Department of Human Development

Marcelo Diversi , Assistant Professor

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Major: Human and Community Development
January 1998
Advisor: Reed Larson

M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major: Kinesiology
August 1993
Advisor: Glynn Roberts

B.A., University of Campinas, Brazil
Major: Kinesiology
Minor: Education
December 1989

Languages

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Scholarship

Dissertation: Street Kids in Search of Humanization: Expanding dominant narratives through critical ethnography and stories of lived experience.

Master's Thesis: Perceptions of motivational climate in children's sport: Examining participation motivation
Research Interests:

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

Professional Experience

2006 - Present Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development
Washington State University Vancouver
Vancouver, WA

2004-2006 Family Advocate
Bear River Head Start
Logan, UT

1999-2003 Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Human Development
Utah State University
Logan, Utah

1998-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

Society Memberships

Society for Research on Adolescence, 1999-present
American Anthropological Association, 1999-present
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1999-present
Society for Research on Identity formation, 2000-present

Publications

Diversi, M. (in press). A stranger's fortunate suggestion: An essay on the transformative power of interpretive epistemologies. Qualitative Inquiry.
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.
Diversi, M. (2003). Glimpses of street children through short stories. In M. Gergen and K. Gergen (Eds.) Social construction: A reader. London: Sage.
Pittman, K., Diversi, M., Farber, T. (2002). Social policy supports for adolescence in the 21st century: Framing questions. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 12, 149-158.
Youniss, J., Bales, S., Christmas-Best, V., Diversi, M., Bales, S., McLaughlin, M., and Silbereisen, R. (2002). Youth Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 11, 121-148.
Umana, A., Diversi, M., Fine, M. (2002). Ethnic identity and self-esteem among Latino adolescents: Distinctions among Latino populations. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17, 303-327.
Youniss, J., Bales, S., Christmas-Best, V., Diversi, M., Bales, S., McLaughlin, M., and Silbereisen, R. (2002). Youth Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century. In R. Larson, B. Brown, and J. Mortimer (Eds.) Adolescents' preparation for the future: Perils and promise. Blackwell Publishing. NOTE: This is the same manuscript adapted to a book format, as the publication with the same title on the Journal of Research on Adolescence (2002) listed above.
Diversi, M., Moraes Filho, N., and Morelli, M. (1999). Daily Reality on the streets of Campinas, Brazil. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 85, 19-34.
Diversi, M. (1998). Glimpses of street life: Representing lived experience through short stories. Qualitative Inquiry, 4(2), 131-147.
Diversi, M. (1998). Late for School. The Waikato Journal of Education, 4, 65-71.

Manuscripts Submitted and in Preparation

Diversi, M. (submitted). Young, strapped, and pissed off: On growing up Latino in rural America. In P. Liamputtong & J. Rumbold (Eds.) Knowing Differently: Experiential research methods in the health and social sciences. Nova Publishing.
Veissiere, S., and Diversi, M. (submitted). The Politics of Reinsertion: Hegemony, Popular Education and Brazilian Street Children: Toward a transformative ethnographic paradigm. In A. Abdi and D. Kapoor (Eds.) International perspectives on adult education: Voices from the South. Rowman and Littlefield or Zed Publications.
Diversi, M. (in preparation). Outlaws: Identity lessons from Latino youth and Tupak. To be submitted to Journal of Adolescent Research.
Diversi, M. (in preparation). Academic isolation: An ethnographic view of the educational predicament of Latinos in America. To be submitted to Journal of Adolescent Research.

Grants

2001-2003 Awarded a Community-University Research Initiative grant from the Vice President for Research Office, Utah State University, for an on-going research project entitled "Growing up Latino in the U.S.A.: An Ethnographic Research on Narratives of Ethnic Identity" ($25,000).

2000-2001 Awarded a New Faculty Grant from the College of Family Life, Utah State University, for a research project on Ethnic Identity Formation Among Latino Youth, ($12,000).

1995-1996 Awarded an Avery Brundage Scholarship for students "who are both gifted students and exceptional athletes" (U.S. $1,000) - University of Illinois.

1994-1995 Awarded an Avery Brundage Scholarship for students "who are both gifted students and exceptional athletes" (U.S. $1,150) - University of Illinois.

1993-1994 Awarded an Avery Brundage Scholarship for students "who are both gifted students and exceptional athletes" (U.S. $1,100) - University of Illinois.

1994 Awarded a research grant by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, to conduct ethnographic fieldwork among street children in Brazil U.S. ($1,471).

