Faculty Biography | Sherwood Smith

Sherwood SmithLecturer

Contact Information:
C150 Living Learning & 203 Allen House
656-8739
Sherwood.Smith@uvm.edu

Sherwood E. Smith, Ed. D. EDUCATION Washington State University, Pullman, Washington BS 1981 Zoology Washington State University, Pullman Washington MA Adult & Community Education Ball State University, Muncie, IN Ed.D Education Presently, Dr. Sherwood Smith has an appointment as Lecturer in Integrated Professional Studies and administrative responsibilities as Director of the Center for Cultural Pluralism at the University of Vermont (UVM). These joint positions involve conducting faculty and staff workshops, teaching graduate and undergraduate multicultural and human development courses and researching on issues of intercultural communication, cultural identity development and multicultural education. In the past Dr. Smith has worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania & Adjunct Faculty for the School for International Training. Recent Book: Smith, S and Taylor-Archer, M. (2006). Our Stories II: The Experience of Black Professionals on Predominantly White Campuses.

• Expertise
• Scholarship
• Courses
• Associations

Areas of Expertise:

Adult Learning; Cultural Production; Diversity, Access, and Equity; Higher Education; Human Development and Identity; International and Global Studies; Multiculturalism; Race and Racism; Social Justice

Scholarship

Selected Publications

• Johnson III, R., Reyes, C., & Smith, S. "Debunking Notions of Ethnic Identity: Reflections on Identities and Pedagogies for Faculty of Color at a PWI." for submission in October 2007 to the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
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• Smith, S. and Taylor-Archer, M. (2006). Our Stories II: The Experience of Black Professionals on Predominantly White Campuses. JDOTT University of Ohio, Contract Station.
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Courses Taught in the Last 5 Years

Challenge of Multiculturalism for Educators and Social Service Providers; Development of Prejudice; Ethnic Identity Development: Constructions of White Identities in the USA; Interrogating White Identity

Professional Associations

• National Association for Multicultural Education, Pi Gamma Mu