Productivity

Publications

Escobedo, P., Garcia, D.I., Cascelli, L., Chavira, G., Flores, G. E., Constantine Brown, J. L., ... & Ainsworth, A. T. (2023). Comparing undergraduate research experiences before, during, and after the COVID-19 quarantine: The successful adaptation of the BUILD PODER Summer JumpStart program. PLOS ONE, 18(12), e0295901. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295901 

Lawrence, L., Garcia, D.I., Ochoa, K., Valdez, S., Begolli, K., Bustamante, A., & Ahn, J. (2023). Factors that impact the implementation of a game-based curriculum and adaptations teachers design to address them. Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kzito, R., &. Brennan, K. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 17th Annual International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2023. (pp. 918–921). Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2023.323293 

Mrazek, A. J., Mrazek, M. D., Carr, P. C., Delegard, A. M., Ding, M. G., Garcia, D.I., ... Schooler, J. W. (2020). The feasibility of attention training for reducing mind-wandering and digital multitasking in high schools. Education Sciences, 10(8), 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10080201 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Garcia, D. I., Betar, S., Gomez, W., Gallegos, A., Gomez, L., Orlando, K., McWayne, C., & Bustamante, A. (2026, June). Relational Conditions in Family-Teacher Collaboration That Strengthen Early Education Home-School Partnerships. [Paper symposium in submission]. Administration for Children and Families' National Research Conference on Early Childhood (NRCEC) Annual Meeting. Arlington, Virginia, United States.

Garcia, D. I., Bermudez, V., Gomez, W., Gallegos, A., Betar, S., Cariño, K., Gomez, L., Orlando, K., McWayne, C., & Bustamante, A. (2026, April). Elevating Latine Families Through Co-Design to Support Early STEM Education. In D.I. Garcia (Chair), Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers in Early Education Family-School Partnerships [Paper symposium in submission]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, United States.

Garcia, D. I., Bermudez, V., Gomez, W., Gallegos, A., Betar, S., Cariño, K., Gomez, L., Orlando, K., McWayne, C., & Bustamante, A. (2026, April). Co-designing a culturally inclusive family empowerment model. In D.I. Garcia (Chair), Latine Families Take the Mic: Co-Designing Equitable Early STEM Through a Long-Term Community Partnership [Paper symposium in submission]. AERA Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, United States.

Garcia D.I., Aguilar V., Bermudez V. N., Diez V., Parker C., Orlando K., Rodriguez R., Solomon L., McWayne C.M., Bustamante A. (2025, May). Enhancing preschool educator self-efficacy by integrating funds of knowledge into science, technology, and engineering experiences. In D.I. Garcia (Chair), Integrating Latine Family Knowledge in Early STEM Education for Culturally Sustaining Environments [Paper Symposium]. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Garcia D.I., Bermudez V. N., Diez V., Lan-Millan A., Aguilar V., Mae R., Xiao N., Parker C., Orlando K., Rodriguez R., Solomon L., McWayne C.M., Bustamante A. (2025, April). Fostering culturally sustaining early education: Lessons from the implementation of the RISE program [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado, United States. 

Villavicencio, A., Ponce-Soria, V., Riffenburgh, K., Garcia, D. I. (2023, November). Re-imagining School Leadership for Immigrant, Multilingual Youth. University Council for Educational Administration. Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Garcia, D.I., Stovall., B., Cabral., P., Chavira, G. (2023, April). Identities and possible selves: The unique contribution of BIPOC faculty for BIPOC undergraduates. [Paper presentation]. AERA Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Public Scholarship

Villavicencio, A., Ponce Soria, V., Riffenburgh, K., Garcia, D.I. (2023, September). How Policy May Undermine Schools Serving Newcomer Youth. Immigrant Ed Next.

Presentations

Acevedo-Farag, L. M., Guo, S., Garcia, D. I., Sánchez, J. G., Kim, Y., Hernandez, L., Romero, L., Bustamante, A. S., Begolli, K., & Ahn, J. (2024, April). Unpacking Play and Learning through the Experience of Teachers and Students. [Poster presentation]. AERA. Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States..

Stovall., B., Garcia, D.I., Cabral., P., Chavira, G. (2023, April). Fostering belonging and mitigating imposter syndrome: BIPOC faculty and BIPOC graduation rates. [Poster presentation]. The Western Psychological Association (WPA), Riverside, California, United States.

Adamian, A., Garcia, D.I., Malone, C., Chavira, G., Saetermoe, C. (2022, May). Building equity in STEM: K-12 STEM outreach. [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Special Topics Convening. Puerto Rico.

Quinonez, Y. Y., Garcia, D.I., Cruz, I. N., Chavira, G. (2021, April). Knocking down barriers: An examination of immigration experiences and educational aspirations among undocumented college students. [Poster presentation]. The Western Psychological Association (WPA), Virtual Conference.