A Conversation with Patriann Smith
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-23-2021
Abstract
Dr. Patriann Smith talks to us about race, language, and immigration. Dr. Smith is known for her transdisciplinary research at the intersection of linguistics, (im)migration and race in literacy education. Her forthcoming book, with Drs. Arlette Willis and Gwendolyn McMillon, Affirming Black Students’ Lives and Literacies: Bearing Witness, will soon appear in Teachers College Press. Dr. Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) and co-author of LRA’s recent report, Advancing Anti-Racism in Literacy Research. Dr. Patriann Smith is an Associate Professor of Literacy Studies in the College of Education at the University of South Florida. Check out her guest page on the Classroom Caffeine website for the resources Dr. Smith mentions in her episode.
Scholar Commons Citation
Persohn, Lindsay, "A Conversation with Patriann Smith" (2021). Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications. 706.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tal_facpub/706
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