Faculty Profile for Dr. Jose Martinez Hinestroza

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Dr. Jose Martinez Hinestroza
Assistant Professor — Curriculum And Instruction
ED 3013
phone: (512) 245-2038
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Research Interests

 Dr. Martínez Hinestroza is an assistant professor in elementary mathematics education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He earned his PhD in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education from Michigan State University. His participatory research explores mathematics teaching and learning in bilingual elementary classrooms. He focuses on how students, teachers, and researchers come together to develop classroom cultures that are inclusive of children's multiple ways of participating. He is the Principal Investigator of the NSF CAREER grant “CAREER: Affirming Bilingual Children’s Participation in Mathematics (ABC-Par).”

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Martínez Hinestroza, J., Strange, M. D., & Townsell, C. D. (2024). Centering mathematics pre-service teachers’ whole selves: A collaborative approach to course syllabus design. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 12(2), 89–110. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2023-0031
  • Martínez Hinestroza, J., Peña-Pincheira, R. S., & Adams Corral, M. (2023). Incouple numbers and dedómetros: Listening for meaning in bilingual children’s mathematical lexical inventions. ZDM – Mathematics Education, 55(6), 1101–1112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-023-01486-3
  • Martínez Hinestroza, J. (2023). Drawn onward: Symmetry as pedagogical imagination in critical mathematics teacher education. Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 40, 1–19.
  • Martínez Hinestroza, J., Silva, J. M., & Maldonado Rodriguez, L. A. (2022). Attending to others’ mathematical ideas: A semiotic alternative to logocentrism in bilingual classrooms. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2022.2098398
  • Martínez Hinestroza, J. (2022). (Re)learning what it means to participate: Bringing student and teacher perspectives into dialogue. The Elementary School Journal, 122(4), 642–673. https://doi.org/10.1086/719465

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service at the Assistant Professor Level in the College of Education, Texas State University. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly Activity at the Assistant Professor Level in the College of Education, Texas State University. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: AAHHE Faculty Fellowship Program, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Assistant Professor Level in the College of Education, Texas State University. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Service, Teaching, & Research (STaR) in Mathematics Education Fellowship, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. 2020

Selected Grants

  • Martínez Hinestroza, José (Principal). CAREER: Affirming Bilingual Children’s Participation in Mathematics (ABC-Par), National Science Foundation, Federal, $859504. (Submitted: July 26, 2022, Funded: August 1, 2023 - July 31, 2028). Grant.
  • Martínez Hinestroza, José (Principal). Recognizing Embodied and Linguistic Participation in Bilingual Mathematics Classrooms (REaL Participation), Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2022, Funded: February 2023 - May 2024). Grant.
  • Justice, Sean Bradley (Principal), Assaf, Lori Czop (Co-Principal), Kinard, Timothy A (Supporting), Martínez Hinestroza, José (Supporting), Veech, Joseph A (Supporting), Close, Hunter G (Supporting), Burke, Quinn (Supporting). EPK-2: Exploring PK-2 Teachers' Abilities to Identify CT Precursors and Implement Learning Activities that Strengthen Computer Science in Early Childhood Classrooms, National Science Foundation, Federal, $450000. (Submitted: November 2019, Funded: September 2020 - August 2023). Grant.
  • Martínez Hinestroza, José (Principal). Great First Eight Curriculum Development, Anonymous Donor to the University of Michigan, Institutional (Higher Ed), $31449. (Funded: September 2019 - August 2021). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Editor
Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics
2023-2026
Member
College Curriculum Committee
August 2024-August 2025
Editorial Review Board Member
Revista Educación Matemática
2021-2024
Mathematics lead and co-writer
The Great First Eight kindergarten curriculum
2019-2024
Chair
Scholarships sub-committee of the steering committee Psychology of Mathematics Education- North American Chapter organization
2020-2022