Howard Smith, Ph.D.

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Howard Smith, Ph.D.

Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

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Bio

Howard L. Smith is a Full Professor in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in bilingual-multicultural education with a concentration in biliteracy from the University of Arizona. He has collaborated with dozens of school districts throughout the United States for over 25 years in the delivery of effective instruction for second language learners. For the same period, he has been a dual language consultant for school districts in Texas and the Midwest. Dr. Smith was the General Director of the Escuela Americana de Pachuca, a Pre-K-9 dual language school in Mexico. He publishes in the areas of bilingual and multicultural teacher preparation and biliteracy. Dr. Smith has published in the Bilingual Research Journal, Educational Studies, Language Arts, the International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. He has three co-edited books. The forthcoming volume, (with Iyengar) is entitled Diversity in Society and Schools.