Daniela Silva, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

Contact

daniela.conceicaodasilva@utsa.edu

Bio

Daniela Silva, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at UTSA. Dr. Silva—a first-generation college student—was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before receiving her M.A. from the University of Mississippi in 2014, she was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Miami. Dr. Silva earned her Ph.D. from UTSA in 2018. She is the TESOL Intercultural Communication Interest Section's Chair-Elect and Editorial Advisory Board member of the TESOL Journal. Her research interests include multicultural education, intercultural communication, critical language awareness, and critical approaches to language teaching. She has presented regularly at local, national, and international conferences, and has published in journals such as the TESOL Journal, MEXTESOL Journal, and Teaching and Teacher Education.

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Mission

COEHD will be an international model for developing inclusive, transformative leaders guided by principles of community, integrity, excellence, scholarship and service. The COEHD will have a critical impact on the realization of human and community potential through its leadership in education, health and wellness, human development and policy studies. All programs of study include a focus on developing competencies for working effectively in multicultural and cross-national contexts.

Daniela Silva, Ph.D.