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My New Book is Finally Here!
Greetings Friends, Colleagues, Well-Wishers, Advocates! My new book “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom” is now available!
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Countdown to Release Day!
It’s November 1st and the countdown is now officially on for my book! “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom” will be available in 23 days! Here’s a sneak PEEK (Video Credit to Research Assistant Shawn P.). I can’t wait to share the beautiful goodness of this book of mine…
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You’re Invited to my Book Launch!
From the co-author of “Affirming Black Students’ Lives and Literacies: Bearing Witness,” join us to celebrate the launch of the book, “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom”! Event Details• December 7, 2023• TECO Hall, USF College of Education, Tampa Campus• 5:00 p.m. Reception in the College of Education Rotunda;…
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What will it take to rethink the idea of ‘invented illiteracy’ used to characterize Black peoples worldwide?
Recently, I attended another literacy function and was once again assailed by the insistence of well-intentioned educators on describing large numbers of students as “underperforming” due to their “illiteracy”. I was startled. It occurred to me that even with the insurmountable evidence we now have about students’ holistic literate capacities, there is a dedicated effort…
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What is the role of literacy teachers and researchers in helping us to think beyond partial understandings of literacy?
For far too long, the field of literacy in the United States has been content with epistemologies undergirding what it means to be literate and to do literacy, overlooking the knowledges embedded in the languages and languaging of children, youth, and people of Color at large. And so, what we tend to refer to as…
Patriann Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Dean & Professor, Dr. Patriann Smith, hails from the beautiful island country of Saint Lucia and is an award-winning American literacy researcher and educator who creates innovative solutions geared towards justice for all.
Patriann Smith, Ph.D. 