Dr. Anna Smith

Assistant Professor

Teaching and Learning

Office Phone

(309) 438-4251office
phone

amsmi11@ilstu.eduemail

Website

developingwriters.orgwebsite

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Biography

Dr. Anna Smith received her Ph.D. at New York University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Secondary Education at Illinois State University, following an Institute of Education Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship in Writing and New Learning Ecologies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is co-author of Developing Writers: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age (Open University Press) and co-editor of the Handbook of Writing, Literacies, and Education in Digital Cultures (Routledge). Her recent research on writing development, transliteracies, and the intersection of teaching and learning can be found in journals such as Language, Culture, and Social Interaction, Theory into Practice, Literacy, and Journal of Literacy Research.

Current Courses

599.011Dissertation Research

430.001Instructional Technology in Educational Settings

430.091Instructional Technology in Educational Settings

219.005Integrating Multiple Literacies & Technology Across Sec Curr

482.093Professional Research II

PhD

New York University

University Service Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2021

University Research Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2019

Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy

Literacy Research Association and University at Albany, SUNY

2018

Digital Media and Learning Multi-Method Data Fellow

Connected Learning Alliance

2017

Book, Authored

Mills, K., Stornaiuolo, A., Smith, A., & Pandya, J. Handbook of writing, literacies, and education in digital cultures. Routledge (2017)

Andrews, R., & Smith, A. Developing writers: Teaching and learning in the digital age. Open University Press (2011)

Book, Chapter

Dippre, R., & Smith, A. Always Already Relocalized: The Protean Nature of Context in Lifespan Writing Research. Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado (2020): 27--38.

Smith, A. Across, Through, and With: Ontological Orientations for Lifespan Writing Research. Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado (2020): 15--26.

Smith, A. Waves of theory building in writing and its development, and their implications for instruction, assessment, and curriculum. Theoretical models and processes of literacy. Routledge (2018): 81--99.

Smith, A., & Wargo, J. Experiencing Electracy: Digital Writing and the Emerging Communicative Landscapes of Youth Composing Selves. Handbook of Writing, Literacies, and Education in Digital Cultures. Routledge (2017): 37--49.

Journal Article

Smith, A., & Hunt, C. Authoritative discourses of development in curricular policy on digital writing. Theory Into Practice (2021): 1--12.

Lemieux, A., Smith, A., McLean, C., & Rowsell, J. Visualizing mapping as pedagogy for literacy futures. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing 35.2 (2020): 36-58.

Smith, A., & Prior, P. A Flat CHAT perspective on transliteracies development. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction (2020)

Smith, A., West, A., & McCarthey, S. Literacies across sponsorscapes: mobilising notions of literacy sponsorship. Literacy 54.2 (2020): 22--30.

Gierhart, A., Bonner, S., Smith, A., & Seglem, R. Fostering Cosmopolitan Dispositions through Collaborative Classroom Activities. The Ethics of Digital Literacy: Developing Knowledge and Skills Across Grade Levels 2 (2019): 89.