William L Smith

Biographic Data

ID74656
NAMEWilliam L Smith
GIVEN NAMESWilliam L
FAMILY NAMESmith
SIGNATURESMITH W L
AFFILIATIONSGeorgia Southern University
ORCID0000-0002-4218-7825
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS62
TOTAL CITATIONS121
AUTHOR COUNT62
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1769
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • Do Holocaust education mandates work

    Open AccessWilliam L SmithARTICLEPhi Delta Kappan2024

    In the context of both rising antisemitism in the U.S. and the increasing popularity of states mandating the teaching of the Holocaust in K-12 schools, William Smith asks, are such legislative mandates effective? Can states achieve ambitious goals like preventing future genocides and reducing antisemitism by requiring that students learn about the Holocaust? He reviews the limited research on Holocaust education mandates, and Holocaust education …

  • Linking the Holocaust and School Bullying

    William L SmithARTICLEThe Social Studies2022References: 4

    This paper considers questions of appropriateness when linking the Holocaust to students’ experiences with bullying. The question is considered in the context of universalist and particularist views of the Holocaust and against the political landscape of both rising antisemitism in the U.S. and increasing state mandates for teaching the Holocaust in secondary classrooms. The article explores arguments for both sides of this pedagogical and curric…

  • Threshold Concept Pedagogy for Antiracist Social Studies Teaching

    William L Smith, Ryan M Crowley et al.ARTICLEMulticultural Perspectives2021Cited by: 2References: 9

    This conceptual article explores the use of threshold concepts to help pre-service teachers develop antiracist dispositions. Threshold concepts are “troublesome knowledge” within a discipline that serve as gateways to expanded modes of thinking about subject matter. Grappling with threshold concepts places learners in a liminal space as they confront new knowledge that connects them to transformative, irreversible, and integrative understandings.…

  • A Divergence of Interests

    Open AccessRyan M Crowley, William L SmithARTICLETeachers College Record The Voice…2020

    Background/Context Informed by the increasing racial disparity between the nation's predominantly White teaching force and the growing number of students of color in K–12 schools, along with the well-documented struggles that White teachers have in exploring race and racial identity, the authors critique the use of White privilege pedagogy as a strategy for promoting antiracist dispositions in White pre-service teachers. Purpose/Objective/Researc…

  • Jennifer Beste, College Hookup Culture and Christian Ethics

    Open AccessWilliam L SmithARTICLESexualities2019

  • Social Studies Needs (New) White People

    William L Smith, Ryan M CrowleyARTICLEThe Social Studies2018References: 6

    In this conceptual article we consider the pedagogical possibilities and pitfalls of incorporating White ally figures in history and social studies curricula. Drawing on the burgeoning scholarship on race and the social studies and literature on alternative racial orientations, such as allies, antiracists, and abolitionists, we contend that educators can use White-ally pedagogy to offer White students, in particular, examples of an antiracist Whi…

  • Not Stopping at First

    William L SmithARTICLEMulticultural Perspectives2014References: 12

    In this article the author speaks to the teaching of Barack Obama in U.S. schools. Drawing from scholarly literature on the heroification of American historical figures in public memory, the author argues that focusing on Obama's firstness as an African American may lead students to have incomplete and misleading understandings of what the 2008 election means for American racial politics and progress. Using a racial literacy framework, the author…

  • Beyond post-racial narratives

    William L Smith, Anthony L BrownARTICLERace Ethnicity and Education2014Cited by: 2References: 12

    Drawing from the work of cultural memory and racial formation theory (Omi and Winant 1994 Omi, M. , and H. Winant . 1994. Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s . New York City: Routledge. [Google Scholar]) we explore the ascension of Barack Obama as an illustration of how ‘race’ is understood and remembered. This article focuses on the public media discourse of the 2012 Obama re-election to illustrate how the narrativ…

  • The Phenomenology of Moral Normativity

    William L Smith, William Smith et al.BOOKPhenomenology of Moral Normativity2013Cited by: 1

    Why should I be moral? Philosophers have long been concerned with the legitimacy of morality’s claim on us—especially its ostensible aim to motivate certain actions of all persons unconditionally. This problem of moral normativity has received extensive treatment in analytic moral theory, but little attention has been paid to the potential contribution that phenomenology might make to this central debate in metaethics. In The Phenomenology of Mor…

  • Latinos, the Academic Ethic, and the Transition to College

    Nathan W Pino, Gloria Martinez‐Ramos et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latinos and Education2012Cited by: 2References: 12

    Research on the academic ethic of Latino college students has not yet been conducted. In order to begin filling this gap in the literature, we surveyed Latino students at a state university to determine whether those who had an academic ethic in high school performed better in college. We also assessed the perceived helpfulness of a variety of factors (1st-year seminar, freshman orientation, parents, peers, high school teachers and guidance couns…

