Peter Smagorinsky
Dr. Peter Smagorinsky is known for his work in the field of English, literacy education, teacher education, and inclusive teaching practices. His research and teaching take a sociocultural approach to issues of literacy education, literacy teacher education, and related social concerns. He has published more than 100 articles and 70 book chapters, and authored or edited 30 books, including two in 2020: Learning to teach English and Language Arts: A Vygotskian Perspective on Beginning Teachers’ Pedagogical Concept Development; and Developing Culturally and Historically Sensitive Teacher Education: Global Lessons from a Literacy Education Program, coedited with Yolanda Gayol and Patricia Rosas. His interest in neurodiversity has also produced two recent edited collections: Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth: Creating Positive Social Updrafts through Play and Performance from Palgrave Macmillan; and Dismantling the Disabling Environments of Education: Creating New Cultures and Contexts for Accommodating Difference, coedited with Joe Tobin and Kyunghwa Lee. From 2012-2020 Peter served as the faculty advisor to the student-led Journal of Language and Literacy Education at University of Georgia; and from 1996-2003 he coedited, with Michael W. Smith, Research in the Teaching of English. He was recently awarded the 2020 Horace Mann League Outstanding Public Educator Award, and has notably won the 2018 International Federation for the Teaching of English Award, and 2018 Distinguished Scholar recognition by the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy. Dr. Smagorinsky is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at The University of Georgia and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
http://www.petersmagorinsky.net/Vita/vitaweb.htm
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, Jan. 19). A conversation with Peter Smagorinsky. (Season 1, No. 11) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/9514-8926-D02C-BDB6-BA13-8
