Home | What's New | Teaching | Research | Links | Contact Information
Professor, Program in Educational
Psychology
Department of Leadership,
Educational Psychology & Foundations
Graham Hall, Room 402
Stadium Drive
Faculty Associate, Program
in Gerontology
Adjunct Faculty, Department
of Literacy Education (LTCY)
Ph.D. (1988). University
of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S. Ed. (1983). University
of Kansas
B.A. Ed. (1981). Wichita
State University
Professor Smith has been a
member of the educational psychology faculty since 1988. His research interests
focus on
adults' literacy skills and
practices, and the role of literacy in promoting cognitive and personal
development in adulthood.
His research has been funded by
the American Educational Research Association,
the International Reading Association, and
the
U.S.
Department of Education. Professor Smith is also interested in
adolescent development and adolescents' perspectives on
their own development and
learning. This work has been funded by the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education. He
teaches graduate courses in
adult educational psychology, adolescent development, research methods, and
writing for publication.
Read Professor Smith’s
blog: The Graduate Educator:
Insights and perspectives on teaching graduate students.
Recent Publications:
Smith, M C. (2007). Adults as
learners: Teaching and learning. In B. Guzzetti (Ed.), Literacy for a new century, Vol. 1 (pp. 39-58).
Shumow,
L., Smith, T.J., & Smith, M C. (In press). Academic and behavioral
characteristics of young adolescents in self care.
Journal of Early Adolescence.
Holt, J.K., & Smith, M C.
(2005). Literacy development among different ethnic groups: The role of
socioeconomic and cultural
factors. Reading Research & Instruction, 44(3), 1-21.
Smith, M C. (2005). Decline in
intelligence. In N.J. Salkind (Ed.), The
encyclopedia of human development. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Home | What's New | Teaching | Research | Links | Contact Information
Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
Last Revised: February 23, 2008.