Diane Elisa Golding believes in her UTEP students’ exceptional capacity and application of talents. As a faculty member in the Department of Teacher Education, Diane supports growing preeminent future teachers for our region. She professes self-efficacy, creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation, and constructs the utility value of integrating technologies and pedagogy. Her transdisciplinary research interests crosscut our academic boundaries, to include: Bilingual Education, Literacy/ Biliteracy and Sociocultural Studies (BELSS), Arts and Social and Physical Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education. Diane lifts up others, this is her distinct leadership style. She practices this through advancing STEM education of multiple-language students, especially for our bilingual and biliterate elementary students. She advocates for gender issues, serving as Principal Investigator for the nation’s innovative YES, She Can: Closing the STEM Hispanic Gender Gap program, funded by the Department of Education. Diane holds a Doctorate in Organizational Change and Leadership from The University of Southern California.

• Best Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Paper, - American Society for Engineering Education (06/01/2022-06/30/2022)
• Academy of Distinguished Teachers Teaching and Learning Award, - UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers (05/01/2022-05/31/2022)
• Title: “STEMGROW PLUS: A Supplemental STEM Education Component - Department of Education Program: Supplement to Hispanic Serving Institutions (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
• Title: “STEMGROW Teaching: Authorized Teacher Preparation Supplement to STEMGROW Program” - Department of Education Program: Supplement to Hispanic Serving Institutions (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
• Title: STEMFUERTE - Department of Education Program: Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM & Articulation (10/01/2021)
• Title: STEMSHINE: Closing the Skills Gap in STEM Education - Department of Education Program: Minority Science & Engineering Improvement Program (10/01/2021)
• Title: “Promoviendo el Éxito Estudiantil a través de un Sistema de Apoyo (PromESA): Promoting Student Success through a Social, Academic, and Institutional Support System in Engineering Education - National Science Foundation Program: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (07/01/2021)
• UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award UTEP 2021 nominee (06/01/2021-06/30/2021)
• Title: “YES, She Can: Closing the STEM Hispanic Gender Gap” - Department of Education Program: Minority Science & Engineering Improvement Program (10/01/2019)
• Title: Course in Effective Teaching Practices, - Provost’s Office, (08/01/2019-08/31/2019)

• EDD in Doctor of Education, University of Southern California (2019)
• EDD in Organizational Change and Leadership , University of Southern California (2019)
• M.Ed in Master of Education, The University of Texas at El Paso (2008)
• M.Ed in Reading Education, The University of Texas at El Paso (2008)
• BA in Bachelor of Arts, The University of Texas at El Paso (2007)
• BA in Multidisciplinary Studies, The University of Texas at El Paso (2007)

• Pórtate Bien con la Maestra: The Problem with Quality in a Borderlands STEAM Makerspace Journal of Social Theory in Art Education (2023), Heather G. Kaplan, Diane E. Golding.
• A Strategic Curriculum Design for an Introductory Engineering Course to Encourage Self-Empowerment of Minority Students. (2022), Garcia Victor , Diane E. Golding.
• nspiring academic Engagement and Motivation of Minority College students through Transformative Success Stories on Social Media (2022), Victor Garcia , Diane E. Golding, Karla Ayala, Suzanne Atiya, Ruby A. Ryan.
• Nurturing kindergarteners’ early STEM academic identity through makerspace pedagogy Early Childhood Education Journal (2021), Alyse Hachey, Song A. An, Diane E. Golding.
• The Art of Engineering ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access (2021), Diane Golding, Heather G. Kaplan.
• Moving Toward Renewable Energy to Mitigate Carbon Emissions from Fossil Fuel International Journal of Sustainable Energy (2021), Mary N. Adu-Gyamfi, Anand Raj, Peter Golding, Luis G. Perez, Diane E. Golding, Luis R. Contreras Sapien, Scott A. Starks, Mahesh Narayan.

• Pórtate Bien con la Maestra: How the Border Questions Quality, (2022), Volume Tucson, Arizona, Heather Kaplan, Diane Golding.
• Art and Engineering in Kindergarten (2021), Volume Long Beach, CA (Virtual), Diane Golding, Heather G. Kaplan.
• PANEL - Effective Teaching Practices: The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Experience (2021), Lindsey Macchiarella, Diane Golding, Maria Isela Maier, Monica Martinez, Deena Peterson, Hector Erives.
• Hispanic Women in Engineering: Initiating Dialogue for Change (2020), Volume Virtual, Diane E. Golding, .
• Conceptions and Complexities: Tales of Boundaries, Borders, and Belonging in Early Childhood Makerspaces (2019), Volume Las Cruces, NM, Heather G. Kaplan, Diane E. Golding.

• STEM FUERTE/STEM STRONG – A STEM PATHWAY PROGRAM
• Promoviendo el Éxito Estudiantil a través de un Sistema de Apoyo: Promoting Student Success through a Social, Academic, and Institutional Support System in Engineering Education:
• STEMGROW PLUS: A Supplemental Funding Component
• STEMGROW Teaching: Authorized Teacher preparation Supplement to STEMGROW Program