1991 Fulbright Travel Award for Master's degree (Brazil-USA round trip) (U.S. $3,000).

Professional Presentations

Diversi, M. (May, 2007). Whose ephiphany/ An essay on the transformative power of interpretive epistemologies. Presented at the 3rd International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Diversi, M. (May 2007). Writing as a method of inquiry: personal identity. Panel chaired at the 3rd International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Diversi, M. (November, 2006). Kids who like Nike: Negotiating symbols of power in the streets of Brazil. Invited speaker in the Saturday Spotlight Session in the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. Vancouver, Canada.
Diversi, M. (May, 2005). Poststructural epistemologies. Panel chaired at the 1st International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Diversi, M. (May, 2005). What does Tupak Shakur have to do with growing up Latino in the USA? Stories that cross the border of identity development but not that of social sciences. Paper presented at the 1st International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Diversi, M., and Mecham, C. (March, 2004). Latino(a) students and Caucasian mentors in a rural after-school program: Partnership or Patronage? Paper presented at the 2004 Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Baltimore, Maryland.
Diversi, M. (March, 2003). Latino(a) students' perceptions about their school experience, Part II: Challenges and promises. Panel presented at the Third Annual Educators for Diversity Conference. Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Diversi, M. (May, 2002). Growing up Latino/a in a predominantly Caucasian community: An ethnographic approach to ethnic identity formation. Paper presented at the 2002 Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Diversi, M. (March, 2002). Co-constructing multicultural education: Listening to multicultural students' experiences. Panel presented at the Second Annual Educators for Diversity Conference. Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Diversi, M. (March, 2000). Ethnic identity development among Brazilian street youth in the context of globalization. Paper presented at the Eighth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Chicago, Illinois.
Diversi, M. (January, 2000). Examining (hidden) racism among Brazilian street youth through ethnographic short stories. Paper presented at the 2000 Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Couch/Stone Symposium on Ethnography for the Twenty-First Century: Alternatives and Opportunities. Tampa, Florida. University of South Florida.
Diversi, M. (November, 1998). Representing lived experience through short stories: Beyond the fact/fiction dichotomy. Presented at the VII Kentucky Conference on Narrative: Storied Lives/Lived Stories. Lexington, Kentucky. University of Kentucky.
Diversi, M. (November 1998). Methodological issues in critical ethnography: Examining a study of street kids in Brazil. Presented at the VII Kentucky Conference on Narrative: Storied Lives/Lived Stories. Lexington, Kentucky. University of Kentucky.
Diversi, M. (May, 1998). Identity development among kids living on the streets of Campinas, Brazil. Paper presented at III Brazilian Meeting of Developmental Psychology, Gramado, Brazil.
Diversi, M. (April, 1997). Reaching street children through ethnography: A methodological examination. Paper presented at the 1997 Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Washington, D.C.
Diversi, M. (August, 1996). Brazilian street children: Telling their own stories. Paper presented at the XIVth Biennial International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development--ISSBD, Quebec City, Canada.
Diversi, M. (November, 1995). Street children in Nikes: Humanization through consumption. Paper presented at the Regional Congress of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development--ISSBD, Chandigardh, India.
Diversi, M. (October, 1994). Brazilian street children and their stories. Paper presented at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Diversi, M. (October, 1994). Developing a voice in the family: Co-constructing narratives at a single-parent family dinner. Paper presented at The Third Kentucky Conference on Narrative: Texts and Identities. Lexington, Kentucky. University of Kentucky.
Larson, R., and Diversi, M. (July, 1994). If you can't talk to me, leave me alone: Age changes in adolescents' daily experiences of parents. Paper presented at the XIIIth Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development--ISSBD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Diversi, M. (April, 1994). Alliance and affect in language socialization: A single-parent family at the dinner table. Paper presented at the Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference 1994, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Diversi, M. (August, 1993). Social sciences and methodology: Bringing lived experiences into social science research. Seminar on qualitative methods offered to graduate students and professors in the Department of Kinesiology. University of Campinas, Brazil.

Research Experience

1999-2006 On-going ethnographic project with Latino youth and families on ethnic identity and acculturation/resistance, Cache Valley, Utah.

1998 Ethnographic project with kids living on the streets of Campinas, Brazil, only investigator (six months).

1995-1996 Ethnographic project on street children's condition and institutional service in Campinas, Brazil, only investigator (six months).

1995 Comparative study between non-governmental organizations working with street and working children in Brazil and New Delhi, India, only investigator (three weeks).

1994 Ethnographic project on street children in Campinas, Brazil, only investigator (three months).

1993-1994 A case study on communication and construction of identity in a single-parent family, Champaign, IL, only investigator (six months).

