Jennifer Elaine Smith

Jennifer Smith received her Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2019 and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Special Education at Purdue University, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. Currently, she is the undergraduate program coordinator and student teaching coordinator for three programs. Prior to joining higher education in 2019, she taught for 15 years at the elementary level for Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Hawaii Public Schools in Waipahu, Hawaii. She is an active board member of the Council for Learning Disabilities and a member of the Council for Exceptional Children, National Association for Gifted Children, and National Art Education Association. Along with a focus on access and accessibility for all students to be successful, her research interests also focus on creativity/creative self-efficacy for students with disabilities, teacher preparation, and developing positive student-teacher-family relationships.

Publications

Families, Students, and Teachers: Building Relationships in Special Education
Families, Students, and Teachers: Building Relationships in Special Education
Jasmine Begeske, Jennifer Elaine Smith, David Ray Gutierrez Miranda, Samira Bashiru. © 2023. 21 pages.
Building relationships with students and their families is essential to being an effective teacher. Learning to build relationships should be taught in teacher preparation...