Maria Jose Palacios Figueroa

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Spanish: Spanish Heritage Language Education, Critical Language Pedagogy, Queerness and Neurodivergence in language education, Task-Based Language Teaching

Maria José Palacios Figueroa is currently pursuing a MA in foreign Language with a Spanish Concentration. She is also working towards her Spanish Heritage Language Education Certificate. Maria José has been teaching Spanish for ten years and has worked with adults from all over the world in person, on zoom, and in virtual reality.

Selected Publications

Drickey, K., Palacios Figueroa, M., et al. “‘I don’t know, but let’s talk about it together’: A Collaborative Model for Inclusive Mentorship in the Humanities and Social Sciences .” Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring, no. 13.1. (Forthcoming)

Grants and Fellowships

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Brazil (2019)

Education

B.A. Spanish/ Linguistics - Western Washington University

Recent Presentations

“Collaborative Mentorship: Resetting Student/Teacher Expectations and Improving our Learning and Teaching Through Unconventional Teacher Training.” AATSP Annual Conference, July 2022. Presented by Drickey K., Palacios Figueroa, M., Sandoval, J., VanWoerden, B.

“Improving student willingness to communicate through explicit L2 phonological instruction.” 12th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, June 2021. Presented byDrickey K., de Vries S., Palacios Figueroa, M., Sandoval J., VanWoerden B.

“Sí se puede: Moving Toward Accuracy and Confidence through Early Phonology Intervention in Spanish Language Classrooms.” 116th Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Annual Conference, November 2018. Presented by Drickey, K., Palacios Figueroa, M., Sandoval, J.