages, Literatures, Arts and Cultures beyond the Continent: The 60th Anniversary of Things Fall Apart. With paper on Cosmic Feminism and COW (Critical Organic Writing), connections to Achebe’s work. Presentation in CFP for the 9th Annual Conference of African Languages and Literatures Forum (SEALLF), Nofolk, Virginia.
  • Sotelo, H. (2018, Nov 29). Feminismo cósmico. Retrived from
  • Slade, J. (2017). Reconnecting to Your Teacher Self. Paso del Norte Association for the Education for Young Children Conference. El Paso, TX.
  • Slade, J. (2017). Building Your Classroom Culture. Peace Lutheran Preschool Professional Development Workshop. El Paso, TX.
  • Slade, J. (2017). Process vs. Product. Keynote Speaker at the Paso del Norte Association for the Education for Young Children Leadership and Advocacy Conference. El Paso, TX.
  • Juarez, M., Lynch-Arroyo, R., & Tillman, D. (2017). Creating 21st-Century Instructional Technologies. Presented at the NMSU College of Education Inaugural Symposium: Re-Imagining the Future of Learning, Las Cruces, NM.
  • Valverde, Y. (2017). Math Matters. Presented at the Regional Leadership meeting. Canutillo, TX.

2017

Awards

  • Liao, Y.-Y. (2017). UTEP graduate school travel grant ($850). Graduate School, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso.

Publications

  • Carrillo, V., Flores, S., Gonzalez, M., Ramirez, O., Cruz Quiñones, M., y Chavez, Juan. (2016). Metodologia para el cálculo de la confiabilidad de mapas curriculares. Parte I. Revista de Orientación Educacional, 30(58), 35-53.
  • Castro Rodríguez, M., González Quezada, M., Flores García, S., Ramírez Sandoval, O., Cruz Quiñones, M.; Fuentes Morales, M. (2017). Registros de representación semiótica del concepto de función exponencial. Parte I Entreciencias: diálogos en la Sociedad del Conocimiento, 5(13), 1-19.
  • Lynch-Arroyo, R. L. & Asing-Cashman, J. (2017). Integrating Edutainment to Reinforce Mathematical Learning: Pedagogic Intention of Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics Students. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017, 1960–1967.
  • Muro, A. (2017). Towards a liberatory pedagogy grounded on Husserlian phenomenology. The Inter-American Journal of Philosophy, 8(1) 35-49.
  • Ramírez S. O., Flores G. S., Cruz Q., M., González Q. M., y Aguirre H., V. (2017). El concepto de representación de la transformación lineal en la comunidad de matemática educativa. Revista de Orientación Educacional, 31(59), 73-86.
  • Schwartz, A. I., Mendoza, L., & Meyer, B. (2017). The impact of text structure reading strategy instruction in a second language: Benefits across languages. The Language Learning Journal, 45(3), 263-281.
  • Tchoshanov, M., Cruz, M., Huereca, K., Shakirova, K., Shakirova, L., and Ibragimova, E. (2017). Examination of Lower Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Content Knowledge and Its Connection to Students’ Performance. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 15(4), 683–702.
  • Tchoshanov, M., Cruz Quinones, M., Shakirova, K., Ibragimova, E., Shakirova, L. (2017).  Analyzing connections between teacher and student topic-specific knowledge of lower secondary mathematics. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 47, 54-69.
  • Tchoshanov, M., Cruz Quinones, M., Shakirova, K., Ibragimova, E., Shakirova, L. (2017). Comparative analysis of mathematics teachers’ content knowledge in USA and Russia through the lens of TIMSS results. Education and Self Development Journal 12(1), 23-33.
  • Tchoshanov, M., Cruz Quinones, M., Shakirova, K., Ibragimova, E., Shakirova, L. (2017). Cross-national study of lower secondary mathematics teachers’ content knowledge in the USA and Russia. Proceedings of the 10th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2017, 1658-1665.

