Patriann Smith, Ph.D.

Dr. Patriann Smith is a national and international keynote speaker with over two decades of experience presenting across local, national, and international conferences. Her amalgamation of research bolstered by her transnational experience, visionary acumen, and work with teachers and students in and beyond the United States has informed 100+ presentations made thus far on the topics of race, language, and immigration in literacy research, teaching, policy, and practice. Below are some of the titles of the keynotes and talks that Dr. Smith has enjoyed while in community with diverse publics.

Keynotes and Invited Presentations & Taskforces

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Smith, P. (Invited, 2023). “Bridging the chasm in languaging and literacies: The flourishing imperative.” University of Miami. Florida.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2023). World Literacy Foundation. New York.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2023). Keynote: “Rac(e)ing language and immigration: Affirming the lives and literacies of international students.”Southern Illinois University. 

Smith, P. (Invited, 2023). Keynote: “Channeling the change agent in you: Claiming Caribbean.” Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. 

Smith, P. (Invited, 2023). “But I’m not Black, I’m West-Indian”: Afro-Caribbean literacies of language, color and migration. To be presented in Honor of Caribbean Heritage Month by the Broward County Florida Library. Virtual.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2023). Keynote: Racialized Englishes: A call for translanguaging research in multilingual ‘English-Speaking’ classrooms. Honoring of the Life of Dr. Benji Chang. University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG). Virtual.

Willis, A., McMillon, G., & Smith, P. (Invited, 2023). Featured Speaker: Affirming Black Students’ Lives & Literacies: Bearing Witness.University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Virtual.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). COEDU GSC Writing for Publication Workshop, with Bill Black and John Ferron. USF College of Education.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). Writing for Publication Panel. Panel organized by COE Graduate Student Council. 

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). USF Network Caribbean Launch. Panel presented virtually by USF World. 

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). (Dis)Entanglements of racialized Englishes and peoples across “Black” and “white” worlds. TESOL BELPAF-Global Education Summer Symposium, Virtual.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). Characterizing competing tensions in Black immigrant literacies. Doctoral Seminar taught by Dr. Eurydice Bauer, University of South Carolina, Virtual.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). Migrating while multilingual and Black: Beyond the “(bi)dialectal” burden. Bilingualism Matters, (hosted by Dr. Eurydice Bauer & Lenny Sanchez), University of South Carolina, Virtual.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). A transraciolinguistic approach. Howard School of Education Psychology Program, Course taught by Dr. Shanter Alexander, Washington, DC, Virtual.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). Racialized entanglements for transraciolinguistically just methodological research. Ethnicity, Race and Multilingualism Committee, International ICG, and Multilingual and Transnational ICG, Literacy Research Association on (hosted by Kristen Pratt, Lina Trigos & Matt Deroo), AZ.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). American Educational Research Association (AERA) Writing and Literacies Twitter Chat (hosted by Dianne Wellington & Team), Indiana University, IA, Virtual.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). “Silencing invisibility: Toward a framework for Black Immigrant Literacies” and “Characterizing Competing Tensions in Black Immigrant Libraries: Beyond Partial Representation of Success.” Doctoral Seminar taught by Professor Dr. Patricia Edwards, Michigan State University, Lansing MI, Virtual.

^^Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). Contributions of Caribbean immigrants to literacy in America. To be presented at the Broward County Libraries Division: Caribbean American Heritage Month. 

Smith, P. (Invited, 2022). Racio(linguistic) justice through critical literacy: A global imperative. To be presented at the Center for Language Education Research at Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2021, October). Preparing anti-racist language teachers for diverse classrooms: A transraciolinguistic approach.University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA.

Lee, C., McMillon, G., Yaden, D., Walker-Dalhouse, D., Brock, C., & Smith, P. (Invited, 2021, December). NAEd /LRA Civic reasoning and discourse. To be presented at the 2021 Literacy Research Association, Atlanta, GA.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2021, December). Report on research methodologies in LRA. To be presented at the 2021 Literacy Research Association’s (LRA’s) Research Committee Symposium, Atlanta, GA.

