Associate Professor
Dr. Patriann Smith's transdisciplinary research agenda has focused on the cross-cultural, cross-linguistic and cross-racial challenges faced by Black immigrants in literacy instruction, assessment, and transcultural teacher education. Dr. Smith examines how differences in Englishes and English language ideologies affect Black immigrant literacy practices as they cross cultures and languages across their home countries and the United States. Through her transdisciplinary scholarship, she explains how standardized Englishes, non-standardized Englishes, and the language ideologies that inform the use of these Englishes, both challenge and create affordances for cross-cultural, cross-racial and cross-linguistic literacy instruction and international literacy assessment in transcultural teacher education. Her propositions for doing so are described in the framework for “Black immigrant literacies”, “a transraciolinguistic approach”, and “literacy for transraciolinguistic justice”. Dr. Smith continues to extend her research by comparing insights about Black immigrant Englishes and Black immigrant literacies to that of other native Black populations in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Through this transdisciplinary scholarship, she enhances cross-racial, cross-cultural and cross-linguistic approaches to literacy assessment and instruction.
×
About Dr. Patriann Smith
Dr. Patriann Smith's transdisciplinary research agenda has focused on the cross-cultural, cross-linguistic and cross-racial challenges faced by Black immigrants in literacy instruction, assessment, and transcultural teacher education. Dr. Smith examines how differences in Englishes and English language ideologies affect Black immigrant literacy practices as they cross cultures and languages across their home countries and the United States. Through her transdisciplinary scholarship, she explains how standardized Englishes, non-standardized Englishes, and the language ideologies that inform the use of these Englishes, both challenge and create affordances for cross-cultural, cross-racial and cross-linguistic literacy instruction and international literacy assessment in transcultural teacher education. Her propositions for doing so are described in the framework for “Black immigrant literacies”, “a transraciolinguistic approach”, and “literacy for transraciolinguistic justice”. Dr. Smith continues to extend her research by comparing insights about Black immigrant Englishes and Black immigrant literacies to that of other native Black populations in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Through this transdisciplinary scholarship, she enhances cross-racial, cross-cultural and cross-linguistic approaches to literacy assessment and instruction.
| Present | Associate Professor, University of South Florida | |
|
|
||
Disciplines
Education, Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum and Social Inquiry, Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Online and Distance Education, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, Teacher Education and Professional Development, Language and Literacy Education, Secondary Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences, International and Area Studies, Linguistics, Sociology, and Social Justice
Research Interests
Grants
| 2021 - Present | RISE Caribbean (Research Initiative for Supporting Education in the Caribbean) |
| USAID (United States Agency for International Development) - 72053821CA00001 | |
| Caribbean Educational Research Initiative | |
| Role: Role on Proposal: USF Project Coordinator, Literacy Researcher, Qualitative Researcher | |
| Colleague(s): Drs. C. Hines, D. Thompson-Dorsey, B. Padilla, J. King, R. Dedrick, J. Wolgemuth, D. Cobb-Roberts, J. Blank, E. Kim, J. Hatten, C. Walker | |
| $3,687,918.96 | |
| 2020 - 2025 | S-STEM Track II: Educating future scientists and mathematicians from rural and underserved regions |
| National Science Foundation - 1930514 | |
| Educating Future Scientists and Mathematicians from Rural and Underserved Regions | |
| Role: co-Principal Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): C. Hetherington (P.I.), J. Zak, J. Dwyer & S. Borst | |
| $999,999 | |
| 2018 - 2021 | Applied data science for cyber security |
| National Science Foundation | |
