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Professor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Janelle<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

B.A., Psychology and History of Art & Visual Culture, University of California, Santa Cruz
PhD., Social Psychology and Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Recipient of the University of Washington Bothell Distinguished Teaching Award, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office: UW1-338
Phone: 425-352-3202
Email: jmsilva@uw.edu<\/a>
Mailing Box: 358530, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011-8246<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I see my classroom as a hotbed for critical thinking, knowledge generation, and intriguing dialogue. To quote John Brown Childs\u2019 (2002), \u201cwe all live in different rooms, with different fixtures, different things that make our room our room. Yet together, we all live in the same house and we must learn how to live in that house as one.\u201d Ideally, it is my hope that students will leave my classroom realizing the importance of recognizing difference and understanding how power and social structures shape a person\u2019s lived experiences, as well as use the skills they have acquired to work toward social action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My goal is for students to learn to use their voice, be agentic and active learners, and take their knowledge \u201cto the streets\u201d. To guide students in this process, I utilize a variety of methods in my teaching, including debates, class presentations, lectures, film screenings, group projects, and critical dialogue. My lectures are designed to be more conversational and I consistently challenge students to think about social context, power, and privilege so that they learn to work toward social change. My experiences in higher education consistently had me questioning the \u201cso what?\u201d as to why what I was learning was important for me to know. I address this in each class by providing students the \u201cso what?\u201d through connecting theory to practice and allowing students to discover this link for themselves. I encourage students to meet with me throughout the quarter to discuss the curriculum and their reflections on the course. It is my goal that all students leave my class and put theory into practice by taking the skills and knowledge they have acquired to be a part of future change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent Courses Taught<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BCUSP 170 Introduction to Psychology
BIS 225 Social Psychology
BISSEB 304 Institutions & Social Change
BISCP 343 Community Psychology
BIS 350 Intergroup Relations
BIS 450 Decolonizing Psychology
BISCP 489 Projects in Community Psychology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research\/Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My research focuses on how young people can be empowered to create socially just change in their schools. The questions that drive my research center on the topics of power, privilege, equity, and social justice. Which social groups are represented, and which are being ignored or derogated? How is power being defined and what can adults do to facilitate student empowerment? How are young people moving toward social action and how does that connect to their views of social justice? And, from a collectivistic standpoint, what are the potential outcomes (e.g., coalition building) for social change that can come from observing how young people are constructing their environments and impacting their surroundings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n