Smith, P. (Invited, 2021, December). Translanguaging while Black: An imperative for racio(linguistic) justice in Englishes across the diaspora. To be presented at the 2021 Literacy Research Association’s (LRA) Multilingual and Transnational Innovative Community Group (ICG) Study Session, Atlanta, GA.

Smith P. (Invited, 2021, November). USF World: Global engagement panel. Presented online at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. 

Smith P. (Invited, 2021, September).  Ethical and socially responsible literacy research: “Terminology” & “Racelessness”. Presented at the LRA Virtual Event on Ethical and Socially Responsible Literacy Research. Research Committee, Literacy Research Association, Virtual Series. 

Smith, P. (Webinar Organizer and Coordinator). (2021, August). Racial justice in literacy research. Webinar organized, coordinated and presented by Literacy Studies in collaboration with David Anchin Center and the Literacy Research Association (100+ participants). Tampa, FL.

Smith, P. (2021, May). The case for translanguaging in Black immigrant literacies. Presented at the Oakland University Doctoral Class on Linguistics, Oakland, MI.

Smith, P. (2021, May). Harnessing the power of the research agenda. Presented at the School of Education, North Carolina Central University, Raleigh, NC.

^^Smith, P. (2021, April). “Rac(e)ing toward language for children in a ‘post-colonial’ Caribbean. Presented at the Shortwood College, Jamaica, WI.

Smith, P. (2021, April). ‘How (not) to sell a lie’: Beyond (mis)classification of (Black immigrant) speakers of Englishes. In Maneka Brooks & Nelson Flores (Coordinators), Complexity of classification and reclassification of ELs. Presented at the 2021 American Educational Research Association conference, Orlando, FL.

^^Smith, P. (2021, April). A transraciolinguistic approach for literacy classrooms. Presented at the 2021 institute titled “Shifting linguistic landscapes: A new terrain for multilingual and transcultural pedagogies” coordinated by R. Zaidi, Umit Boz, and Eve Moreau, University of Calgary and the Calgary Board of Education funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Calgary, Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RCycjPIR70&t=2s DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15205.68324

^^Smith, P. (2021, March). Challenging anti-Blackness in language education. In Nelson Flores (Coordinator) in conjunction with Anya Uju, Aris Clemons, Language and race education panel. Presented at the 2021 Teaching English to speakers of other Languages (TESOL) Association conference, Houston, TX.

^^Smith, P. (2021, March). Transformational leadership for social impact. Presented at the University of the Southern Caribbean Leadership Workshop, Transformational Leadership: Social Impact and Civic Engagement, Trinidad, WI. 

Smith, P. (2021, February). Silencing invisibility: A framework for Black immigrant literacies: How does the Black immigrant literacies framework apply to the Canadian context? Presented at the University of Calgary Doctoral Class on Linguistics, Calgary, Canada.

Smith, P. (2021, February). Qualitative research methods. Presented at the University of Trinidad and Tobago Qualitative Research Class, Trinidad, WI.

Smith, P. (2021). Preparing teachers for linguistically diverse classrooms: A transraciolinguistic approach. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Willis, A. & **Smith, P. (2020, December). Advancing anti-racism in literacy research. Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Virtual Conference. 

Smith, P. (2020, December). In M. Brooks (Session Organizer). LRA Research Committee Study Group: Exploring the Grant World. Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Virtual Conference.

Smith, P. (Invited, Pending). Crossing boundaries with racialized literacies. Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean (ISLAC). Paper planned for the 2020 ISLAC institute coordinated by B. Reiter, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Kumi-Yeboah, A. & Smith, P. (Accepted). Perspectives of African-born immigrant students’ socio-cultural and academic experiences in United States public schools. Paper accepted for the 2021 American Educational Research Association conference, Orlando, FL.

Kumi-Yeboah, A. & Smith, P. (Accepted). Cultural diversity in online education: An exploration of instructors’ perceptions and challenges.Paper accepted for the 2021 American Educational Research Association conference, Orlando, FL.

