Dr. David Diehl is the Director of Student and Community Services for the Selma Unified School District. Prior to entering education, he spent 24 years in law enforcement, retiring as a police sergeant. His Doctoral research was inspired by the 21 students he lost to gang related homicides while a teacher in a detention facility in Central California. He has worked extensively with system involved youth in court schools, community day schools, and other alternative educational settings. He is a proponent of data informed interventions prior to 6th grade, along with with providing educators with increased awareness into the lives of street socialized students from marginalized communities. He believes this approach can improve student engagement, increase resilience, and impede future incarceration.