Presentations

  • Acevedo, R. (2017). Learner’s issues and experiences, the socialization experiences of Latinas: Understanding their doctoral journeys as minority students. Paper presented at the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso TX.
  • Alvarado, L. (2017). Being women of color in the borderlands: Intersectionality of race, culture, and gender in K-12 Educational Experiences. Paper presented at the 14th Inter-American Symposium of Ethnography and Education, El Paso, TX.
  • Asing-Cashman, J., & Lynch-Arroyo, R. (2017). Integrating Edutainment to Reinforce Mathematical Learning: Pedagogic Intention of PreService Secondary Mathematics Students. Presented at the SITE, Austin, TX.
  • Asing-Cashman, J., & Lynch-Arroyo, R.L. (2017) An Exploratory Study: Using Edutainment to Facilitate Mathematical Thinking and Learning. Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Antonio, TX.
  • Clark, S., & Slade, J., (2017). “Traveling the Continuum from Product to Process”. New Mexico Association for the Education for Young Children Annual Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
  • Gomez, M. (2017). Border Students and Philosophy: A look at Textbook Multicultural Content. Presented at the Society for Mexican American Philosophy Conference, College Station, TX.
  • Gomez, M. (2017). Filosofía, Feminismo y Racismo: Una Intersección Inevitable. Presented at the Technology Hub Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, MX.
  • Gomez, M. (2017). History of the Militarized U.S./Mexico Border, Its Current Enforcement, and Educating for the Future. Presented at the Philosophy Across the Americas Conference, McAllen, TX.
  • Gomez, M. (2017, Jul 31). Integrating Ethics: “Everyday Ethics”. Retrieved from
  • Lucero, A.L., & Lynch-Arroyo, R. (2017) Dispositional Positioning in the Mathematics Equation: The Gender Variable. Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. San Antonio, TX.
  • Mendoza, L. E. (2017). Transnationals and their lived experiences. Paper presented at the 14th Inter-American Symposium on Ethnography and Education, El Paso, TX.
  • Mendoza, L. E. (2017). Using multilingualism as an exciting challenge. Paper presented at the International Day of the Mother Tongue, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
  • Michal, L. & Tchoshanov, M. (2017). Relationship between secondary mathematics preservice teachers’ content knowledge and lesson objectivization. American Education Research Association, AERA, Conference Proceedings, San Antonio, TX.
  • Pickett, J. (2017). How a Grant Impacted an Entire Dance Community. National Dance Educators Organization, Washington D.C.
  • Pineda, D. (2017). Decolonizando metodologías en la investigación: La experiencia con el teatro espontáneo. Paper presented at the IX Coloquio Internacional Sobre Investigación en Lenguas Extranjeras. Granada, Spain.
  • Pineda, D. (2017). EFL higher education teachers in Colombia: Unveiling their identities through stories. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, AERA, San Antonio, TX.
  • Pineda, D. (2017). Enseñar y evaluar: Dos procesos que no se pueden separar. Paper presented at the IX Coloquio Internacional Sobre Investigación en Lenguas Extranjeras. Granada, Spain.
  • Pineda, D. (2017). Teacher identity: The role of balanced power relationships in teaching and language assessment practices. Paper presented at the AILA 18th World Congress. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Pineda, D., Dolsa, G., & Vidana, V. (2017). Cruzando la frontera: Our experiences learning to do research. Paper presented at the 14th Inter-American Symposium on Ethnography and Education. El Paso, TX.
  • Rodriguez, R., & Rosssatto, C. (2017). “World Happiness on The Equalization of Socio-Economic Systems: Infrastructures to Create and Sustain Hope and Justice within Eastern and Western Paradigms”. Presented at the World Education Research Association/The Hong Kong Educational Research Association (WERA/HKERA Conference). Hong Kong, China.
  • Rodriguez, R., & Rosssatto, C. (2017). “Happiness on The Structural and Circumstantial [Un]Happiness: From cultural, historical, and situational notions of happiness to critical postmodern perspectives”. Presented a the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. San Antonio, TX.
  • Rossatto, C., & Varela, R. (2017). Teachers as Transformative Organic Intellectual Leaders: Learning and Practicing Activism at Schools and at Transnational Communities. Paper presented at the 14th Inter-American Symposium on Ethnography and Education. El Paso, TX.
  • Sahr, A. (2017). Performing Americanness: Considering language choices in German as a foreign language class in a Texas border town. Roundtable presentation at the 14th Inter-American Symposium of Ethnography and Education. El Paso, TX.
  • Sahr, A. (2017). Language choices of multilingual learners of German in a Texas border town. Presentation at the 19th Annual International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece.
  • Sahr, A. & Siemssen, A. (2016). Instructional Technology Use with a Diverse Student Population: A Case Study of a Pre-Service Teacher. Paper presentation at the 8th Classroom and Teaching Research for all Students Conference, CTRAS. Hamburg, Germany.
  • Serna, L. (2017). Newcomer English Language Learners in Choral Music Education: Ethnographic Case Study. Paper presented at the 2017 Inter-American Symposium on Ethnography and Education, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Slade, J. (2017). Reconnecting to Your Teacher Self. Paso del Norte Association for the Education for Young Children Conference. El Paso, TX.
  • Slade, J. (2017). Building Your Classroom Culture. Peace Lutheran Preschool Professional Development Workshop. El Paso, TX.
  • Slade, J. (2017). Process vs. Product. Keynote Speaker at the Paso del Norte Association for the Education for Young Children Leadership and Advocacy Conference. El Paso, TX.
  • Juarez, M., Lynch-Arroyo, R., & Tillman, D. (2017). Creating 21st-Century Instructional Technologies. Presented at the NMSU College of Education Inaugural Symposium: Re-Imagining the Future of Learning, Las Cruces, NM.
  • Valverde, Y. (2017). Math Matters. Presented at the Regional Leadership meeting. Canutillo, TX.

