John Díaz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6122419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Díaz |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Díaz |
| SIGNATURE | DIAZ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8447-307X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Equity in policy and practice
Educating multilingual learners (MLs) is a pressing policy challenge across the globe. In the US, district and school leaders are tasked with the urgent need to promote equity-informed policies and practices that transform educational outcomes for MLs. Drawing on a qualitative study of leadership practices and policy in a California school district, this paper focuses on how district and school leadership promote equity for ML students. Findings …
Evaluating Youth Participatory Action Research in the Americas
INTRODUCTION: Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) positions adolescents as co-researchers to investigate and address social issues affecting their lives. While YPAR has gained global prominence, comparative research examining how it is conceptualized and practiced across regional contexts remains limited. This study analyzes the differences and commonalities in participatory research projects involving youth conducted in North America and …
Deciding for Democracy
Purpose Over the past five years, a nationally-networked and often purposefully partisanized “conflict campaign” has invited people to target local school boards around demands to limit diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. This study interrogates an under-explored aspect of the conflict campaign: the experiences and decision-making of school board members themselves, specifically in California, a state often depicted as a stronghold of progr…
An Outcome Evaluation of the Faculty Instructional Development Program
Faculty instructional development programs aim to enhance faculty members’ instructional quality and promote student learning. Despite their promise, these programs do not always yield improved outcomes, making their evaluation crucial to understanding the effectiveness and influencing factors. Although many studies have investigated the effectiveness of faculty instructional development programs by measuring program participants’ changes in teac…
The Limitation Effect
The abstract below summarizes a white paper report we released in fall 2024, The Limitation Effect: Experiences of State Policy-Driven Education Restriction in Florida’s Public Schools (Pollock & Y
Changes Take Place in Stages! A Gradational Perspective on the Influence of Homeowners Associations on the Adoption of Wildlife-Friendly Landscape Maintenance
Lack of demand for professional wildlife-friendly landscape maintenance (WFLM) is not well understood, and further complicated by institutional and non-institutional influences. Framed by the Transtheoretical Model of Change, this study evaluated behaviors and perceptions pertaining to WFLM. A cross-sectional research design with quota sampling gathered stage of change, perceived motivators and barriers, processes of change, and self-efficacy fro…
Toward a gender transformative change perspective for smallholder agricultural commercialization
Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia
Health disparities within rural communities, notably those affecting migrant and refugee populations, are well-documented. Refugees often grapple with high disease burdens and mortality rates due to limited access to primary healthcare and their vulnerable socio-economic and political situations. This issue is particularly acute in the rural areas around Medellin, Colombia, where the refugee influx exacerbates the existing public health challenge…
Seeds, soil and social connections
Expanding evaluator competency research
Evaluation capacity building in the nonformal education context
Predicting Intentions to Engage in a Suite of Yard Fertilizer Behaviors
Research has inadequately examined factors that support residential yard care practices that influence water quality to date. This study evaluated factors that predict yard fertilizer best practices in the state of Florida, USA by pairing the Theory of Planned Behavior and Diffusion of Innovations along with contextual factors including age, population density, and living in a homeowners’ association. Data were collected from 1,197 Florida reside…
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Expanding evaluator competency research
Evaluation capacity building in the nonformal education context
Predicting Intentions to Engage in a Suite of Yard Fertilizer Behaviors
Research has inadequately examined factors that support residential yard care practices that influence water quality to date. This study evaluated factors that predict yard fertilizer best practices in the state of Florida, USA by pairing the Theory of Planned Behavior and Diffusion of Innovations along with contextual factors including age, population density, and living in a homeowners’ association. Data were collected from 1,197 Florida reside…
Seeds, soil and social connections
Evaluating Rural Health Disparities in Colombia
Health disparities within rural communities, notably those affecting migrant and refugee populations, are well-documented. Refugees often grapple with high disease burdens and mortality rates due to limited access to primary healthcare and their vulnerable socio-economic and political situations. This issue is particularly acute in the rural areas around Medellin, Colombia, where the refugee influx exacerbates the existing public health challenge…
Changes Take Place in Stages! A Gradational Perspective on the Influence of Homeowners Associations on the Adoption of Wildlife-Friendly Landscape Maintenance
Lack of demand for professional wildlife-friendly landscape maintenance (WFLM) is not well understood, and further complicated by institutional and non-institutional influences. Framed by the Transtheoretical Model of Change, this study evaluated behaviors and perceptions pertaining to WFLM. A cross-sectional research design with quota sampling gathered stage of change, perceived motivators and barriers, processes of change, and self-efficacy fro…
Toward a gender transformative change perspective for smallholder agricultural commercialization
An Outcome Evaluation of the Faculty Instructional Development Program
Faculty instructional development programs aim to enhance faculty members’ instructional quality and promote student learning. Despite their promise, these programs do not always yield improved outcomes, making their evaluation crucial to understanding the effectiveness and influencing factors. Although many studies have investigated the effectiveness of faculty instructional development programs by measuring program participants’ changes in teac…
The Limitation Effect
The abstract below summarizes a white paper report we released in fall 2024, The Limitation Effect: Experiences of State Policy-Driven Education Restriction in Florida’s Public Schools (Pollock & Y
Equity in policy and practice
Educating multilingual learners (MLs) is a pressing policy challenge across the globe. In the US, district and school leaders are tasked with the urgent need to promote equity-informed policies and practices that transform educational outcomes for MLs. Drawing on a qualitative study of leadership practices and policy in a California school district, this paper focuses on how district and school leadership promote equity for ML students. Findings …
Evaluating Youth Participatory Action Research in the Americas
INTRODUCTION: Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) positions adolescents as co-researchers to investigate and address social issues affecting their lives. While YPAR has gained global prominence, comparative research examining how it is conceptualized and practiced across regional contexts remains limited. This study analyzes the differences and commonalities in participatory research projects involving youth conducted in North America and …
Deciding for Democracy
Purpose Over the past five years, a nationally-networked and often purposefully partisanized “conflict campaign” has invited people to target local school boards around demands to limit diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. This study interrogates an under-explored aspect of the conflict campaign: the experiences and decision-making of school board members themselves, specifically in California, a state often depicted as a stronghold of progr…
Political science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)