Genelle Diaz-Silveira
Doctoral Student
Genelle Diaz-Silveira is a doctoral student in the math and science education specialization of the Educational Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & 人类发展. She believes that preparing students to solve 21st-century environmental problems requires engaging them in critical examinations of the value judgments and assumptions made by dominant science and our democratic processes.
Genelle’s research interests include the design of learning environments that support the development of this criticality through interfacing with local problems and community stakeholders. In addition, she is exploring assessment design that respects the practice-oriented turn in the Next Generation Science Standards and aligns with the values of asset-based instructional methods.
Genelle has presented her work at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual conference. She was a high school science teacher for five years before beginning her doctoral studies.
Pronouns: she/her
Education
MS, Biology, New York University
BA, Environmental Studies, Amherst College
Selected Publications
Diaz-Silveira, G. L., Deutsch, J., & Little, D. P. (2021). DNA barcode authentication of devil’s claw herbal dietary supplements. Plants, 10(10), 2005. doi:10.3390/plants10102005
Selected Presentations
Diaz-Silveira, G. and Manz, E. (2024, March). Developing a multimodal assessment system for science sensemaking in elementary classrooms. In González-Howard, M. (chair). Centering Multilingual Students' Language Resources and Practices. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference. Denver, CO, USA.