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.

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.

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. doi:10.3390/educsci10080201

Refereed Conference Presentations

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]. AERA Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, USA.

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, USA.

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 [Accepted Symposium]. 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 [Accepted Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado, USA.

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, MN.

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]. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, Illinois.

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]. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.

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, CA.

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), 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.