Personal profile
Biography
Sandra Silva-Enos, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Secondary Education in the School of Education and Social Work at Providence College. Her research is guided by commitments to sociocultural competence, human rights, and social justice, with a focus on creating equitable and inclusive learning environments for multilingual students, particularly Latino/a/x/e, Black, and immigrant youth. She examines how sociocultural competence can be lived out in dual language bilingual classrooms and how identity development and belonging take shape in academic spaces. She also works with teachers and pre-service teachers to build the skills and dispositions needed to engage diverse families and communities while advancing equity in education.
Education
Curriculum and Instruction, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
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Celebrating the Languages, Knowledge, and Stories of Multilingual Learners through a Focus on Sociocultural Competence
Howard, E. R. & Silva-Enos, S. S., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Professional learning communities as a vehicle for sociocultural competence and humanizing PD for DLBE teachers
Silva-Enos, S. S., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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A Sociocultural Competence Toolkit
Sada, E., Howard, E. R. & Silva-Enos, S. S., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Tensions between equity and elitism for local scholarship students in an international school
Silva-Enos, S. S., Howard, E. R., Whiting, E. F. & Feinauer, E., Jan 1 2024, In: Globalisation, Societies and Education. 22, 4, p. 665-677 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using the Rasch-Guttman Scenario (RGS) Framework to Develop a Sociocultural Competence Measure for Dual Language Students.
Bellara, A., Galvez, D., Howard, E. R., Silva-Enos, S. S., Sada, E. & Wagner, M., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper