School of Education, Health, and Society
Educational Leadership
Kevin Smith named to Welsh fellowship
10/8/08
Kevin Smith, a doctoral student in educational administration at Miami University, is the first Miami recipient of a Welsh-American Academy Visiting Fellowship awarded by the Welsh-American Academy at Trinity College, Carmarthen, Wales.
The fellowship provides research and teaching opportunities for one semester at Trinity College. Smith will assist in curriculum development and teach a class similar to Miami's "Sociocultural Studies in Education" course. He also will present guest lectures and conduct research on communication of cultural identity through a school's curriculum.
Smith, who received a master's of education from Miami in 2005, is advised by Lisa Weems (educational leadership). He is a member of the American Educational Studies Association and the Comparative and International Education Society.