Smith, P.  (Invited, Accepted). Towards a bridge for clarifying challenges with the conceptualization of translanguaging: Insights from Black immigrant literacies. Paper planned for presentation at the 2020 annual meeting of the Bilingualism Matters conference, Columbia, SC.

Smith, P. (2019, December). Applying for higher education careers: Navigating the high-stakes job market. In A. Gunn (Chair), Alternative session presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference, Tampa, FL.

Smith, P.  (2019, December). STAR Program cross-cohort research showcase. In M. Gort (Chair), Special event session presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference, Tampa, FL.

Smith, P. (2019, March). Immigrant adolescents’ negotiation of standardized and non-standardized Englishes across contexts: Positioning for literate success. Paper presented at the 2019 Inaugural Bilingualism Matters conference at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

Alvermann, D., Medina, C., **Smith, P., Brooks, M., Nyachae, T., & Brownell, C. (2018, November). Re-envisioning literacy research. Re-envisioning LRA: An intergenerational panel. Literacy Research Association, Indian Wells, CA.

^^Smith, P. (2018, August). Lessons learned. New Faculty Orientation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Smith, P. (2018, November). Centralizing place as past(s), present(s), future(s): Towards a hybridity of literate identities and place in the life of a Black immigrant scholar. In M. Gort (Chair), “Place, space, race”: Examining how STAR Fellows’ home and community literacy and language traditions shape their scholarly and educator identities. Paper presented as part of the Scholars of color Transitioning into Academic Research institutions (STAR) Fellows Research Showcase at the 2018 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Indian Wells, CA.

Smith, P. (2018, December). STAR Program cross-cohort showcase and mentoring session. Paper presented as part of the Scholars of color Transitioning into Academic Research institutions (STAR) Cross-Cohort Showcase and Mentoring Session at the 2018 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Indian Wells, CA.

Smith, P. (2018, November). “Some people just make everything about race!”: Culturally relevant literacy pedagogy and my Black daughter. In J. Schneider (Chair), Twelve angry women: Observing against ourselves as parents and literacy educators. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Indian Wells, CA.

Willis, A., Wetzel, M., Garcia, G.E., & Smith, P. (2018, November). Culturally responsive literacy instruction study group. Literacy Research Association, Indian Wells, CA.

^^Smith, P. (2018, March). Language in the classroom: Addressing power and privilege. Presentation at the Institute for Inclusive Excellence, Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

^^Smith, P., Lesley, M., & Carpenter, D. (2017, August). Leveraging Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) for improving writing instruction in middle and high-schools. Paper presented at the 2017 8th Annual Summer Leadership Institute, Lubbock, TX.

^^Smith, P. (2017). Cross-cultural intra-linguistic discrimination in the literacy practices of immigrant youth. Poster accepted for the 2017 annual meeting of the International Literacy Association, Orlando, FL.

^^Smith, P., Lesley, M., Smit., J., *Burke, D., Nigam, A., Finch, B., & Davis, L. (2017, February). Supporting writing Instruction in East Lubbock. Paper presented at the Regional Academic Engagement Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. 

^^Smith, P. (2016, November). Developing the research agenda. Presentation at the Doctoral Support Center, College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

^^Smith, P. (2016, March). Harnessing the power of the research agenda: Writing for publication. Presentation to the School of Education at East Carolina State University, Elizabeth City, NC.

^^Smith, P. (2015, January). Adapting content area literacy instruction for K-2 English learners: Integrating literacy goals to maximize time. Presentation in collaboration with content area instructional coaches for math and science for the Urbana Winter Institute, Urbana District #116, Urbana, IL.

^^Smith, P. (2015, January). Rethinking running records for English learners: What are we missing? Presentation for the Urbana Winter Institute, Urbana District #116, Urbana, Illinois and Millikin University in fulfillment for the course, ESL Methods and Materials at the Parkland College, Champaign, IL.

^^Smith, P. (2015, August). The central role of culture to advancing literacy and language across nations. Presentation at the high-level summit: A new era – embracing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Culture as an Imperative for Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda. The UNESCO Center for Global Education, New York, NY.