2016

Publications

  • Asing-Cashman, J., & Lynch-Arroyo, R.L. & (2016). Using Edutainment to Facilitate Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Mathematics Education, 9(2) 37-52.
  • Cruz, M., Gallardo, R., Paez, C. (2016) Significado mostrado al resolver ecuaciones lineales. In Wood, M. B., Turner, E. E., Civil, M., & Eli, J. A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 38th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Pyschology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1361-1367). Tucson, AZ.
  • Cruz, M., Cruz Quiñones, M., Gallardo, R., Paez, C., & Tchoshanov, M. (2016) Understanding the Knowing-to act of Middle School Teachers in the Mexican Borderland. In Wood, M. B., Turner, E. E., Civil, M., & Eli, J. A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 38th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Pyschology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1604-1607). Tucson, AZ.
  • Cruz Quiñones, M., Flores, S., Ramírez, O., Tchoshanov, M. (2016). Un estudio cuantitativo del conocimiento del contenido del maestro de matemáticas y su “saber actuar” en el aula. En el Acta Latinoamericana de Matemática Educativa (pp. 1163-1169), 29, México: Comité Latinoamericano de Matemática Educativa, CLAME.
  • Reyes, R., & Villarreal, E. (2016). Wanting the unwanted again: Safeguarding AgainstNormalizing Dehumanization and Discardability of Marginalized,“Unruly” English-Learning Latinos in Our Schools. The Urban Review, 48(4), 543-559.
  • Ruiz, O., Flores, S., Luna, J., González, M., Salazar, M., Cruz Quiñones, M., y Ramírez, O. (2016). Uso de tecnología para la diferenciación a través del concepto de variación. Parte I. Revista de Orientación Educacional, 30(57), 83-94.
  • Saldaña, C. (2016). Children with disabilities: Constructing metaphors and meanings through art. International Journal of Special Education, 31(1), 88-96. 
  • Saldaña, C., and Kosheleva, O. (2016). Students Learning about Music-Math Connections by Playing with Cuisenaire Rods. Journal of Mathematics Education, 9(2), 97-108. 

