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Dr Adriana Diaz
Dr

Adriana Diaz

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Overview

Background

Adriana Díaz (she/her/ella) works at the intersections of language, power, and pedagogy, asking what becomes possible when language education is approached as an unfinished, decolonial, and hopeful practice of becoming otherwise. Born in Argentina and now living and working on the unceded lands of the Turrbal and Jagera Peoples, her work critically examines the colonial, patriarchal, and monolingual structures embedded in curricula and classrooms. In response, she cultivates inclusive, empowering, and critically reflexive pedagogies that honour plurality and relationality.

With over two decades of experience in multilingual and intercultural education, Adriana’s scholarship, teaching, and leadership seek to unsettle dominant paradigms while nurturing more equitable and generative approaches to language learning. Drawing on critical pedagogy, intersectional feminism, and decolonial thought, she traces raciolinguistic and ideological patterns that shape educational practice and works collaboratively to reimagine their possibilities.

Deeply committed to collective transformation, she supports and (un)learns alongside fellow language educators and scholars, co-creating pedagogical approaches that are responsive, dialogic, and grounded in shared responsibility. Her work invites ongoing inquiry into how we teach, learn, and live with language in ways that are just, liberatory, and yet always emergent.

Availability

Dr Adriana Diaz is:
Not available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, Griffith University
  • Bachelor (Honours), Griffith University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University

Research interests

  • Critical, Decolonial Language Pedagogies

    Approaches to language learning and teaching that challenge traditional, Eurocentric views of 'language,' prioritizing social justice, inclusivity, and equity through a critical examination of power structures, cultural hierarchies, and historical contexts that have marginalised certain languages and knowledge systems.

  • Intercultural language learning

    Educational approach that fosters critical reflection on cultural diversity, aiming to build communicative competence and intercultural sensitivity essential for effective interaction in a globalised world.

  • Critical Translation Studies

    A lens through which to advance language studies as a socially situated act that reflects and influences power dynamics, cultural representation, and ideology. This perspective views translation as a transformative process, highlighting issues of ethics, agency, and cultural bias, and urging a critical awareness of its role in shaping narratives.

Works

Search Professor Adriana Diaz’s works on UQ eSpace

44 works between 2008 and 2026

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2013

Journal Article

Intercultural understanding and professional learning through critical engagement

Diaz, Adriana (2013). Intercultural understanding and professional learning through critical engagement. Babel, 48 (1), 12-19.

Intercultural understanding and professional learning through critical engagement

2013

Book

Developing Critical Languaculture Pedagogies in Higher Education: Theory and Practice

Diaz, Adriana Raquel (2013). Developing Critical Languaculture Pedagogies in Higher Education: Theory and Practice. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters. doi: 10.21832/9781783090365

Developing Critical Languaculture Pedagogies in Higher Education: Theory and Practice

2012

Conference Publication

Intercultural competence through language education in Australian higher education: Mission (im)possible?

Diaz, Adriana (2012). Intercultural competence through language education in Australian higher education: Mission (im)possible?. LCNAU's Inaugural Colloquium, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 26-28 September 2011. Melbourne: Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU).

Intercultural competence through language education in Australian higher education: Mission (im)possible?

2008

Journal Article

Engaging with diversity: the construction of policy for intercultural education in Italy

Liddicoat, Anthony J. and Diaz, Adriana (2008). Engaging with diversity: the construction of policy for intercultural education in Italy. Intercultural Education, 19 (2), 137-150. doi: 10.1080/14675980801889666

Engaging with diversity: the construction of policy for intercultural education in Italy

Funding

Past funding

  • 2018 - 2019
    The invisibility of languages in universities' internationalisation processes
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Revitalizing language assessment: Sustainable change through international benchmarking and knowledge transfer
    UQ Teaching Innovation Grants
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Adriana Diaz is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fostering Intercultural Capability: Exploring secondary school students' perspectives on language learning

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Barbara Hanna

  • Doctor Philosophy

    What are the prevailing attitudes, perceptions and context that underpin the low retention rate for Queensland students of foreign languages, and comparing this issue nationally and internationally, how can it be resolved through education policy, curriculum, and schools?

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Barbara Hanna

  • Doctor Philosophy

    THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN EARLY LITERACY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Marnee Shay, Dr Samantha Disbray

Completed supervision

Media

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