  • Religion, Race, Social Class, and Gender Differences in Dating and Hooking Up among College Students

    Ted M Brimeyer, Ted Brimeyer et al.ARTICLESociological Spectrum2012Cited by: 11References: 13

    Students at a mid-size state university in the Southeast were surveyed to examine religion, race, social class, and gender differences in dating and hooking up. Our analyses revealed that dating and hooking up coexist on campus and most students defined hooking up as a sexual encounter. Race impacted dating but the other demographics, social class and gender were not significant for either dating or hooking up. Conservative Protestants hooked up …

  • From High School to College

    Open AccessPidi Zhang, Pidi Zhang Pidi Zhang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Studies2011

    Based on a quantitative study of students at a midsize public university in the Southeast and informed by Astin’s input-environment-outcome model, this article explores how the transition experiences of Black students differed from those of White students. Black students relied more on guidance counselors in high school and orientation programs in college. Although the academic ethic was strongly related to grade point average (GPA) and a substan…

  • The Impact of Urban Sprawl

    Open AccessWilliam L Smith, William Smith et al.ARTICLENew Zealand Journal of Geography2008

  • Mapping Yorubá Networks

    William L SmithARTICLEUtopian Studies2005

    Book Review| April 01 2005 Mapping Yorubá Networks: Power and Agency in the Making of Transnational Communities Mapping Yorubá Networks: Power and Agency in the Making of Transnational CommunitiesClarke, Kamari Maxine William L. Smith William L. Smith Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utopian Studies (2005) 16 (1): 135–137. https://doi.org/10.2307/20718723 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Ci…

  • African American Students, the Academic Ethic, and GPA

    Open AccessNathan W Pino, William L SmithARTICLEJournal of Black Studies2004

    This article aims to contribute to the debate about Black-White educational achievement and engagement by investigating how the academic ethic is configured for White and Black students and which variables are significantly related to GPA. Students at a medium-size state university in the Southeast were surveyed concerning their attitudes and behaviors about learning. A variety of factors were assessed for their influence on GPA, and students who…

  • Ten facts of life for distance learning courses

    Open AccessAnnette Lamb, William L SmithARTICLETechTrends2000

  • Disquiet in the Land

    William L Smith, Fred KnissARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1998

  • A Postmodern Explanation of Student Consumerism in Higher Education

    Michael Delucchi, William L SmithARTICLETeaching Sociology1997Cited by: 3

    M. Delucchi et W. L. Smith portent leur attention sur la relation etudiant-enseignant dans l'enseignement superieur. Ils estiment que la distinction des roles entre enseignants et etudiants doit etre maintenue. Ils comparent la vision moderne et la vision post-moderne de cette distinction des roles au sein de ce type de relation et envisagent l'apport de la perspective post-moderne au niveau de l'enseignement superieur. A. F. Eisenberg replique a…

  • Satisfied Customers versus Pedagogic Responsibility

    Michael Delucchi, William L SmithARTICLETeaching Sociology1997Cited by: 2

    DESPITE OFFERING ALTERNATIVE explanations of the changing nature of teaching in higher education, we are gratified to see that both Anne Eisenberg, in Education and the Marketplace: Conflicting Arenas? and Jerry Shepperd, in Relevance and Responsibility: Postmodern Response, agree with two assumptions underlying our Conversation piece, A Postmodern Explanation of Student Consumerism in Higher Education. First, pedagogical ideals often conflict wi…

  • The Hindī Oral Epic Tradition

    William L Smith, Shyam Manohar PandeARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1997

  • Brethren Society

    William L Smith, Carl F BowmanARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1996

  • Cities in a World Economy

    William L Smith, S SASSENARTICLETeaching Sociology1995

  • The Capstone Course at Loras College

    William L SmithARTICLETeaching Sociology1993Cited by: 4

    The Association of American Colleges (1990, p. 9) believes that a major should be structured around a principle or set of principles. It states, A major ought to have a beginning, a middle, and an end--each contributing in a different way to the overall aim of the Programs can create structures, such as capstone courses, that provide a final opportunity to assess growth in achievement in light of the basic goals of the college, such as critical t…

  • The Monastery

    William L Smith, George A HilleryARTICLESociology of Religion1993

    Journal Article The Monastery: A Study in Freedom, Love, and Community, by George A. Hillery, Jr. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1992, xxxviii + 284 pp. $49.95 Get access William L. Smith William L. Smith Loras College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 54, Issue 4, Winter 1993, Pages 429–430, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711787 Published: 01 December 1993

  • Racial and Ethnic Families in America

    William L Smith, William Smith et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1993