| Role: Senior Personnel | |
| Colleague(s): A. Serwadda (P.I.), J. Dwyer, F. Maina, R. Hewett, F. Jin & B. Moskal | |
| $600,000 | |
| 2018 - 2020 | Problematizing (Il)legitimacy of Englishes across the diaspora |
| Texas Tech University | |
| Role: Principal Investigator | |
| $4,000 | |
| 2016 - 2019 | Understanding the English(es) of foreign-born teacher educators |
| Texas Tech University’s Division of Institutional Diversity, Outreach and Community Engagement | |
| Role: Principal Investigator | |
| $1,000 | |
| 2017 - 2018 | College and Career Readiness standards review and revision project - English/Language Arts and Mathematics (CCRS-ELAM) |
| Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | |
| Role: co-Principal Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): J. Dwyer (P.I.), M. Lesley & J. Lee | |
| $96,000 | |
| 2010 | An arts-based community of practice summer literacy camp |
| USF College of Education Institute for Instructional Research and Practice and the Institute for At- Risk Infants, Children and Youth, and their Families | |
| Colleague(s): J. Richards (P.I.) | |
| $5,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2020 - Present | Board Member, Literacy Research Association | 2019 - Present | Executive Board Member, Caribbean Community Association | 2019 - Present | Associate Editor, Linguistics and Education | 2018 - Present | Co-Editor, Caribbean Educational Research Journal | 2017 - Present | Editorial Board, Reading Research Quarterly | 2016 - Present | Committee Chair, Ethnicity, Race and Multilingualism Travel Award Committee | 2016 - Present | Editorial Board, Journal of Literacy Research | 2016 - Present | Journal Reviewer, Teaching and Teacher Education | 2019 | Program Reviewer, National Council of Teachers of English/Council of Accreditation for Educator Preparation | 2019 | Admissions Committee, Texas Tech University | 2019 | Journal Reviewer, Youth and Society | 2018 | Grant Reviewer, Spencer Foundation | 2015 - 2018 | Committee Member, Literacy Research Association Ethnicity, Race and Multilingualism Committee | 2016 - 2017 | Committee Chair, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Language and Social Processes SIG Emergent Scholar | 2015 - 2017 | Editorial Board, Intercultural Communication Interest Section:Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) | 2017 | Mentor Tech Cluster Leader (MCL) and Mentor, Texas Tech University | 2016 | Awards Reviewer, Literacy Research Association Ethnicity, Race and Multilingualism Travel Awards | 2016 | Awards Reviewer, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Language and Social Processes SIG Emerging Scholar | 2014 - 2015 | Caribbean Regional Representative, Literacy Research Association (LRA) International ICG | 2012 - 2013 | Initiator and Coordinator, Childhood Education and Literacy Studies (CELS) iTeam, University of South Florida |
Honors and Awards
- RESEARCH
- • Outstanding Paper Award, Organization of Teacher Educators in Literacy, International Literacy Association (2018)
- • Emerging Scholar Nomination, Diverse Issues in Higher Education (2018)
- • President’s Excellence in Academic Achievement Nomination, Texas Tech University (TTU) (2018)
- • Scholars of color Transitioning into Academic Research (STAR) Institutions Award, Literacy Research Association(LRA) (2017-2018) [Assistant Professor Dr. Ramon Martinez]
- • Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty (University Research | Teaching) Award, Texas Tech University (2017)
- • Greater Texas Foundation Faculty Fellows Program Nomination and Finalist, Greater Texas Foundation (2016)
- • Division of Institutional Diversity and Office of Community Engagement Grant, Texas Tech University (2016)
- • The President’s Gender Equity Council, Women’s Studies, and University Writing Center Women’s Faculty Writing Program (WFWP) Inaugural Fellow, Texas Tech University (TTU) (2016)
- • Language and Social Processes (LSP) Special Interest Group (SIG) Emerging Scholar Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2015)
- • Founders Emergent Scholars Award (FESA) Finalist, International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) andLanguage Studies Foundation (LSF) (2014)
- • International Reading Association (IRA) Reading Hall of Fame (RHOF) Emerging Fellow, Reading Hall of Fame (2013-2017) [Professor Emerita Dr. Victoria J. Risko]