^^Smith, P. (2015, April). Cross-cultural approaches to language and literacy practice: Future directions for the field. Paper presented at the Invited Panel of the Language and Social Processes (LSP) Special Interest Group at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL. 

Anderson, A., Bennett, S., Blankenship, M., Gelfuso, A., & Smith, P. (2011, November). Transdisciplinarity: Theory and educational practice. Presentation at USF College of Education’s Celebration of Transdisciplinarity Symposium, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL.

Refereed Presentations

Smith, P.  (pending). Black Englishes and the global multilingual imperative. In Huseyin Uysal & Pramod Sah (Chair & Discussant). Paper submitted to the 2024 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Omogun, L., Nalubega-Booker, K., Frieson, B. Presiado, V. In Chair (L Omogun) & Discussant (P. Smith). (Accepted). (Re)defining multilingualism: A collective conversation about Black youth multilinguistic experiences across spaces. Symposium to be presented at the 2024 Literacy Research Association Meeting.

Smith, P. (2023, March). Opening literacy doors through translanguaging: Transraciolinguistics for a global world. Paper presented at the World Literacy Summit. Oxford University, United Kingdom. 

Smith, P. (2023, March). Transraciolinguistics for (re)imagining entanglements of racialized languages and peoples. Paper to be presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.

Smith, P. (2023, March). Colloquium: Shifting raciolinguistic ideologies. Paper to be presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.

Laxmi, O., Li, G., Chen, E., Deroo, M., Cardenas, L., Axelrod, A., & Sun, Z. (2023, April). Leveraging transnational funds of knowledge for more equitable education for multilingual learners. In V. Watson (Chair & Session Organizer) and Smith, P. (Invited Discussant), Symposium to be presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Watson, V., Knight-Manuel, M., & Berends, M. (2023, April). Vice Presidential Session: African immigrant youth: schooling, education, and civic engagement in the African diaspora. In V. Watson (Chair & Session Organizer) and Smith, P. (Invited Discussant). Symposium to be presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Warrican, S.J., Smith, P., Leacock, C.J., Hines, C., King, J., Dedrick, D., Cobb-Roberts, D., Kim, E., Walker, C., Mahon, E., Roberts, J., Hyatt, T., & Auld, J. (2023, April). In Chairs (S.J. Warrican & P. Smith: Symposim Organizer) & Discussants (T. Esnard & A. Hunte), Transforming the future of educational research: RISE Caribbean. Symposium to be presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Smith, P., Chen, Y., Yin, Y., Michels, J., Leacock, C.J., Hunte, A., & Kumi-Yeboah, A. (2023, April). Beyond dichotomized representations of ‘language at home’ on PISA: Insights from Black immigrant literacies. Paper to be presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Kumi-Yeboah, A. & Smith, P. (2023, April). Perspectives of West African-born immigrant students’ socio-cultural and academic experiences in United Stated public schools. Paper to be presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Ibrahim, A., Chang, B., Willis, A., & P. Smith (Symposium Organizer), Watson, W., Zaidi, R. (Symposium Co-Organizer) & McMillon, G. (2022, April). Critical literacy for racial justice: Cultivating equity through intersectionality. Symposium to be presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Smith, P. (2022, April). Race(in)g critical literacy: An Afro-Caribbean immigrant perspective. In A. Ibrahim, B. Chang, A. Willis, P. Smith (Symposium Organizer), V. Watson, R. Zaidi (Symposium Co-Organizer) & McMillon, G., Critical literacy for racial justice: Cultivating equity through intersectionality. Symposium and included paper prepared for presentation at the 2022 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Smith, P. (2020, December). Ideological tensions across Englishes: Implications for literacy education. Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Virtual Conference.