Presentations

  • Acevedo, R. (2016). Doctoral student socialization of Hispanic women. Paper presented at the 2016 Sun Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Anchondo, R. & Lynch-Arroyo, R. (2016) Learn Quadratics with Mario and Angry Birds. Co-Presenter Workshop, Presented at the Region XIX Mini-Cast, El Paso, TX.
  • Asing-Cashman, J., & Lynch-Arroyo, R.L. (2016) Dynamic Positioning: Pedagogical Strategies Developed by Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics Teachers. Presented at the NCTM Regional Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Asing-Cashman, J., & Lynch-Arroyo, R.L. (2016) Emphasizing TPCK Positioning in Methods Courses for Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics Teachers. Presented at the AMTE 2016 Annual Conference, Irvine, CA.
  • Clark, S., Marsia, M., & Slade, J. (2016). Embedding a Creative Arts Curriculum Framework in Early Childhood Settings. Presented at the ABC Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, EL Paso, TX.
  • Clark, S., & Slade, J., (2016). Thinking Outside the Box: Facilitating Sociodramatic Play. Peace Lutheran Preschool Professional Development Workshop, El Paso, TX.
  • Kendall, M. R., Mendoza, L.R., & Orea-Amador. (2016). Mixed Method Study of the Evolution of Leadership Traits during a Leadership Experience. Presented at the ASEE’s 123rd Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA.
  • Lynch-Arroyo, R.L. & Lucero, A.L. (2016) Mathematical Positioning Shift: The Gender Factor in the Disposition Equation. Presented at the NCTM Regional Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Lynch-Arroyo, R. & Lucero, A.L. (2016) The Gender Variable: Mathematical Positioning Shift in the Disposition Equation. Presented at the SUN Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Lynch-Arroyo, R. & Lucero, A. L. (2016) The Gender Variable: Mathematical Positioning Shift in the Disposition Equation. Co-Presenter, Presented at the Sun Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Marsia, M., Clark, S. (2016). “Embedding a Creative Arts Curriculum Framework in Early Childhood Settings”. Presented at the ABC Conference, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Mendoza, L. (2016). Exploring conflict and violence in ESOL writing. In A. Healey, Napoleao de Souza, R., Peskova, P., and Allen, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the High Desert Linguistics Society Conference Volume 11. Paper presented at the High Desert Linguistics Society Conference, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of New Mexico, 13-15 November 2014 (pp. 251-270), Albuquerque, NM.
  • Mendoza, L. E. (2016). Integrating authentic materials and library services to engage students. Paper presented at the 2016 Sun Conference, El Paso, TX.
  • Mendoza, L. E. (2016). Literacy practices of transnationals. Poster presented at the 2016 Graduate Expo, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Michal, L. (2016). Association between pre-service teachers’ mindset and objectivization in mathematics. Poster presentation at the Psychology of Mathematics Education – North America PME-NA 38, Tucson, AZ.
  • Michal, L., Serrata, W., & Tena, L. (2016). El Paso Community College’s Formula for Student Success: Broad Engagement + Leadership + Focus, El Paso, TX.
  • Pickett, J. (2016). Integrating Dance and Technology: A Trio of Lesson Plans. National Dance Educators Organization Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Pineda, D. (2016). Listening to ELF teachers’ stories in Colombia: Experiences as language learners and teachers, their assessment practices and teacher learning. Paper presented at the symposium titled Student and Teacher Experiences As Evidence, at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Pineda, D. (2016). Listening to teachers’ voices: From practice to theory for teacher learning and professional development. Paper presented at the 6th International Seminar on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers. Medellín, Colombia.
  • Pineda, D. (2016). Formative assessment features developed by EFL teachers who passed through a rubrics assessment training. Paper presented at VI Congresso Latino-americano de Formação de Professores de Línguas, Londrina, Brazil.
  • Pineda, D. (2016). From teacher identity to communities of practice and figured worlds: a case study. Paper presented at the 28th Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference. Las Vegas, NV.
  • Pineda, D. (2016). …Y los profesores de inglés también cuentan historias: un acercamiento a las identidades docentes. Paper presented at the III Simposio Internacional de Narrativas en Educación held at Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
  • Sahr, A. & Siemssen, A. (2016). Bilingual Education in the El Paso-Juarez Borderplex. Presentation at the 15th Border Regions in Transition Conference BRIT, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Sahr, A. (2016). Language choices of multilingual learners in the German as a foreign language Classroom. Poster presentation at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference AAAL, Orlando, Florida.
  • Serna, L. (2016). Newcomer Language Development through Choral Music Education:  Social Construction through Figured World. Paper presented at the 2016 Sun Conference, El Paso, TX
  • Slade, J. (2016). Traveling the Continuum of Process and Product Art. Peace Lutheran Preschool Professional Development Workshop, El Paso, TX.
  • Slade, J. (2016). Process vs. Product. Principle Presenter, Paso del Norte Association for the Education for Young Children Conference, El Paso, TX.
  • Slade, J., Clark, S. (2016). Thinking Outside the Box: Facilitating Sociodramatic Play. Peace Lutheran Preschool Professional Development Workshop, El Paso, TX.
  • Talamantes, M. (2016). “Linguistic bullying in dual language education: The emotional impact of separation of language among recent immigrants.” KARLA, Minneapolis, MN.

