Dr. Jaye Johnson Thiel
Jaye Johnson Thiel, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Alabama. Growing up as a woman from a Southern working-class family, she is deeply committed to justice-oriented approaches to childhood studies. Her scholarship works against deficit discourses about young people and their families, theorizes place-based and arts-based practices for community research, and explores the playful and artistic engagements of young people growing up in the Southeastern United States. Her research rethinks how scholars and communities might work together to develop practices and policies that expand our understandings of the constructions of childhood in the Deep South. Jaye has published many articles and chapters in her field, including coediting the book: Posthumanism and Literacy Education: Knowing/Being/Doing Literacies.
Jaye received her PhD at the University of Georgia. Before receiving her PhD, she was an educator (PK-grade 5) and before that she proudly worked in the service industry, including taking orders for bus parts, sweeping hair, and serving food at a local restaurant.
Curriculum Vitae
Jaye received her PhD at the University of Georgia. Before receiving her PhD, she was an educator (PK-grade 5) and before that she proudly worked in the service industry, including taking orders for bus parts, sweeping hair, and serving food at a local restaurant.
Curriculum Vitae