Elsa Villa received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at New Mexico State University in 2010. She received her bachelor's degree in mathematics and master degrees in computer science and education from The University of Texas at El Paso.

• Hopper Dean Foundation Endowment - Hopper Dean Endowment (11/03/2021)

• Ph D in Curriculum and Instruction, New Mexico State University (2010)
• MA in Education, The University of Texas at El Paso (2006)
• MS in Computer Science , The University of Texas at El Paso (1991)
• BS in Mathematics, The University of Texas at El Paso (1967)

• Shifting Pre-Calculus from Gatekeeper to Gateway at a Hispanic-Serving Institution Mathematics Association of America MAA Notes 96 (2023), Elsa Y. Villa, Lawrence M. Lesser, Erika L. Mein.
• The affordances and constraints of social networks among Latina engineering students (2021), Erika L. Mein, Alberto Esquinca, Elsa Y. Villa, Angelica Monarrez.
• The CAHSI INCLUDES Alliance: Realizing Collective Impact In Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 2020 (2020), Elsa Y. Villa, Ann C. Gates, Sanga Kim, David Knight.

• Findings from a Pre-Calculus Intervention to Shift Pre-Calculus to a Gateway Course (2020), Elsa Y. Villa, Maria C. Mariani, Erika L. Mein, Christina Convertino, Nada F. Al-Hanna.
• The CAHSI INCLUDES Alliance: Realizing Collective Impact (2020), Elsa Y. Villa, Ann C. Gates, Sanga Kim, David Knight.

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