Upcoming Event
UMass IDGP and Biology Faculty are invited to participate in the final workshop in the faculty development anti-racism seminar series organized by Dr. Karine Fenelon this semester. Register for the event here.
Dec. 11 at 12 pm: Developing students’ sense of belonging across different cultural backgrounds
Dr. Marialuisa Di Stefano, Assistant Professor at UMass in the College of Education Department of Language, Literacy, & Culture. She was trained at the University of Messina and Washington State University. She obtained her PhD and performed her postdoctoral research training at Utah State University.
Dr. Di Stefano is a multilingual and multicultural educator, researcher, and advocate for historically marginalized groups in education. Her research interest lies in bridging perspectives between STEAM education, bilingual education, and transnational civic education, and how such intersections may lead to a more equitable education system. Dr. Di Stefano is the MABE (Multistate Association for Bilingual Education, Northeast), vice-president (2018-2020), and the AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian) New England Co-Representative (2020-2022).