Department of Human Development

Marcelo Diversi , Assistant Professor

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

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

Summer 2009
HD 204/WSt 204	Family Systems: Understanding Family Interactions
Textbooks for Summer 2009
HD 204	Galvin, K. M., Bylund, C. L., and Brommel, B. J. (7th ed.) (2007). Family communication: Cohesion and change. Boston: Longman.

Fall 2009
HD 101-01	Human Development Across the Life Span
HD 301-01	Family Stress and Coping
Textbooks for Fall 2009
HD 101	Santrock, J. W. (2007). A topical approach to lifespan development, (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. (The 4th Edition is acceptable as well).
HD 301	McKenry, P. C., and Price, J. S. (2005). Families and change: Coping with stressful events and transitions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Coleman, M., and Ganong, L. (2003). Points and counterpoints: Controversial relationship and family issues in the 21st centry - an anthology. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury.

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

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

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

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.