Smith, P. (2020, December). Nuances in teacher enactment of a transraciolinguistic approach. In M. Metz, Symposium Organizer and Presenter; D. Martinez, Chair and Discussant; K. Seltzer, Presenter, Melinda Orzulak, Presenter, Disrupting a Standard Language Ideology: Exploring tensions in teachers’ evolving metalinguistic & raciolinguistic awareness. Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) Virtual Conference.

Smith, P. (Accepted Symposium). [Session Organizer and Presenter]. Clarifying the role of race in the literacies and Englishes of ‘Black immigrant’ youth. In A. Razfar (Discussant). In conjunction with E. Braden, K. Bryan, A. Butler, B. Hotchkins, L. Kiramba, M. Knight-Manuel, V. Watson. Symposium and included paper prepared for presentation at the 2020 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Schneider, J.J., Jones, M., & Smith, P. (2020, February). On deficits, dominance, and the eradication of culture: Toward imaginative, access-promoting pedagogies. Paper to be presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the JoLLE conference, Athens, GA.

Kiramba, L.K., Kumi-Yeboah, Smith, P. (Accepted). “Marginalized by their culture”: Cross-cultural educational experiences of African immigrant youth in United States schools. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2020 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Bauer, E. Sanchez, L. & **Smith, P. (2020, January). “I have magic in my mouf!” Racialized translanguaging practices of emergent multilinguals. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference for School Effectiveness and Improvement. Morocco.

Smith, P. (2019, December). The case for translanguaging in Black immigrant literacies. Paper presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference, Tampa, FL.

Smith, P., Lee, J., Chang, R., & *Karkar, T. (2019, December). Language self-identification and reading literacy performance among ‘First World’ and ‘Third World’ youth. Paper presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference, Tampa, FL.

Smith, P., Lee, J., Chang, R., & *Thompson, T. (2019, April). Language self-identification in the international reading literacy of Black American and immigrant youth. Paper presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference, Toronto, Canada.

Smith, P. (2019, April). (Re)Positioning the Englishes of a Black transnational youth. Paper presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference, Toronto, Canada.

Rose, C, Karkar, T., & Smith, P. (2019, April). Englishes as a site of colonial conflict: (In)Congruence between former teachers’ ideologies and literacy practices. Paper presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference, Toronto, Canada. 

Gutierrez, S. & Smith, P. (2018, November). Prisms of promise: Mapping public school teachers’ cultural and linguistic pedagogically responsive practices using frequency analyses. Paper presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Indian Wells, CA.

Smith, P., Lee, J., & Chang, R. (2018, November). Characterizing competing tensions in the literacies of Black immigrant youth. Paper presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Indian Wells, CA.

Watson, V., Bryan, K., Smith, P. [Symposium Organizer], Kiramba, L., Braden, E., & Naqvi, R. (2018, November). ‘Invisible no longer’: Centralizing race for conceptualizing the English literacies of Black immigrant bidialectal youth. In A. Razfar (Chair), Love through advocacy: Clarifying the invisible literacies of immigrant youth. Symposium presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Indian Wells, CA.

Smith, P., Naqvi, R., Lee, J., & Chang, R. (2018, April). Contextualized and comparative language differences in the literacy assessment of U.S. and Canadian youth. Paper presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Varner, J., Nigam, A., Smith, P., **Karkar, T., *Rodriguez, N., *Thompson, T., *Gutierrez, S., & Kumi-Yeboah, A. (2018, April). Literacy teacher educators’ development of multilingual and multicultural awareness through a research-practice partnership. Paper presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Kumi-Yeboah, A., Smith, P., & Acquah, A.O. (2018, April). Cross-cultural educational experiences and challenges: Voices of Black African-born adolescent immigrants in United States schools. Paper presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Smith, P., Willis, A., Lee, J., & Chang, R. (2018, April). Language self-identification and difference in the reading literacy achievement of African-American and Afro-Immigrant students. Paper presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Smith, P., (2017, December). Characterizing the English(es) of non-standardized English-speaking literacy teacher educators. Paper presented in the Scholars of color Transitioning into Academic Research institutions (STAR) Ethnicity, Race, and Minority session at the 2017 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Tampa, FL.

