Blaine Smith

Dr. Blaine E. Smith is known for her work in the contexts of bilingual and multilingual adolescents' digital literacies, supporting teachers’ integration of technology in diverse classrooms, and designing innovative research methods for capturing, analyzing, and representing youth’s complex digital literacies. Her work particularly focuses on multimodal composing processes and empowering youth through their writing. Dr. Smith’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL), and a Research, Discovery, and Innovation Faculty Seed Grant from the University of Arizona. Dr. Smith received a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Literacy Research Association’s Outstanding Student Research Award, and an Emerging Scholars Fellowship by the Reading Hall of Fame. Her research has appeared in Reading Research Quarterly, Computers & Education, Research in the Teaching of English, Journal of Literacy Research, Journal of Second Language Writing, Written Communication, and the British Journal of Educational Technology, among others. Dr. Smith received her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University. Blaine is an Associate Professor of New Literacies and Bi/Multilingual Immigrant Learners in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, affiliate faculty with the Second Language and Teaching program, and the Co-Director of the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab in the College of Education at the University of Arizona.

Twitter: @blaineesmith

To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, June 8). A conversation with Blaine Smith. (Season 2, No. 2) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/17D9-D84D-201F-D536-F60F-E