Isabel Morales Jareño

Isabel Morales Jareño holds a PhD in Education (Commended CUM LAUDE, 2017) and is an English philologist specializing in TESOL, early bilingual acquisition, and feminist literary studies. She has been teaching at UCJC's Faculty of Education since 2008, focusing on bilingual education, early language acquisition, and multicultural pedagogy. She coordinates international collaborations with universities in Sweden, Czech Republic, Norway, and Canada. Her roles include editorial board memberships for JFDL and Verbeia, and leadership in research groups like GRIMM and the Spanish Edgar Allan Poe Association.

Education Background: PhD in Education (UCJC, 2017), Graduate in English Philology (Complutense University of Madrid). Professional Experience: 34+ years in higher education, including teaching at the Pontifical University of Salamanca (1988–2007) and the University of Economics in Bratislava (1995–1996). She has led EU-funded projects like the Erasmus+ 'International Child-Centred Curriculum' (2017–2020) and a Virtual Exchange Grant with the University of Calgary (2020–2021).

Research Focus: Bilingual mathematics instruction in primary education, feminist analysis of US literature (especially Joanna Russ), and TESOL methodologies. Recent high-impact publications (JCR/Q1) explore language-instruction effects on mathematical cognition in bilingual students. She advocates for constructivist intervention programs to enhance educational outcomes.

Professional Service: Served as International Relations Coordinator (2011–2018) and Practicum Coordinator (2009–2010) at UCJC's Faculty of Education. Her editorial work and research leadership reflect her commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration in education and literary studies.