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)

• “Is engineering for me?”: Examining struggles and challenges of Latinas in undergraduate engineering studies Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology: Special Edition—The Challenge of Being Latina, Personal, Political, and Economic—Education and Vocational Concerns 26 4 (2019), Elsa Y. Villa, Elaine Hampton, Helena M. Guerra.
• Wrestling with Retention in the CS Major: Report from the ACM Retention Committee Proceedings of the 50th SIGSCE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education 50 (2019), Elsa Villa.
• Retention in Computer Science Undergraduate Programs in the U.S.: Data Challenges and Promising Interventions ACM (2018), Elsa Y. Villa.
• Minority Voices: Interrupting the Social Environment to Retain Undergraduates in Computing Inroads 9/3 (in press), Elsa Villa.
• The Challenges of Tracking and Understanding Student Retention in the CS Major Proceedings of the RESPECT Conference (2018), Chris Stephenson, Lecia Barker, Mehran Sahami, Elsa Y. Villa, Stuart Zweben.
• Panel: Influencing Culture and Curriculum Via Revolution Proceedings of the 47th Frontiers in Education Conference (in press), Elsa Y. Villa.
• Using In-Depth Interviews as a Primary Source of Data for Developing Case Studies SAGE Research Methods Cases - Education (in press), Elsa Y. Villa.

• Influencing culture and curriculum via revolution (2017), Volume Indianapolis, IN, Elsa Y. Villa.
• "You are Leaders": Latinx College Students Learning to Act and Talk like Engineers (2017), Volume El Paso, TX-Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Alberto Esquinca, Elsa Y. Villa.

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