Patriann Smith, Ph.D.

Greetings Friends, Colleagues, Well-Wishers, Advocates! Happy #Thanksgiving! I am grateful for my new book “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom“ now available! 

Be sure to get or to gift this #1/Top New Release in Literacy, Pedagogy & Multicultural Education today at Teachers College Press, on Amazon and in bookstores worldwide. So grateful for all those who’ve ordered, shared, supported. ❤ I appreciate you. ❤ 

Get Your Copy

Please do adopt for your college classes and definitely pass along on to every teacher, parent, scholar, professor, educator, your departments, administrators, universities, university libraries, International Student Services, your schools, districts, networks, parents, caregivers, families and communities. Discounted pricing below.

If you know a Black immigrant, have a Black immigrant child, teach a Black immigrant, work with a Black immigrant, have a Black immigrant friend, neighbor, partner — want to understand the dynamic that is Blackness and how it works with language and immigration — this book is designed for you. It spans K-12 and also focuses on college. 

Join the Celebration

View my Unboxing Video, learn about my “why”, listen to my Black Immigrant Literacies Spotify Playlist (the musical wave that I rode as I wrote:), support the Cause, and RSVP for my Book Launch on December 7, 2023 for Book Giveaways! 

❤ Also giving away FREE beautiful bookmarks (attached) & FREE brand new copies of my book at LRA 2023! ❤

Check out the Endorsements

Be blown away by videos of the delightful writer of the Foreword, Dr. Shondel Nero (NYU) and the heartwarming endorsements from Drs. Patricia Edwards (MSU) and Kathy Hinchman (Syracuse)! And look out for even more video endorsements from Drs. Allison Skerrett (UT Austin) and Aria Razfar (University of Illinois) — coming soon! 

We are #silencinginvisibilty. 

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About Black Immigrant Literacies: The Framework

The Black Immigrant Literacies framework first officially outlined in my article “Silencing Invisibility: Toward a Framework for Black Immigrant Literacies” published by Teachers College Record (Smith, 2020) and discussed in detail in my new book “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom” (2023) builds on the co-authored book, “Affirming Black Students’ Lives and Literacies: Bearing Witness” (2022) and the framework of “CARE” presented by three Scholar-Mother Sisters — Drs. Arlette Willis, Gwendolyn McMillon and me.

The Black Immigrant Literacies framework allows researchers, teacher educators, practitioners, policymakers to center race by considering the following elements while instructing Black immigrant and transnational youth and the populations within which these youth are subsumed. 

The framework consists of five elements: 

1. Laying claim to the struggle for justice; (Smith, 2021, 2023)
2. Dismantling the myth of the model minority; (Smith, 2023)
3. Advancing the notion of “both-and” via transraciolinguistic approach based on quantum reality; (Smith, 2019, 2022)
4. Making visible local-global connections; (Smith, 2021, Smith et al., 2022) 
5. Engineering holistic literacies. (Smith et al., 2022)

Look out for my video on the framework in my Book Launch podcast with “Multicultural Classroom” (w/ Roberto Germán) coming out soon! https://www.multiculturalclassroom.com/site/meet-the-team 

So Grateful for Your Support

Again, be sure to get your very own electronic, paperback, or hard copy today at Teachers College Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in bookstores worldwide. https://tcpress.com/black-immigrant-literacies-9780807768969 And be sure to share, share, share.

I’d love to have you attend my Book Launch virtually or F2F. RSVP for my Book Launch (Sponsored by the David Anchin Center/Co-Sponsored by the Institute for Black Life) scheduled to be held face-to-face at USF (with a virtual attendance option) on December 7, 2023. https://patriannsmith.com/book-launch/ Lots of goodies — free Bookmarks, Book Giveaways and more! 

Learn more about my “why” here https://patriannsmith.com/about-my-why/

Join me in #silencinginvisibility