I am an educational anthropologist and interdisciplinary scholar in sociocultural foundations. My research focuses on the social contexts of education, diverse learners in the Southwestern region of the U.S., and educational policy and equity.

• Dodson Research Grant (12/23/2021)
• UTEP Office of Research and Sponsored Projects New Grant Award Recognition - UTEP Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (09/01/2016-09/30/2016)

• Ph D in Educational Anthropology, University of Arizona (2011)
• Secondary Education , University of Arizona (1994)
• MA in Francophone Studies, University of Arizona (1993)
• BA in French, University of Vermont (1986)

• The uses of engineering notebooks among pre-engineering students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 66 2 (2022), Erika L. Mein, Christina Convertino.
• Continuous Improvement for Equity in Engineering: Addressing Departmental Change with Theory-Informed Case Study Research (EBR). Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference. (2021), Christina Convertino.
• Storylines in Figured Worlds: Understanding Diverse College Students' Decision to Major in Computer Science Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (2021), Christina Convertino, Angelica Monarrez.
• Nuancing the Discourse of Underrepresentation: A Feminist Poststructural Analysis of Gender Inequality in Computer Science Education Gender and Education (2020), Christina Convertino.
• A National INCLUDES Effort to Integrate Problem-Solving Skills into Computer Science Curriculum Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference (2019), Ann C. Gates, Elsa Y. Villa, Sarah Hugs, Christina Convertino, Johannes Strobel.
• Culture, Teaching, and Learning Wiley 10th edition (2019), Christina Convertino, Bradley Levinson, Norma Gonzaléz.
• Latinx Students' Transition to College: When Readiness Meets Barriers Journal of Latinos and Education (2018), Christina Convertino, Erika L. Mein, .
• "La Migra" in the Classroom: Transfronterizx Students Exploring Mobility in Transnational Higher Education on the US-Mexico Border Journal for the American Educational Studies Association 54 4 (2018), Christina Convertino.
• College Readiness Versus College Worthiness: Examining the Role of Principal Beliefs on College Access Urban Review 50 1 (2018), Christina Convertino, Ashley Graboski-Bauer.

• Continuous Improvement for Equity in Engineering Education: Addressing Departmental Change with Theory-Based Case Study Research (EBR). (2022), Christina Convertino, Sarah Hug, Heather Thiry.
• Re(producing) Gender Difference: A Cultural Accounting of Professional Skills Amongst Latinx Computer Science Majors. (2022), Christina Convertino, Josey Pickett, Viridiana Vidana, Mariana Alvidrez.
• Conflict between Racially Dominated Groups, White Priviledge, and CRT (2022), Volume Virtual, Char Ullman, Christina , .
• Platicando con Confianza y Respeto: Disrupting Traditional Mentorship by Building Reciprocal Relationships Through Pláticas (2021), Volume Virtual , Christina Convertino, Helena Mucino Guerra.
• The Work of the Hispanic Servingness Research Council at UTEP (2021), Volume UTEP, Convertino Christina, Dura.
• Launching UTEP's Hispanic Servingness Research Council (2021), Volume UTEP, Christina Convertino, Jesus Cisneros, Lucia Dura, Danielle Morales, Azuri Gonzalez , Cole Joslyn, Edna Martinez, Jeffrey Olimpo.
• The Hispanic Servingness Research Council (2021), Volume UTEP, Christina Convertino.
• 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.
• "I Talk Math" : Examining Different Types of Talk in PreCalculus Workshops at a Hispanic-serving Institution (2020), Christina Convertino, Mariana Alvidrez, Diana M. Camberos.
• Storylines in Figured Worlds: Understanding Diverse College Students' Decision to Major in Computer Science (2020), Christina Convertino, Angelica Monarrez.
• "You Better Be Careful": Transfronterizx Students College Identities and Borderwork in the Classroom (2020), Christina Convertino.
• Transcultural Production of Schooling among Transfronterizx Students (2019), Volume Boston, MA, Maria T. De La Piedra, Christina Convertino.
• Examining the Integration of Cooperative Learning into a College-Level Pre-Calculus Workshop on the U.S.-Mexico Border (2019), Volume Toronto, CA, Erika L. Mein, Christina Convertino, Elsa Y. Villa, Sarah Hugs, McKay Mike.
• Nuancing the Discourse of Underrepresentation: A Feminist Poststructural Analysis of Gender Inequality in Computer Science Education in the US (2018), Christina Convertino.
• "I'm just a girl": Gender, Competition, and Entry into Computer Science Education (2018), Christina Convertino.
• Problem Solving as Sociocultural Practice: Creating Change in Computer Science Education (2018), Christina Convertino, Angelica Monarrez.
• Transforming Student Learning in Pre-Calculus at a Hispanic Serving Institution on the U.S.-Mexico Border. (2018), Erika L. Mein, Christina Convertino, Elsa Y. Villa, Alberto Esquinca, Diana Camberos, Helena Mucino.

• A Knowledge-Based Framework for Creating and Sustaining Transformation Change for Latinx Student Success in STEM"
• "COVID FUNDS/Supplement: RAPID: Building Research Capabilities of Academically Talented Undergraduate Students from Hispanic-Serving Institutions through Virtual Research Experiences"
• Developing Software Engineers of Tomorrow