Melissa Navarro

LinkedIn URL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-navarro-martell/
Professional Title
Assistant Professor
Organization/Institution
San Diego State University (SDSU)
About Me (Bio)
Melissa A. Navarro Martell, Ph.D. (ella/she/her(s)), is an award-winning researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education at San Diego State University. Her research and teaching have advanced the field of bilingual science education with numerous publications detailing how to prepare critically conscious multilingual educators on the sociopolitical, ideological, cultural, and linguistic considerations for equitable STEM teaching, specifically in dual-language education.

Dr. Navarro Martell's research portfolio is a clear call to collective action regarding the need to decolonize math and science education to approach it from an anti-racist perspective. She holds a California teaching credential and is a former 4th and 8th-grade social-justice math and science Spanish/English dual-language teacher. Her experiences as an immigrant 6th-grade student from Tijuana, México, inspired her path as an educator who understands multilingual learners.

Support Partnership for New Bilingual Science and Engineering Teachers

San Diego State University (SDSU)
10/01/2023

This project examines how Latine, bilingual teachers' dispositions to teach science and engineering to bilingual learners change as they enter the teaching profession. Specifically, it explores bilingual teachers' transition from a period of strong social support to one of scarce social support, i.e., from being Bilingual Teacher Candidates to Novice Bilingual Teachers (NBTs) as they plan and teach bilingual science and engineering lessons.