Department of Teacher Education

Dr. Chad Smith

Professor of Elementary and Special Education

Contact Info

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Chad Smith

Education

  • Ph.D., Computing Technology in Education, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  • M.S., Deaf Studies/Habilitation, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
  • B.A., Spanish, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

About Me

I am a Professor of Teacher Education and Special Education. Prior to coming to Blackburn, I spent a decade teaching K-12 students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DHH) at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Texas public schools. Then I spent 18 years training students to become teachers of the Deaf at Texas Woman’s University.

In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, I coordinated the Texas Woman’s University Future Classroom Lab (TWUFCL) that I co-founded with my colleague, Dr. Ludovic Sourdot. The TWUFCL is a technology-rich learning lab that serves TWU students as well as K-12 students who are (DHH) and the teachers who instruct them.

AREA OF EXPERTISE: American Sign Language (ASL), differentiating communication in deaf education settings, Deaf Culture, and instructional methodologies, special education, teaching & learning methodologies of K-12 students, deaf students’ use of the Internet and technology, computational thinking with students who are deaf/hard of hearing, and 21st Century Learning in education.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Technology; Deaf Education; 21st Century Learning; Internet; Coding; Robotics; Teacher Training; Science; Technology; Engineering, Mathematics (STEM)

Professional Works

Recent Publications

Educating Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students During COVID-19: What Parents Need to Know
The Hearing Journal (2020)
Karen Kritzer, Chad Smith

Creating a YouTube Channel to Equip Parents and Teachers of Students Who are Deaf
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (2020)
Chad Smith, Sarah Colton

Designing a Future Classroom Laboratory for Exploring the Science of Teaching and Learning
International Journal of Designs for Learning (2020)
Sarah Colton, Chad E Smith, Ludovic A. Sourdot

Diversity in Deafness: Assessing Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Psychology in the Schools (2019)
Chad Smith, Tamby Allman

Reading Between the Line: Accessing Information via YouTube’s Autocaptioning
Online Learning Journal (2016)
Chad Smith, Samantha Crocker, Tamby Allman

Book Chapters

Changing Perspectives for the 21st Century: Digital Literacy and Computational Thinking for the Next Generation of Learners who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
in The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Learning and Cognition | Oxford University Press (2020)
Karen L Kritzer, Chad Eliot Smith

Presentations

Smith, C. & Kritzer, K. (2024, October). Starting Coding & Robotics with Your Students. Invited presentation at DeafTEC Math Conference, Rochester, New York.  [Status: Pending]  [Refereed]

Smith, C. (2022, November). Using Robots and Coding to Promote Math and Language. Invited presentation at DeafTEC Math Conference, Rochester, New York.  [Status: Presented]  [Non-Refereed]

Smith, C., Allman, T., Colton, S., Brooks, R., & Sumar, S. (2022, July). Camp Minecraft: Teaching WH-Questions and Storytelling in the Digital World.  Statewide Conference for the Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Corpus Christi, Texas.  [Status: Presented]  [Refereed]

Smith, C. (2022, July). Robotics and Coding Across the Curriculum in Deaf Education.  Statewide Conference for Education of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Corpus Christi, Texas.  [Status: Presented]  [Refereed]

Chad Smith

Contact Info

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