Eliana Castro
Assistant Professor
Biography
Dr. Eliana Castro is Assistant Professor of History/Social Studies Education in the Department of Teaching, Curriculum, and Society. She was born in the Dominican Republic and was the first in her family to attend college. "Profe," as students have called her for over a decade, draws on her years as a high school history/social studies teacher to prepare future educators to enter the profession full of knowledge, skills, and a humanizing heart. Her research focuses on how teaching and learning processes engage the construct of race, the system of racism, and the process of racialization, especially as it concerns AfroLatinx youth. She is currently interrogating how historical narratives, notions of race/ethnicity, and concepts of diaspora inform youth their racial/ethnic identity development at home, in school, in their local communities, online, and through popular media.
Official evaluation summary
Courses taught
- EDUC6301 Secondary and Middle School History Methods
- EDUC7421 Theories of Learning, Cognition, and Development
- EDUC2105 Teaching the Social Sciences and the Arts
- EDUC9911 Doctoral Continuation
- EDUC4101 Readings and Research in Curriculum and Instruction
- EDUC7101 Readings and Research In Curriculum and Instruction
- EDUC9988 Dissertation Direction