Maria Jose Dias

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

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Room:TC 325

Department: Elementary Education

About Maria Jose Dias

Professional Experience

Dr. Dias is a teacher educator and former teacher of English as an Additional Language in Brazil. Her research includes qualitative methods of studies examining critical teacher education, multilingualism, and translanguaging. She has presented research at national and international conferences and published in multiple national/international journals.

Education

Ph.D., Early Childhood Education
East Tennessee State University, TN

M.Ed., Education with a Concentration in ESL
East Tennessee State University, TN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Research and Publications

Dias, M. J. A. (2026). Early childhood teachers’ experiences with multilingual learners in mainstream classrooms. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2026.2677930

Dias, M. J. A., Meier, L. T., Ward, N. A., & Warren, A. N. (2025). Dialogic meditations on (de)coloniality: A narrative self-study of pedagogical cartography in teacher education. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. (Authors 2-4 listed in alphabetical order). https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2025.2601555

Warren, A., Ward, N., Ayvaz, B. C., Dias, M. J. A., Linville, H. & Whitining, J. (2024). 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