She was on the editorial staff of the Linguistic Atlas of New England (1939-1943), assisting in the preparation of its 700 dialect maps.

[6] Bloch and her husband were on the editorial staff of the Linguistic Atlas of New England (1939-1943), assisting in the preparation of its 700 dialect maps.

[7] These books were part of a Linguistic Atlas project directed by Hans Kurath.

They met when they were both working in the English department at Mount Holyoke College.

[8][9] The Bernard and Julia Bloch Fellowship, awarded by the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) to "the most promising applicant" to the LSA Summer Institute, was established from the Julia Bloch Memorial Fund.