Introduction
Dr. Patriann Smith hails from the island of Saint Lucia. She serves as professor at the University of South Florida and is well known for her research which considers how literacy teaching, research, assessment and policy are influenced by the intersection of race, language and (im)migration. Dr. Smith challenges literacy teaching via monolingual, monocultural, and monoracial norms in classrooms across the globe. She has proposed solutions via her transdisciplinary research such as ‘a transraciolinguistic approach’ and the framework for ‘Black immigrant literacies’.
Expert
Dr. Smith’s research is informed by quantum physics and the notions of multiple levels of reality as articulated in 2013. She has recently shown how quantum entanglements inform understandings of racialized language and personhood. Dr. Smith has served as USF PI of the USAID-funded $3.6 million “RISE Caribbean” initiative (2021-2024) and is Co-Founder of the Caribbean Educational Research Center (CERC). Her research is published in numerous journals. She is author of the book, “Black Immigrant Literacies: Intersections of Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom.”
Fields of expertise: Culture, Education, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Migration, Social change / social transformations, Youth