Smith, P. (2017, November). Beyond standard American norms in education: Insights from Black immigrants’ Englishes. Paper presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Tampa, FL.

Smit, J., Nigam, A., *Burke, D., Smith, P., & Lesley, M. (2017, December). Overcoming challenges in university- school partnerships: The role of Literacy Champions in diverse, underperforming schools. Paper presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Tampa, FL. 

Kumi-Yeboah, A., & Smith, P. (2017, May). The multiple worlds of Ghanaian-born immigrant students and academic success. Paper presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, TX.

Gutierrez, S., *Gonzalez, A., & Smith, P. (2017, May). Hablas social media? A review of research regarding adolescent Latino/a social media usage. Paper presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, TX.

Smith, P., Lee, J., Chang, R., & Kumi-Yeboah A. (2017, April). Incongruence between native and test administration languages: Towards equal opportunity in international literacy assessment. Paper presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, TX.

Smith, P., Smit, J., Lesley, M., & Finch, B. (2017, February). Learning through advocacy: Developing awareness for culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Paper presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA), San Antonio, TX. 

Smit, J., Smith, P., Torres, A., & Lesley, M. (2017, April). Learning from the lessons of literacy educators in underperforming schools. Paper presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, TX.

Smith, P., & Williams, G. (2016, November). A distinctly American opportunity: Crossing linguistic boundaries by exploring non-standardized Englishes in policy and practice. Proposal accepted for the 2016 annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Atlanta, GA.

Smith, P., Cheema, J., & Kumi-Yeboah A. (2016, April). Language-based differences in the international literacy assessment of bidialectal youth. Paper presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington, DC.

Smith, P., Cheema, J., & Kumi-Yeboah A. (2016, April). Marginalization in international literacy assessment: The incongruence between native and test administration languages. Paper presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington, DC.

Kumi-Yeboah, A., & Smith, P. (2015, December). Cross-cultural literacy and language learning experiences: Narrating the counter-stories of successful first and second-generation African-born adolescent female immigrant learners. Paper presented in the Ethnicity, Race, and Multilingual (ERM) symposium at the 2015 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Carlsbad, CA.

Smith, P. (2015, December). Cross-cultural intra-linguistic discrimination in the literacy and language practices of immigrant youth. Paper accepted in the Scholars of color Transitioning into Academic Research Institutions (STAR) Fellows Roundtable Session at the 2015 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Carlsbad, CA.

Kumi-Yeboah, A., & Smith, P. (2015, November). Relationships between minority adult online learning experiences and academic performance. Paper presented at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Oklahoma City, OK.

Kumi-Yeboah, A., & Smith, P. (2015, April). Voices on educational experience and challenges: Young adolescent girls in Ghana. Paper presented at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Kumi-Yeboah, A., & Smith, P. (2015, April). Educational experiences of African-born immigrant students in U.S. K- 12 schools. Paper presented at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Smith, P. (2014, December). Exploring linguistic diversity: Negotiating multimodal and multicultural social worlds. Paper presented in the Ethnicity, Race, and Multilingual (ERM) symposium at the 2014 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Fort Myers, FL.

Smith, P. (2014, April). Re-envisioning language and literacy in early childhood education: A Caribbean perspective. Paper presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.

Anderson, A., Smith, P., & Schneider, J. J. (2013, November). Busting open waterbusters: Finding meaning within the visual, aural, and choreographical layers of an imagined world. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Dallas, TX.

Frier, A. D., Smith, P., & Schneider, J. J. (2013, November). Pre-service teachers’ approximations of literacy instruction during a multilingual, multimodal field experience. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Dallas, TX.

Smith, P., & Kim, D. (2013, November). Examining six multilingual educators’ linguistic and intercultural experiences: A phenomenological interview study. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Boston, MA.