1993-1997 Project Coordinator for Professor Reed Larson, research on adolescents' emotions in single-parent families; Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Teaching Experience

2007 Professor
HD 408 - Advanced Adolescent Development
Washington State University Vancouver

2006
Professor
HD 101 - Introduction to Human Development
Washington State University Vancouver

2006 Professor
HD 301 - Family Stress and Coping
Washington State University Vancouver

2005 Professor
ElEd/SecEd 4710 - Diversity in Education
Summer Session 2005
Utah State University

2004 Professor
ElEd/SecEd 4710 - Diversity in Education
Summer Session 2004
Utah State University

2003 Professor
ElEd/SecEd 4710 - Diversity in Education
Summer Session 2003
Utah State University

2003 Professor
FHD 1500 - Human Development: Lifespan
FHD 3530 - Adolescent Development
Utah State University

2002 Professor
FHD 1500 - Human Development: Lifespan
FHD 6060 - Theories of Human Development
Utah State University

2002 Professor
FDH 3530 - Adolescent Development
FHD 6500/7500 - Advanced Seminar on Ethnographic Theory and Research
Utah State University

2001 Professor
FHD 1500 - Human Development: Lifespan
FHD 6060 - Theories of Human Development
Utah State University

2001 Professor
FHD 3530 - Adolescent Development
FHD 6500-7500 - Advanced Seminar on Adolescent Development and Youth Culture
Utah State University

2000 Professor
FHD 3530 - Adolescent Development
FHD 6060 - Theories of Human Development
Utah State University.

2000 Professor
FHD 1500 - Human Development: Lifespan
FHD 3530 - Adolescent Development
Utah State University

1999 Professor
FHD 6910/7910 - Youth Culture, graduate seminar
Utah State University

1999 Professor
HDFS 251 - Adolescence
University of Missouri at Columbia.

1998-1999 Professor
HDFS 150 - Principles of Human Development
(Writing Intensive Course)
University of Missouri at Columbia

1997 Teaching Assistant
HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development (senior/graduate level)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1996 Teaching Assistant
HDFS 105 - Introduction to Human Development (freshman/sophomore level)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1995 Teaching Assistant
HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development (senior/graduate level)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1994 Teaching Assistant
HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development (senior/graduate level)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1991-1993 Teaching Assistant
Physical Education Activity Program: Soccer, tennis, and volleyball
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1988-1989 Teaching Assistant
"Teaching Methods in Physical Education"
University of Campinas, Brazil

1987-1989 Physical Education Teacher
"School of Sports for Children"
University of Campinas, Brazil.

Teaching Awards

2002 Professor of the Year, awarded by USU Greek Council and CHI Omega, Utah State University

2001 Outstanding Faculty 2000-2001 by the Utah State University Multicultural Student Services

1997 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development

1996 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Fall semester), for HDFS 105 - Introduction to Human Development

1995 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development

1994 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development

1993 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for Tennis II

1992 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Fall semester), for Volleyball I and II

1992 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for Tennis I and Volleyball I

Professional Service

2006 Reviewer for Qualitative Inquiry, Journal of Adolescent Research

2004-2005 Reviewer for Qualitative Inquiry, Edited by N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln.

2002-2003 Reviewer for Journal of Research on Adolescence

2000-2002 Reviewer for Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

2000-February Invited member of the study group on Adolescence in the 21st Century, sponsored by the W. T. Grant Foundation, the Johann Jacobs Foundation, and the Society for Research on Adolescence, Washington, D.C.

2000-2003 Boys and Girls Club of Cache Valley, Board of Directors Member

1999-2003 Counselor to the Diversity Community Outreach Task Force for the improvement of education and health of Latino families, Cache Valley, Utah

1999-2002 Reviewer for Qualitative Inquiry, Edited by N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln

1999 Reviewer for Sports Sociology Journal, Special Edition on Narratives, Edited by J. Denison and R. Reinhart

1996-1997 Graduate students representative in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Area Subcommittee (evaluation of new graduate level courses), University of Illinois, Urbana

1992-1996 Session leader in nine International Teaching Assistant Orientations administered by the Office of Instructional Resources, University of Illlinois, Urbana

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

2001-2003	Awarded a Community-University Research Initiative grant from the Vice President for Research Office, Utah State University, for an on-going research project entitled "Growing up Latino in the U.S.A.: An Ethnographic Research on Narratives of Ethnic Identity" ($25,000).
2000-2001	Awarded a New Faculty Grant from the College of Family Life, Utah State University, for a research project on Ethnic Identity Formation Among Latino Youth, ($12,000).
1995-1996	Awarded an Avery Brundage Scholarship for students "who are both gifted students and exceptional athletes" (U.S. $1,000) - University of Illinois.
1994-1995	Awarded an Avery Brundage Scholarship for students "who are both gifted students and exceptional athletes" (U.S. $1,150) - University of Illinois.
1993-1994	Awarded an Avery Brundage Scholarship for students "who are both gifted students and exceptional athletes" (U.S. $1,100) - University of Illinois.
1994	Awarded a research grant by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, to conduct ethnographic fieldwork among street children in Brazil U.S. ($1,471).
1991	Fulbright Travel Award for Master's degree (Brazil-USA round trip) (U.S. $3,000).

