Criss Jones Diaz

Criss Jones Díaz is a Senior Lecturer in diversity studies and languages education in the School of Education at Western Sydney University and a researcher in the Centre for Educational Research. She collaborates with educators providing professional development on diversity and difference, multilingualism, early literacies and languages learning in childhood. Her research and publications are in critical and cultural studies focussing on languages, literacies and identity negotiation in...See more

Criss Jones Díaz is a Senior Lecturer in diversity studies and languages education in the School of Education at Western Sydney University and a researcher in the Centre for Educational Research. She collaborates with educators providing professional development on diversity and difference, multilingualism, early literacies and languages learning in childhood. Her research and publications are in critical and cultural studies focussing on languages, literacies and identity negotiation in contexts of diversity and difference. She has authored and co-authored numerous journal articles, book chapters and books pertaining to her area of expertise. With national and international colleagues, she is currently working on research examining home/community language retention and loss in young children from birth to five years who are attending early childhood settings in New South Wales, Australia. See less