Smith, P., Schneider, J. & Frier, A. (2013, April). Leveraging linguistic “privation” into semiotic sufficiency: Examining multilingual learners’ process of collaborative media composition. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Anderson, A., Branscombe, M., Persohn, L., Smith, P., & Frier, A. (2013, February). Literacy: Beyond the here, beyond the now, beyond the new. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE), Athens, GA.

Smith, P. (2013, February). An investigation into multilingual and multicultural awareness in teacher education. Poster presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), Atlanta, GA.

Smith, P. (2013, February). Inviting “TIM” to class: A teacher educator’s reflection on technology use. Poster presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), Atlanta, GA.

Smith, P. (2013, February). Multilingual and multicultural awareness in teacher education. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA), Sarasota, FL.

Smith, P., Yendol-Hoppey, D., Franco, Y., Krause, M.B., Hagge, J., Persohn, L., Branscombe, M., & Jacobs, J.L. (2013, April). Scaffolding the next generation of doctoral students’ engagement in clinically-rich and inquiry-driven teacher education coursework: Doctoral students’ insights. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Bennett, S., Smith, P., King, J.R. & Dedrick, R. (2012, April). Proposition density and readability: A CPIDR in the web of text difficulty. Paper presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, Canada.

Smith, P. (2012, October). Accomplishing the goals of multicultural teacher education: How about transdisciplinarity? Paper presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), San Antonio, TX.

Smith, P., Kim, D. & Lypka, A. (2012, November). Verbal reports as a methodological tool for understanding the reading processes of language learners: Implications for new literacies and future research. Paper presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), San Diego, CA.

Smith, P. (2012, April). An Anglophone multilingual educator’s path across multicultural societies: A case study. Paper presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, Canada.

Smith, P., Branscombe, M., Franco, Y., Hagge, J., Krause, M., Persohn, L., & Yendol-Hoppey,D. (2012, April). Preparing the next generation of doctoral students to support clinically rich and inquiry driven teacher education: Doctoral student insights. Paper presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE), Gainesville, FL.

Smith, P. (2012, April). Multilingual and multicultural awareness: A teacher educator in action. Poster presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the University of South Florida (USF) Research ONE Graduate Student Research Symposium, Tampa, FL.

Smith, P. (2012, November). Verbal reports as a methodological tool in language learners’ (LLs’) writing processes: A critical review. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2012annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association (FERA), Gainesville, FL.

Smith, P., & King, J. (2012, April). An examination of veridicality in verbal protocols of language learners. Paper presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, Canada.

Smith, P. (2012, February). Language policy for St. Lucia and Dominica: A white paper. Paper accepted for the 2012 annual meeting of the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association (ILASSA), Austin, TX.

Richards, J.C., Bennett, S.M., Bennett, S.V. & Smith, P. (2011, May). Devising a cohesive approach to promote education majors’ understanding of culturally responsive literacy teaching. Paper presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the International Reading Association (IRA), Orlando, FL.

Richards, J.C., Bennett, S.M., & Smith, P. (2011, November). Exploring two interventions to promote graduate education majors’ dispositions towards culturally responsive teaching in a summer literacy camp. Paper presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Jacksonville, FL.

Smith, P. (2011, November). A multilingual educator’s path across multicultural societies. Poster presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association (FERA), Orlando, FL.

Smith, P. (2011, February). Towards a definition of literacy for St. Lucia: A systematic review of the literature. Paper presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA), Sarasota, FL.

Richards, J.C., Bennett, S.M, & Smith, P. (2010, December). Positive transformation in children’s self-efficacy and beliefs about their reading and writing achievements in a community of practice summer literacy camp. Paper presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Reading Forum (ARF), Sanibel Island, FL.

Richards, J.C., Bennett, S.M. & Smith, P. (2010, October). Two interventions to expand graduate education majors’ expertise offering culturally responsive literacy instruction to children from non-mainstream families. Poster presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the USF Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL.

Richards, J.C., Bennett, S.M., & Smith, P. (2010, February). Two interventions to expand graduate education majors’ expertise offering culturally relevant literacy instruction to children from non-mainstream families. Paper presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA), Sarasota, FL.