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.

• Provost Faculty Fellow - UTEP Provost Office (09/01/2023-09/30/2023)
• 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)

• Faculty Reflections on Implementing Servingness into Research and Teaching: How Professional Development Around Servingness Foster Latinx Student Success Journal of Latinos and Education (2024), Christina Convertino, Robyn K. Pinilla, Camila Leite Madeira, Lori M. Houghtalen, Robert M. Pankow, Lizette Villanueva, Jaeyoung Cho, Jeffrey Olimpo, Elena Bitner.
• Promoting critical media literacy in bilingual households through mother-child conversations about gender: A multiple case study. Journal of Research in Childhood Education 38 3 (2024), So Jung Kim, Song A. An, Christina Convertino, Min Song.
• Place-Based Servingness at a Fronterizx Hispanic-Serving Institution: A Call for Borderland Servingness AERA Annual Meeting (in press), Christina Convertino, Isaac Frausto, Lucia Dura.
• Compromiso, pertenencia, and empoderamiento: How faculty enact servingness to become empowerment agents for Latinx student success Journal of Hispanic Higher Education 24 1 (2024), Jesus Cisneros, Lucia Dura, Christina Convertino, Frausto Isaac.
• 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.

• Elevating Student Success through Collaboration and Innovation (2024), Volume El Paso TX, Christina Convertino, Robyn K. Pinilla, Camila Leite Madeira, Lizette Villanueva, Jaeyoung Cho.
• Place-Based Servingness at a Fronterizx Hispanic-Serving Institution: A Call for Borderland Servingness (2024), Volume Philadelphia, PA, Christina Convertino, Isaac Frausto, Lucia Dura.
• Fostering a culture of servingness for student success: A model for new faculty engagement (2024), Christina Convertino, Jeffrey Olimpo.
• Place-based servingness at a fronterizo Hispanic-serving institution: A call for borderland servingness (2024), Christina Convertino, Isaac Frausto Hernandez, Lucia Dura.
• Echémonos flores: A mentoring model for Latina bilingual doctoral students. (2024), Carolina Teran Lopez, Christina Convertino.

• 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