Patriann Smith, Ph.D.

RESEARCH

2025 Modern Language Association Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Honorable Mention, MLA

2024 Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Award, USF

2023 World Literacy Summit Award Finalist, Oxford University, Oxford UK

2022 Global Excellence Research Award, USF World, USF

2021 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, Research and Innovation, USF

2019 Integrated Scholar Award, Office of the Provost, TTU

2018 International Literacy Association (ILA) Outstanding Paper Award, Organization of Teacher Educators in Literacy (OTEL), ILA/IRA

2018 Literacy Research Association (LRA) Scholars of color Transitioning into Academic Research (STAR) Institutions Award [2017-2018] LRA

2017 Texas Tech University Alumni Association New Faculty (University Research | Teaching) Award, TTU

2016 Division of Institutional Diversity and Office of Community Engagement Grant, TTU

2016 The President’s Gender Equity Council, Women’s Studies, and University Writing Center Women’s Faculty Writing Program Inaugural Fellow [2016-2017] TTU

2015 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Language and Social Processes Special Interest Group Emerging Scholar Award, AERA

2014 Founders Emergent Scholars Award (FESA) Finalist, International Society for Language Studies (ISLS)
and Language Studies Foundation (LSF)

2013 International Literacy Association (ILA) Reading Hall of Fame Emerging Fellow Award, Reading Hall of Fame [2013-2017] IRA/ILA

2012 Literacy Research Association (LRA) Ethnicity, Race & Multilingualism Travel Scholarship, LRA

2010 Graduate Student Success Diversity Fellowship [2010-2013] USF

TEACHING

2019 Congratulatory Note, Student Government Association, Senate Resolution 54.116, TTU

2018 Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center Teaching Hall of Fame, TTU

2018 President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, TTU

2017 Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty (University Research and Teaching) Award, TTU

2017 Certificate of (District) Recognition, Chief Engineer of Opportunity, Literacy Champion Coordinator, AVID,
LISD/TTU

2016 Institute for Inclusive Excellence, TTU [2015-2016]

2013 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], UIUC

2000 Award for Excellence in Teaching (K-5), School of Education and Human Sciences, University of the Southern Caribbean, Maracas, Trinidad, WI

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, WI

SERVICE

2025 White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans: Black Excellence Kaleidoscope: Celebrating Black Innovation, Inspiration and Information. Final event of the Biden-Harris Administration, USDOE

2019 Raiders Who Rock Unsung Hero, TTU

2018 President’s Excellence in Diversity and Equity Award, TTU

2013 Literacy Research Association (LRA) Award for Dedicated Service, Parliamentarian [2013-2016] LRA

2016 Certificate of Recognition, Mentor and Mentor Cluster Leader, Mentor Tech [2016-2017] TTU

2016 Certificate of (District) Recognition, Literacy Champion for Dunbar College Preparatory Academy, AVID
District Family -Night, LISD/TTU

LEADERSHIP

Vice-President, Literacy Research Association (LRA), 2024-2025

White House Initiative Global Pathways Panelist: Certificate of Recognition, White House Initiative on Advancing
Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans & Discovery Education, USDOE &
Secretary Cordona Raise the Bar and Power Up Initiatives, 2024, Power Up Chicago

Elected Chair, LLEEP Governance Committee, 2024-2026, USF

Elected Chair, LLEEP Annual Review Committee, USF, 2024-2025

Faculty Senate Parliamentarian, University of South Florida (USF), 2023-2024

Co-Principal Investigator & USF Project Coordinator, Research Initiative for Supporting Education (RISE) Caribbean, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Tampa, FL 2021-2024

Board of Directors, Literacy Research Association (LRA), Tampa, FL 2020-2023

Chair, Governance Committee, Language, Literacy, Exceptional Education, Ed.D., Physical Education (LLEEP), USF Tampa, FL 2019-2022

Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation (NSF), S-STEM Track II: Educating future scientists and mathematicians from rural and underserved regions. Texas Tech University, 2020 Lubbock, TX

Project Manager, United States Department of Education (USDOE) Literacy Champions, East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood, Texas Tech University (TTU) & Lubbock Independent School District (LISD), Lubbock, TX 2015-2017

Newsletter Editor, Intercultural Communication Interest Section, Teaching English to speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Champaign, IL 2013-2015

Coordinator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Summer Reading Clinic,
Champaign, IL 2013-2015

Program Coordinator, Reading Specialist & Reading Teacher Endorsement Master’s Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Champaign, IL 2013-2015

Parliamentarian, Executive Board of Directors, Literacy Research Association (LRA) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Champaign, IL 2013-2016