NCID-2930
Patriann Smith
Associate Professor
University of South Florida
Education/Degree:
1 Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy Studies and Multilingual Education Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy Studies and Multilingual Education (University of South Florida)
About
Dr. Patriann Smith is a distinguished scholar, author, and educator, specializing in language and literacy. Her research reflects contributions such as the framework for ‘Black immigrant literacies,’ ‘a transraciolinguistic approach,’ and ‘raciosemiotic architecture.’ She is USF Principal Investigator for the RISE Caribbean initiative, designed in partnership with The University of the West Indies Cave Hill to establish a Caribbean Educational Research Center that serves Barbados and the English-speaking Caribbean. Her research has been published in journals such as the Reading Research Quarterly and The American Educational Research Journal. She has taught ELA/literacy in St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, and in the United States. She is author of the book "Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom" and co-author with Drs. Arlette Willis and Gwendolyn McMillon of the book, "Affirming Black Students' Lives and Literacies: Bearing Witness."
Current Work
Dr Patriann Smith, at the University of South Florida, is challenging the norms of literacy research, practice, and policy. Her mission seeks to shift literacy standards from monolingual, monoracial, and monocultural perspectives to embrace multilingual, multiracial, and multicultural diversity. She uses a transdisciplinary approach steeped in quantum physics and racialised entanglements referred to as ‘transraciolinguistics’ to redesign literacy and language practices to be more inclusive and accessible and redefine what it means to be literate. She is the author of the book, ‘Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom’ (2023) and Co-Founder of the RISE Caribbean Educational Research Center. For more information, see Scientia for a description of Dr. Patriann Smith's contribution to Revolutionizing Research, Practice, and Policy: https://www.scientia.global/dr-patriann-smith-revolutionising-literacy-research-practice-and-policy/
Research Area Keyword(s)
Black Immigrant Literacies, race, language, immigration, literacy