2015

Publications

  • Cruz Quiñones, M., Cruz Quiñones, M., Ramírez, O., & Tchoshanov, M. (2015). A correlational analysis of teacher content knowledge and knowing-to act of mathematics teachers in a Mexican northern borderland city.  Entreciencias: diálogos en la Sociedad del Conocimiento, 3(8), 359-376.
  • Michal, L. (2015). Objectivization in teaching mathematics: What other knowledge do teachers need? In Proceedings of the 2nd International Student Conference “Lobachevskii and XXI century”, Kazan: Kazan Federal Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, Russia, 30-40. 

Presentations

  • Asing-Cashman, J., & Lynch-Arroyo, R. (2015) Embedding TPCK in Secondary Mathematics Teaching Poster Session. Presented at the ABC Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Khaliullina, L., & Lynch-Arroyo, R. L. (2015) Mathematical Affective Dispositions: Comparative Case Studies of US and Russian Middle School Teachers. Presented at the ABC Conference, El Paso, TX.
  • Michal, L. (2015). Objectivization in teaching mathematics: What other knowledge do teachers need? In Proceedings of the 2nd International Student Conference “Lobachevskii and XXI century”, Kazan: Kazan Federal Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, Russia, 30-40. 
  • Michal, L. (2015). Objectivization in teaching mathematics:  What other knowledge do teachers need? Presentation at the ABC Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Pineda, D. (2015). English teachers’ profiles: an examination of their identities in a Colombian public university. Paper presented at VII Coloquio Internacional sobre Investigación en Lenguas Extranjeras (CIILE). Veracruz, Mexico.
  • Pineda, D. (2015). Lessons from an assessment system with rubrics. Paper presented at the VII Coloquio Internacional sobre Investigación en Lenguas Extranjeras (CIILE). Veracruz, México.
  • Pineda, D. (2015). Teaching is a Profession of Love. Paper presented at a symposium named For the Love of Teaching, at the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) conference. Where is the Love? Pondering Poetics, Passion, and Promise in Education and Social Justice. San Antonio, TX.
  • Slade, J. (2015). Process versus Product and Lesson Plan development. St. Mark’s Early Education Professional Development Workshop, El Paso, TX.
  • Valverde, Y., (2015). Secondary Mathematics Disposition Toward Challenge. Presented at the Sun Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Valverde, Y. (2015). Secondary mathematics teachers’ disposition toward challenge and its impact in teaching practice: A Research in Progress. Presented at the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML), Las Vegas, NV.

2014

Publications

  • Lynch Arroyo, R. L. & Tchoshanov, M. (2014). Sage and Thyme: Cases of Teacher Affective Disposition Through the Lens of Reflective Transphenomenality. In Matney, G. T. and Che, S. M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 41th Annual Meeting of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning. San Antonio, TX.
  • Pineda, D. (2014). The feasibility of assessing teenagers’ oral English language performance with a rubric. Bogota, Colombia: Profile. Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 16(1), 181-198.

