Christina Smith
Biography
Contact me for:
- Problem Solving Fellows Program
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Orientation/Learning Essentials
- Undergraduate teaching and learning development
Christina Smith (Diné) is the Associate Director for Undergraduate STEM Development at the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. She facilitates undergraduate student development in an effort to provide them with the tools, skills, and resources necessary to heal and self-actualize through their learning. This includes providing ongoing teaching development for undergraduate students in teaching roles such as undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs), as well as directing the Problem Solving Fellows (PSFs) Program (link). The PSF Program aims to foster a Brown education and culture where student identities are respected, accepted, and uplifted in all learning environments within the University through Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects and teaching consultations. She also supports student learning through pre-orientation programming, such as teaching a course for the Bridge Scholars Program (link), that focuses on students being reflective and proactive in their education.
Recently she focuses on how to decolonize the learning environment by developing workshops; facilitating an intergenerational, decolonize STEM reading group; and bringing speakers to Brown engaged in decolonization theory and practice. Her work aims to describe how identity, culture, and epistemology within STEM contexts impact student learning and teaching.
Christina holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University and a B.S. also in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah.