Biography
Patrick H. Smith is Professor of Bilingual/Biliteracy Education and ESL and Honorary Professor of International Studies at Texas State University. He holds degrees in History (B.A., Bowdoin College); Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (M.A.T., School for International Training); and Language, Reading & Culture/English Language and Linguistics (Ph.D., the University of Arizona). He taught for many years at the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla in San Andrés, Cholula, Mexico.
Professor Smith's research focuses on the literacies of and education of Mexican-origin, (im)migrant, and Spanish/English emergent bilingual learners. His work has appeared in journals in the U.S. and Latin America, including Teaching and Teacher Education, Reading Research Quarterly, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Southwest Journal of Linguistics, The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, Bilingual Research Journal, Lectura y Vida, Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada, and Teacher Librarian.
Professor Smith is the co-author (with Christopher J. Hall and Rachel Wicaksono) of Mapping Applied Linguistics: A Guide for Students and Practitioners (Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 3rd edition) (2026). http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415559133/
Professor Smith's research focuses on the literacies of and education of Mexican-origin, (im)migrant, and Spanish/English emergent bilingual learners. His work has appeared in journals in the U.S. and Latin America, including Teaching and Teacher Education, Reading Research Quarterly, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Southwest Journal of Linguistics, The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, Bilingual Research Journal, Lectura y Vida, Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada, and Teacher Librarian.
Professor Smith is the co-author (with Christopher J. Hall and Rachel Wicaksono) of Mapping Applied Linguistics: A Guide for Students and Practitioners (Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 3rd edition) (2026). http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415559133/
Research Interests
Professor Smith's research focuses on language and literacy learning and education in multilingual schools and communities. Drawing on linguistics, literacy studies, history, anthropology, and language planning, his work has contributed to scholarly knowledge and practical applications in the areas of (1) dual language or two-way immersion education; (2) school and community literacies in Central Mexico; (3) Mesoamerican indigenous literacies and contemporary literacies in Mexico; (4) transnational and immigrant literacies in the U.S.; and (5) the language and literacy practices of Texas border colonia communities.
Teaching Interests
Professor Smith teaches courses in bilingual education foundations, educational linguistics, second language literacy, Bilingual/ESL methods, politics of language, and research methods in education.