Carolyn S. F. Silva

Carolyn S. F. Silva, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at the College of Education and Human Development, University of Nevada, Reno, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in elementary education since 2022. She brings over a decade of prior teaching experience in Brazilian schools.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Florida (2022)
• M.A. in Political History, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2016)
• B.A. in History, Universidade do Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2010)

Dr. Silva's critical scholarship examines race, ethnicity, and diversity through hemispheric, diasporic, and decolonial frameworks. Her research specifically investigates Latinx/AfroLatinx educational experiences, transnational education policies, and critical social studies pedagogy, emphasizing anti-colonial and abolitionist approaches to address racialized colonial legacies.

Her recent publications in top-tier journals like Educational Researcher analyze anti-Black racism within Latinx identity constructions and Afro-Diasporic educational experiences in Latin America, advancing decolonial perspectives in teacher education and social studies curricula.