Presentations

  • Lynch-Arroyo, R, (2014). Empowering Cross-Curricular Writing in Mathematics. Presented at the ABC Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Lynch-Arroyo, R. (2014) Sage and Thyme: Cases of Teacher Affective Disposition Through the Lens of Reflective Transphenomenality. Presented at the RCML Conference, San Antonio, TX.
  • Barnes, C., & Lynch-Arroyo, R. (2014) REACT: Reflective Evaluation and Analysis of Classroom Teaching. Co-Presenter, Presented at the ABC Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • McDermott, B., & Lynch-Arroyo, R. (2014) Dynamics Among Three Domains in Forming Pre-Service Teachers’ Dispositions. Presented at the RCML Conference, San Antonio, TX.
  • Pineda, D. (2014). Exploring instructors’ assessment practices of students’ language performance in an English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) program in a borderland university: A case study. Poster presented at the Graduate Student Research Expo held at the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Saldaña, C., & Pineda, D. (2014). Children with disabilities: Constructing metaphors and meaning through Art. Paper presented at the International Perspective of Research in Arts Education Conference, Düsseldorf, Germany.
  • Slade, J. (2014). Making Literacy Interactive. Principle Presenter. Babies on the Go Professional Development Conference, El Paso, TX.
  • Talamantes, M. (2014). “Es Que Nadie Me Quiere Ayudar: Affective Factors in the Schooling Experiences of Recent Immigrants in Dual Language Instruction. Graduate Student Research Expo, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Talamantes, M. (2014). “Me Siento Tiste:” Separation of Languages and Its Impact Among Recent Immigrants in a First-Grade Dual Language Immersion Class. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, AERA, Chicago, IL.
  • Tchoshanov, M., & Valverde, Y., (2014). Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Disposition Toward Challenge and its Effect on Teaching Practice and Student Performance. Presented at the Texas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Austin, TX.
  • Valverde, Y. (2014). The Case of Lorenzo: Avoidance of Challenge. IV International Conference “Mathematics Education at School and Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é: Theory and Practice”, dedicated to the 210th anniversary of the Kazan Federal Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics named after N.I. Lobachevskii, Kazan, Russia.

2013

Publications

  • Cashman, T. G, Talamantes, M. (2013). Más Sabe El Diablo Por Viejo Que Por Diablo: Consejos Entre Países Vecinos de EUA. Latin American Journal of Education, 1(2), 1-17. 
  • Seda, C. (2013).  Financial literacy: The hidden curriculum, and ecological injustice.  The Journal of Sustainability Education, February 2013. 

Presentations

  • Lynch-Arroyo, R. & Lucero, A. L (2013) Dynamics of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Disposition toward Mathematics, Its Learning and Teaching: Case of Vanity. Presented at the Sun Conference, The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas in El Paso, El Paso, TX.
  • Phelps, J., Michal, L., & Savina, F. (2013). Active Learning and Student Success, Co-Presentation at the American Association of Two year Colleges, AMATYC, Anaheim, CA.

2012

Publications

  • Arroyo, R. L., McDermott, B., & Tchoshanov, M. (2012). Pre-service elementary teachers' affective disposition toward mathematics. In V. Gabdulhakov (Ed.). Development of creative abilities of students: In the context of implementation of federal state educational standards of new generation (pp. 18-23). Kazan, Russia: The National Book Center
  • Barde, W., Click-Cuellar, H. & Franco, D. (2012). Evaluating Technology Applications and Resources to Support Elementary Science. In P. Resta (Ed.), Proceedings of SITE 2012--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 4203-4208). Austin, Texas, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Falcon, R. (2012). A counterargument to ineffective technology in classrooms: Characteristics of high achieving schools. In P. Resta (Ed.). Proceedings of SITE 2012--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, (pp. 2774-2780). Austin, Texas, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Lynch Arroyo, R., & Lucero, L. (2012, March). Enabling Mathematical Voices through Instructional Technology Integration. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2012(1), 1559-1564.
  • Lynch Arroyo, R., McDermott, B. & Tchoshanov, M. (2012). Assessing Pre-Service Elementary Teachers Disposition toward Mathematics Using Open-Ended Metaphor. In Van Zoest, L.R., Lo, J.-J., Kratky, J.L. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (pp. 598-692). Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é
  • Muro, A. (2012). Pedagogies of change: From theory to practice. The international Journal of Critical Pedagogy. 4(1), 2-17 

2010

Publications

  • Falcon, R. (2010). Intellectual property rights and the classroom: What teachers Can Do. ERIC database. Retrieved from .  

2009

Publications

  • Falcon, R. (2009). Algebraic reasoning in the middle grades: A view of student strategies in pictorial and algebraic system of equations. ERIC database. Retrieved from .
  • Falcon, R. (2009). Pedagogy of Latinos: From accountability to critical mathematics pedagogy. ERIC database. Retrieved from .
  • Falcon, R. (2009). Transformative pedagogy: From high stake testing to culturally responsive mathematic applications. ERIC database. Retrieved from .

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