 Kimberly White-Smith, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
E-mail: kwsmith@chapman.edu
Phone: 714-628-2769
Fax: 714-744-7035
Kimberly A. White-Smith is Assistant Professor of Education at Chapman University. She received her Doctor of Education degree in Learning and Instruction from the University of Southern California. Dr. White-Smith’s Master of Arts in Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction is from Teachers College, Columbia University; and her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Psychology was completed at the University of California, Berkeley.
A former elementary school teacher, Dr. White-Smith has expertise in integrated curriculum design and instruction. In addition, she has extensive experience in creating, implementing, and evaluating exemplary models of teacher professional development. Dr. White-Smith honed these skills through her work with the Los Angeles Educational Partnership (currently known as the Urban Educational Partnership); National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching (NCREST) at Teachers College, Columbia University; University of Southern California; California State University, Dominguez Hills; and consulting with private education foundations.
Dr. White-Smith participates in a number of scholarly activities that serve to identify strategies that promote academic achievement for traditionally underserved students. She is a Faculty Researcher for the Read-Write Cycle Project, a federally funded program that aims to raise student reading and writing achievement in the content areas using research-based strategies. Additionally, Dr. White-Smith is a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles where she is working with Dr. Walter R. Allen on the CHOICES Project: Access, Equity, and Diversity in Higher Education. CHOICES is a collaborative of scholars, policy makers, and community activists that examines the educational opportunities of African Americans and Latinos in California.
As a member of the American Educational Research Association, Dr. White-Smith has served as Annual Conference Program Co-chair for Division K, Teaching and Teacher Education (2005-2006) and Program Reviewer for AERA (2004-present). As well, she reviews for the Journal of Teacher Education, Issue in Teacher Education, and Teachers College Record. Dr. White-Smith is also a member of California Council on Teacher Education, Association of Teacher Educators, and Phi Delta Kappa International.
Dr. White-Smith currently teaches and advises students in the multiple subjects credential and graduate degree programs. In addition to pre-service methods courses, Dr. White-Smith also teaches courses in educational psychology and multicultural education.
 Curriculum Vita
Read-Write Cycle
Read for Real Project
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