1999-2006	On-going ethnographic project with Latino youth and families on ethnic identity and acculturation/resistance, Cache Valley, Utah.
1998	Ethnographic project with kids living on the streets of Campinas, Brazil, only investigator (six months).
1995-1996	Ethnographic project on street children's condition and institutional service in Campinas, Brazil, only investigator (six months).
1995	Comparative study between non-governmental organizations working with street and working children in Brazil and New Delhi, India, only investigator (three weeks).
1994	Ethnographic project on street children in Campinas, Brazil, only investigator (three months).
1993-1994	A case study on communication and construction of identity in a single-parent family, Champaign, IL, only investigator (six months).
1993-1997	Project Coordinator for Professor Reed Larson, research on adolescents' emotions in single-parent families; Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

2007	Professor HD 408 - Advanced Adolescent Development Washington State University Vancouver
2006	Professor HD 101 - Introduction to Human Development Washington State University Vancouver
2006	Professor HD 301 - Family Stress and Coping Washington State University Vancouver
2005	Professor ElEd/SecEd 4710 - Diversity in Education Summer Session 2005 Utah State University
2004	Professor ElEd/SecEd 4710 - Diversity in Education Summer Session 2004 Utah State University
2003	Professor ElEd/SecEd 4710 - Diversity in Education Summer Session 2003 Utah State University
2003	Professor FHD 1500 - Human Development: Lifespan FHD 3530 - Adolescent Development Utah State University
2002	Professor FHD 1500 - Human Development: Lifespan FHD 6060 - Theories of Human Development Utah State University
2002	Professor FDH 3530 - Adolescent Development FHD 6500/7500 - Advanced Seminar on Ethnographic Theory and Research Utah State University
2001	Professor FHD 1500 - Human Development: Lifespan FHD 6060 - Theories of Human Development Utah State University
2001	Professor FHD 3530 - Adolescent Development FHD 6500-7500 - Advanced Seminar on Adolescent Development and Youth Culture Utah State University
2000	Professor FHD 3530 - Adolescent Development FHD 6060 - Theories of Human Development Utah State University.
2000	Professor FHD 1500 - Human Development: Lifespan FHD 3530 - Adolescent Development Utah State University
1999	Professor FHD 6910/7910 - Youth Culture, graduate seminar Utah State University
1999	Professor HDFS 251 - Adolescence University of Missouri at Columbia.
1998-1999	Professor HDFS 150 - Principles of Human Development (Writing Intensive Course) University of Missouri at Columbia
1997	Teaching Assistant HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development (senior/graduate level) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1996	Teaching Assistant HDFS 105 - Introduction to Human Development (freshman/sophomore level) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1995	Teaching Assistant HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development (senior/graduate level) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1994	Teaching Assistant HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development (senior/graduate level) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1991-1993	Teaching Assistant Physical Education Activity Program: Soccer, tennis, and volleyball University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1988-1989	Teaching Assistant "Teaching Methods in Physical Education" University of Campinas, Brazil
1987-1989	Physical Education Teacher "School of Sports for Children" University of Campinas, Brazil.

2002	Professor of the Year, awarded by USU Greek Council and CHI Omega, Utah State University
2001	Outstanding Faculty 2000-2001 by the Utah State University Multicultural Student Services
1997	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development
1996	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Fall semester), for HDFS 105 - Introduction to Human Development
1995	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development
1994	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for HDFS 316 - Adolescent Development
1993	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for Tennis II
1992	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Fall semester), for Volleyball I and II
1992	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor's Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers (Spring semester), for Tennis I and Volleyball I

2006	Reviewer for Qualitative Inquiry, Journal of Adolescent Research
2004-2005	Reviewer for Qualitative Inquiry, Edited by N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln.
2002-2003	Reviewer for Journal of Research on Adolescence
2000-2002	Reviewer for Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
2000-February	Invited member of the study group on Adolescence in the 21st Century, sponsored by the W. T. Grant Foundation, the Johann Jacobs Foundation, and the Society for Research on Adolescence, Washington, D.C.
2000-2003	Boys and Girls Club of Cache Valley, Board of Directors Member
1999-2003	Counselor to the Diversity Community Outreach Task Force for the improvement of education and health of Latino families, Cache Valley, Utah
1999-2002	Reviewer for Qualitative Inquiry, Edited by N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln
1999	Reviewer for Sports Sociology Journal, Special Edition on Narratives, Edited by J. Denison and R. Reinhart
1996-1997	Graduate students representative in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Area Subcommittee (evaluation of new graduate level courses), University of Illinois, Urbana
1992-1996	Session leader in nine International Teaching Assistant Orientations administered by the Office of Instructional Resources, University of Illlinois, Urbana