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María Leija

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at San Antonio

Affiliations

College of Education & Human Development

Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching

María Leija is currently serving as a College Of Education & Human Development Assistant Professor at University of Texas At San Antonio.

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María Leija

University of Texas at San Antonio

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education linguistics ideology early childhood education reading research early childhood sociology culture multilingualism child development cultural diversity ethnography cultural studies cultural anthropology bilingual education english education early childhood development writing instruction educational contexts early childhood literacy censorship societal challenges sociology of knowledge linguistic rights biliteracy continuum school connections bidirectional home latinx cultural knowledge geisel award books damaging ideologies building language

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

DíA De Los Muertos: Recognizing Heterogeneity in Latinx Cultural Knowledge. NABE Journal of Research and Practice (2023)

María G. LeijaMyriam Jimena GuerraBrenda Ayala Lewis

sociologycultural diversityculturelatinx cultural knowledgesocial sciencesethnographycultural studiescultural anthropology

Exploring Books for Beginning Readers: Comparing Leveled Readers and Geisel Award Books. Early Childhood Education Journal (2022)

Samuel DeJulioMiriam MartinezMaría Leija

early childhoodliteratureearly childhood educationcomparative literaturereading researchgeisel award booksearly childhood literacy

Funds of Knowledge and Funds of Identity: Lenses for Building Language and Literacy. Elsevier eBooks (2022)

María E. FránquizMaría G. Leija

linguisticslanguage developmenteducationsociology of knowledgelanguagebuilding language

Building Bridges Between School and Home. Advances in early childhood and K-12 education (2020)

María G. LeijaMaría E. Fránquiz

early childhoodearly childhood developmenteducational contextseducationearly childhood educationchild development

Challenging Damaging Ideologies. Routledge eBooks (2020)

María E. FránquizMaría G. LeijaCinthia S. Salinas

ideologypolitical sciencecensorshipeducationdamaging ideologiessocietal challenges

Challenging Damaging Ideologies: Are Dual Language Education Practices Addressing Learners’ Linguistic Rights?. Theory Into Practice (2019)

María E. FránquizMaría G. LeijaCinthia S. Salinas

linguistic rightsideologylinguistics

DíA De Los Muertos: Opportunities to Foster Writing and Reflect Students’ Cultural Practices. The Reading Teacher (2019)

María G. Leija

educationenglish educationwriting instructionreading research

“Figuring” Bidirectional Home and School Connections Along the Biliteracy Continuum. Bilingual Research Journal (2015)

María E. FránquizMaría G. LeijaIrene Garza

bilingual educationlinguisticsmultilingualismbiliteracy continuumschool connectionsbidirectional home

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María Leija

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at San Antonio

Affiliations

College of Education & Human Development

Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching

María Leija is currently serving as a College Of Education & Human Development Assistant Professor at University of Texas At San Antonio.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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María Leija

University of Texas at San Antonio

Assistant Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

DíA De Los Muertos: Recognizing Heterogeneity in Latinx Cultural Knowledge. NABE Journal of Research and Practice (2023)

María G. LeijaMyriam Jimena GuerraBrenda Ayala Lewis

sociologycultural diversityculturelatinx cultural knowledgesocial sciencesethnographycultural studiescultural anthropology

Exploring Books for Beginning Readers: Comparing Leveled Readers and Geisel Award Books. Early Childhood Education Journal (2022)

Samuel DeJulioMiriam MartinezMaría Leija

early childhoodliteratureearly childhood educationcomparative literaturereading researchgeisel award booksearly childhood literacy

Funds of Knowledge and Funds of Identity: Lenses for Building Language and Literacy. Elsevier eBooks (2022)

María E. FránquizMaría G. Leija

linguisticslanguage developmenteducationsociology of knowledgelanguagebuilding language

Building Bridges Between School and Home. Advances in early childhood and K-12 education (2020)

María G. LeijaMaría E. Fránquiz

early childhoodearly childhood developmenteducational contextseducationearly childhood educationchild development

Challenging Damaging Ideologies. Routledge eBooks (2020)

María E. FránquizMaría G. LeijaCinthia S. Salinas

ideologypolitical sciencecensorshipeducationdamaging ideologiessocietal challenges

Challenging Damaging Ideologies: Are Dual Language Education Practices Addressing Learners’ Linguistic Rights?. Theory Into Practice (2019)

María E. FránquizMaría G. LeijaCinthia S. Salinas

linguistic rightsideologylinguistics

DíA De Los Muertos: Opportunities to Foster Writing and Reflect Students’ Cultural Practices. The Reading Teacher (2019)

María G. Leija

educationenglish educationwriting instructionreading research

“Figuring” Bidirectional Home and School Connections Along the Biliteracy Continuum. Bilingual Research Journal (2015)

María E. FránquizMaría G. LeijaIrene Garza

bilingual educationlinguisticsmultilingualismbiliteracy continuumschool connectionsbidirectional home

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