Nuestra Ciencia

Publications

Banuelos, A., Valdez-Garcia, A., Ramos Carranza, P., Yep, A., Nation, J. (2025, June). Co-designing and teaching science in students’ heritage language. Proceedings of International Society of the Learning Sciences, Helsinki, Finland.

De Smet, C., Nation, J., Yep, A., Henriquez, A. (2024). Explaining Vaccine Action with an Analogy: Unlocking the Superpowers Within. The American Biology Teacher, 86(7), 401–407. https://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-abstract/86/7/401/203220/Explaining-Vaccine-Action-with-an-AnalogyUnlocking?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Yep, A., Nation, J., Moreno, R., Reyes, H., & Torres, A. (2021). Nuestra ciencia is our science: microbiology lessons for all. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(3), 1008–1009. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351984947_Nuestra_Ciencia_Transforming_Microbiology_for_Spanish-Speaking_Elementary_and_College_Students

Nation, J., & Yep, A. (2024). Co-designing science lessons in Spanish: Connecting science, home language, and community for undergraduates. In M. Mahmood, M. Elaine, & J. Cano (Eds.), University-Community Partnerships for Transformative Education: Sowing Seeds of Resistance and Renewal (pp. 137–156). Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-60583-3

Conference Presentations

Ramos Carranza, P., Banuelos, A., Valdez-Garcia, A., Aguilar, X., Yep, A., Nation, J. (2025, March). Nuestra Ciencia: Apoyando a los estudiantes a pensar y actuar como científicos en español. Presentation at California Association for Bilingual Education, Long Beach, CA.

Ramos Carranza, P., Aguilar, X., Rugendorf, A., Rye, K., Yep, A., Nation, J. (2025, Feb). Investigaciones, Prácticas y Experiencias en Programas de UC Links a Nivel Local e Internacional. Panel presentation in Spanish at UC Links Conference: Nurturing Resistance and Renewal.

Nation, J., Ramos-Carranza, P., Aguilar, X., Mehan, B., McCarthy, A. (2025, Feb). Invited speaker for monthly “Future of Education” seminar: Community-based Science Education: Two Innovative Programs, Cultural Praxis, online.

Banuelos, A., Camarillo, A., Ramirez, D., De Smet, C., Quintana, A., Valdez-Garcia, A., Yep, A., & Nation, J. (2024, April). Undergraduate students’ shifting views as they teach science lessons in Spanish at bilingual elementary schools. Poster presentation as part of panel University-community engagement as a strategy for dismantling racial injustice and co-constructing educational possibilities at AERA, Philadelphia, PA.

Reyes, H., Aguilar, X. (2024, April). Nuestra Ciencia: Empowering bilingual students as scientists. CSU Student Research Competition, Education.

Camarillo, A., Ceja, N., Landaverde, A., Quintana, A., Soto, E., Yep, A., & Nation, J. (2023, April). Workshop and poster presentation at UC Links Conference: Co-constructing Sustainable Futures.

De Smet, C., Lancaster, V., Reyes, H., Soto, E., Yep, A., & Nation, J. (2023, April). Grasping the elephant: International perspectives on truth-making in participatory design research projects. Poster presented in symposium at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

De Smet, C., Landaverde, A., Reyes, H., Yep, A., & Nation, J. (2022, April). Showcasing community and undergraduate videos in Nuestra Ciencia. Poster presented at UC Links Conference: Reimagining Possible Futures.

De Smet, C., Moreno, R., Reyes, H., Torres, A., Yep, A., & Nation, J. (2021, March). Learning together: Developing UC Links Programs. Paper presented at UC Links Conference: Linking, Learning, & Transforming Together (virtual format).

Yep, A., & Nation, J. (2021, January). Nuestra ciencia is our science: microbiology lessons for all. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (virtual format).

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