Maria Jose Dias
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Curriculum Vitae
Department:
Elementary Education
About Maria Jose' Araujo Dias
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor
ESL Educator
Education
Ph.D., Early Childhood Education
East Tennessee State University, TN
M.Ed., Education with a Concentration in ESL
East Tennessee State University, TN
B.A., Translation and Interpretation (Portuguese/ English) with Language and Literature Studies
Centro Universitário Ibero-Americano, São Paulo, Brazil
Research and Publications
Warren, A., Ward, N., Ayvaz, B. C., Dias, M. J. A., Linville, H., & Whitining, J. (2025). Advocacy-oriented language teacher identity as ethical self-formation: A polyvocal reflection. TESOL Journal, 16(1) https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.891
Atiles, J. T., Chavarría Vargas, A., Dias, M. J. A., & Zúñiga León, I. (2024). A teacher workforce to develop bilingual Latin American learners is needed: Costa Rican early childhood educators’ voices. International Journal of Early Childhood Education, 30(2), 27-49 (Authors 2-4 listed in alphabetical order). http://dx.doi.org/10.18023/ijece.2024.30.2.002
Dias, M. J. A., Atiles, J. T., & Moore, J. D. (2023). Preparing early childhood educators to work with emergent bilinguals. The Dialog: A Journal for Inclusive Early Childhood Professionals, 26(3), 1-14. https://journals.charlotte.edu/dialog/article/view/1488
Atiles, J. T., Dias, M. J. A., & Moore, J. D. (2023). A workshop model of strategies for early childhood educators who work with emergent bilinguals. The Dialog: A Journal for Inclusive Early Childhood Professionals, 26(3), 1-10. https://journals.charlotte.edu/dialog/article/view/1489
Atiles, J. T., Almodóvar, M., Chavarría Vargas, A., Dias, M. J. A., & Zúñiga León, I. M. (2021). International responses to COVID-19: Challenges faced by early childhood professionals. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 29(1), pp. 66-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2021.1872674 (Authors 2-5 listed in alphabetical order).
Dias, M. J. A., Atiles, J. T., Almodóvar, M., Chavarría Vargas, A., & Zúñiga León, I. (2020). Innovative early childhood teachers rise to the challenges brought about by COVID -19. Childhood Education: Innovations, 96(6), 38-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/00094056.2020.1846385 (Authors 2-5 listed in alphabetical order).