Education:
Ph.D. in Child and Family Development from the University of Georgia, Athens, 2008.
Teaching Interests:
Early childhood development, infant development, research methods in human development and family studies
Research Interests Social and cognitive development in early childhood, specifically the development of joint attention, temperament, attention, and empathy.
Selected Publications Souto-Manning, M. & Dice, J. (2009). (in press). Syncretic home literacies: Learning to read in two languages and three worlds. In G. Li (Ed.), Multicultural families, home literacies, and mainstream schooling. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc.
Cahnmann, M., Wooten, J., Souto-Manning, M., & Dice, J. (in press). Out with the arts: Performative approaches to teacher ducation. Teachers College Record.
Cahnmann-Taylor, M., Wooten, J., Souto-Manning, M., & Dice, J. (2009). The art and science of educational inquiry: Analysis of performance-based focus groups with novice bilingual teachers. Teachers College Record, 111 (11).
Souto-Manning, M., Dice, J., Cahnmann-Taylor, M., & Wooten, J. (2008). The power and possibilities of performative critical early childhood teacher education. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 29 (4), 309-325.
Souto-Manning, M. & Dice, J. (2007). Reflective teaching in the early years: A case for mentoring diverse educators. Early Childhood Education Journal 34 (6), 425-430.
Bolzani Dinehart, L. H., Dice, J. L., Dobbins, D. R., Claussen, A. H., & Bono, K. E. (2006). Proximal variables in families of children prenatally exposed to cocaine and enrolled in a center- or home-based intervention. Journal of Early Intervention, 29(1), 32-47.
Dice, J. L., Claussen, A.H., Katz, L., & Cohen, J. (2004). Parenting in Dependency Drug Court. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 55 (3), 1-10.
Selected Presentations Dice, J. L., Ruston, H., & Schwanenflugel, P. (2009, April). A structural model of the effects of attention and maternal education on preschool literacy. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado.
Souto-Manning, M & Dice, J. (2008, July). Negotiating diverse home literacy practices. Paper presented at the 22nd World Congress on Reading. San Jose, Costa Rica.
Cahnmann-Taylor, M., Souto-Manning, M., Wooten, J., & Dice, J. (2007, April). The power and possibilities of arts-based approaches to teacher education research and practice. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Souto-Manning, M., Cahnmann-Taylor, M., Dice, J., & Wooten, J. (2007, April). Theatre of the oppressed as an approach to teacher education. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Dice, J. L., & Souto-Manning, M. (February, 2007). What counts as literacy?: A bicultural child negotiates home literacy practices. Roundtable at the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Nashville, Tennessee.
Wooten, J., Dice, J. L., Souto-Manning, M., & Cahnmann-Taylor, M. (February, 2007). "This is Something that the Classes Don’t Teach": Using theater of the oppressed as a tool to support teachers. Roundtable at the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Nashville, Tennessee.
Sung, J. H., Dice, J. L., & Hsu, H. (June, 2006). Developmental links of infant temperament to attachment security and behavioral adjustment assessed in toddlerhood. Poster presented at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
Dice, J., & Hsu, H. (April, 2005). Dimensions in effortful control procedures for toddlers. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia.
Cheek, J., Dice, J., & Hsu, H. (May, 2004). The relationship of maternal availability to infant pointing. Poster presented at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Chicago, Illinois.
Dice, J. & Nonkin, R.A. (April, 2003). Qualitative case study analyses of children prenatally exposed to cocaine. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Florida.
Dice, J., Nonkin, R.A., Claussen, A.H. & Scott, K.G. (January, 2002). Case study analyses of environmental risk factors for children prenatally exposed to cocaine. Poster presented at QUIG 2002: Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, Georgia.
Professional Associations
Society for Research in Child Development
International Society for Infant Studies
National Association for Educating Young Children
Rhode Island Association for Educating Young Children
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