Marcelo Diversi , Assistant Professor

Mailing Address

Department of Human Development
Washington State University
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98686

Contact

Office: EHD 203
E-mail: diversi@vancouver.wsu.edu
Phone: (360) 546-9170
Fax: (360) 546-9076

Marcelo Diversi

Teaching Schedule

Summer 2008
HD 204-01 Family Systems: Understanding Family Interactions

Fall 2008
HD 101-01 Human Development Across the Life Span
HD 301-01 Family Stress and Coping

Education

Ph.D. 1998 Human and Community Development University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign, IL
M.S. 1993 Kinesiology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign, IL
B.A. 1989 Major: Kinesiology
Minor: Education
University of Campinas
Campinas, Brazil

Professional Experience

August 2006-Present Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development
Washington State University Vancouver
Vancouver, WA 98686
2004-2006 Family Advocate
Bear River Head Start
Logan, UT
1999-2003 Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Human Development
Utah State University
Logan, UT
1998-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO

Research Interests

  • Identity development in educational contexts among Latino(a) adolescents and families
  • Ethnography of street youth
  • Issues of interpretation and representation in the social sciences

Recent Publications

  • Diversi, M. (2006). Street kids in Nikes: In search of humanization through the culture of consumption. Cultural Studies and Critical Methodologies, 6, 370-390..
  • Diversi, M., and Mecham, C. (2005). Latino(a) students and Caucasian mentors in a rural after-school program: Towards empowering adult-youth relationships. Journal of Community Psychology, 33, 31-40.
  • Benhke, A., Piercy, K., and Diversi, M. (2004). Educational and occupational aspirations of Latino youth and their parents. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 26, 16-35.