Patrick Henry Smith

Patrick H. Smith is Professor of Bilingual/Biliteracy Education and Honorary Professor of International Studies at Texas State University (USA). He conducts research and teaches about the language and literacy practices of multilingual families, communities and schools, with emphasis on the literacies of Mexico, the US-Mexico borderlands, and Mexican-origin (im)migrants. After obtaining his MA in TESOL at the School for International Training and PhD in Language, Reading & Culture at the University of Arizona, he taught applied linguistics for many years at the University of the Americas (UDLA) in Puebla, Mexico. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters published in English and Spanish, and is the co-author of Key Decisions in US History: A Participatory Approach (J. Weston Walch, 1997) and Mapping Applied Linguistics. A Guide for Students and Practitioners (Routledge, 2025).