- • Ethnicity, Race & Multilingualism Travel Scholarship, Literacy Research Association (LRA) (2012)
- • Diversity Graduate Student Success Diversity Fellowship, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (2010-2013)
- • Kappa Delta Phi Scholarship, International Honor Society in Education (2010-2012)
- • Summer Program Scholarship, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, Florida (2010)
- • Michelin Scholarship, Suncoast Area Teacher Training (SCATT) Honors, USF, Tampa, Florida (2010-2011)
- • Integrated Scholar Award, Office of the Provost, Texas Tech University (2019)
- • Congratulatory Note, Student Government Association, Senate Resolution 54.116, Texas Tech University (2019)
- TEACHING
- • President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech University (2018)
- • Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty (University Research and Teaching) Award, TTU (2017)
- • Hemphill-Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award Peer-Nomination, Texas Tech University (2016)
- • Institute for Inclusive Excellence, Texas Tech University (TTU) (2015-2016)
- • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for Fall (2013), Spring (2014), Summer (2014), Fall (2014), Spring (2015)
- • Award for Excellence in Teaching (K-5), School of Education and Human Sciences, University of the Southern Caribbean, Maracas, Trinidad (2000)
- • Award of Distinction for Six Distinctions received in Teacher Training Final Examinations, Ministry of Education, Board of Teacher Training of Trinidad and Tobago, Maracas, Trinidad (2000)
- SERVICE
- • Raiders Who Rock Unsung Hero, Texas Tech University (2019)
- • President’s Excellence in Diversity and Equity Award, Texas Tech University (2018)
- • Certificate of Recognition, Mentor and Mentor Cluster Leader, Mentor Tech, Texas Tech University (2016-2017)
- • Certificate of (District) Recognition, Chief Engineer of Opportunity, Literacy Champion Coordinator, AVID, Lubbock Independent School District (LISD) (2017)
- • Certificate of (District) Recognition, Literacy Champion for Dunbar College Preparatory Academy (DCPA), AVID District Family Night, LISD (2016)
- • Award for Dedicated Service, Parliamentarian, Literacy Research Association (2013-2016)
Courses
- Linking Literacy Assessment to Instruction (Undergraduate/Blended)
- Reading and Learning to Read (Undergraduate/Blended)
- Literature in Childhood Education (Undergraduate/Blended)
- Teaching Writing in Elementary Schools (Undergraduate/Blended)
- Issues in Vocabulary and Word Study (Masters/Online)
- Writing and Writers: Trends and Issues (Graduate/Online)
- Reading Process in the Elementary Grades (Masters/Online)
- Introduction to Reading (Graduate/Online)
- Assessment-Based Reading Instruction (Graduate/Online)
- Clinical Practicum in Reading (Graduate/Blended)
- Culture in the Classroom (Undergraduate/Doctoral/Online)
- Teaching Elementary Reading and Language Arts (Undergraduate/Blended)
- Children’s Literature in the School Curriculum (Masters and Online)
- Trends and Issues in New Literacies: New Literacies for the 21st Century (Doctoral/Masters/Online)
- Global Literacy (Doctoral, Masters/Online)
- Trends and Issues in Adolescent Literature (Masters and Online)
- Research Methods in Language, Diversity, and Literacy (Doctoral and Online)
- History and Foundations of Reading (Masters and Online)
- Cognition, Comprehension, and Content (Masters and Online)
- Curriculum and Supervision Problems in Reading (Masters and Online)
- Practicum in Reading (Masters and Online)
- Linguistics in Literacy (Doctoral and Online)
- Classroom-Based Literacy Assessment for Differentiated Instruction (Doctoral/Masters/Online)
- Developing Academic Literacy in the Disciplines for Adolescents (Masters/Online)
- Increasing Reading Proficiency for all Readers (Doctoral/Masters/Online)
- Diversity Ideologies (Doctoral/Online)
- Teaching Strategies for ESL and Content-Area Teachers of Limited-English Proficient Students
| 2013 | PhD, University of South Florida | |
|
|
||
| 2010 | MA, University of South Florida | |
|
|
||
| 2005 | BSc, Andrews University | |
|
|
||
| 2000 | AA, Andrews University | |
|
|
||
Contact Information
Phone: (813) 974-1062
Office: EDU 202-R
Email:
