Faculty
Bettye Smith
Associate Professor
216 River's Crossing
850 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-4207
Bettye Smith joined the University of Georgia in the Fall of 1996. She received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1995 and her M.S. from Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Prior to joining us at the University of Georgia, Dr. Smith was an adjunct faculty at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. She has twenty years teaching experience in the public school system of Louisiana.
Dr. Smith has authored or co-authored a number of scholarly articles in refereed journals. She has presented more than 10 national scholarly papers. In recognition of her research, she received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Education and Technology Division of the America Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) in 1996 and the Outstanding Beginning Scholar Award from the American Vocational Education Research Award (AVERA) in 1999.
Dr. Smith's research agenda focuses on the impact of educational reform and initiatives on teacher preparation and the impact of educational reform and initiatives on teacher development. Her publications have appeared in the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences: From Research to Practice, the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education, the Journal of Vocational Education Research, the Journal of Career and Technical Education, the College Student Journal, the Journal of Research Association of Minority Professors, and the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development Curriculum Handbook.
Dr. Smith actively participates in national and state professional organizations. She is a member of American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), National Association of Teacher Educators in Family and Consumer Sciences (NATEFACS), the Association of Career and Technical Education/Georgia Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE/GACTE), the American Vocational Education Research Association (AVERA), and the National Coalition for Black Development in Home Economics.
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