
Research
Presentations
Using mixed quantitative and qualitative design, my research explores the multisensory processes that facilitate the racialization of space as non-white, as well as how punishment directed against racialized spaces reifies race.
Speaker Presentations
Castillo Silva, L.I. (2025, June 7). Making our spaces: Barrios, Banda, and the racialization of space. SPSSI 2025, Portland, OR.
Castillo Silva, L.I. (2025, Apr 2). “Nice,” quiet neighborhoods: Music and the racialization of space. Invited Talk, Elmhurst University.
Castillo Silva, L.I. (2024, Sept 14). Aquí estamos y no nos vamos: Music and the racialization of space. Diversity Challenge Conference, Boston, MA.
Poster Presentations
Castillo Silva, L.I. (2026, Feb 26). Banda music and the racialization of space. Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference SPSP 2026, Chicago, IL.
Reed, F. Castillo Silva, L.I., Smutz, A., Lopez, J., Chamberlin, K.G., & Fryberg, S.A. (2026, Feb). Where We Belong: Environmental Socialization as Resistance to Settler Violence. SPSP 2026, Chicago, IL.
Bouschor, T. Castillo Silva, L.I., Smutz, A., Lopez, J., Chamberlin, K.G., & Fryberg, S.A. (2026, Feb). Learning with the Land: The Impact of Environmental Socialization on the Sociopolitical Development of Indigenous Peoples. SPSP 2026, Chicago, IL.
Castillo Silva, L.I. (2025, Feb 22). Banda music and the racialization of space. SPSP 2025, Denver, CO.
Castillo Silva, L.I. (2024, Feb 21). I know that I’m bad at math: Stereotype threat and false memory encoding. SPSP 2024, San Diego, CA.





