Education
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction
Areas of Literacy and Special Education
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

M.Ed. Special Education
Areas of Learning Disabilities,
Mental Disabilities and
Emotional Disabilities
University of North Carolina
At Chapel Hill, North Carolina

B.A. Biology
State University of New York
At Geneseo, New York

Courses
Undergraduate:
RE 242: Materials for Teaching Reading

Graduate:
RE 622: Children and Adolescent Literature
RE 670: Teacher Research and Inquiry
RE 759: Current Issues in Reading and Language Arts

Bio
Wendy Smith joined the Loyola College Education Department in 2003. Since then, she has taught a variety of reading courses, both graduate and undergraduate. Wendy is an active member of the Loyola College Quilting Guild. Her research interests include analysis of children’s books, children’s responses to books, and educating teachers about the realities of child abuse and family violence. Prior to coming to Loyola, Wendy was a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Korea, a special education teacher in rural North Carolina and an assistant professor at the University of Wyoming.

Publications
Smith-D’Arezzo, W. M. and Yocum, D. J. (2005). Special Education delivery models in a general education teaching program. Community College Journal of Research and Practice.

Thompson, S. and Smith-D’Arezzo, W. M. (2004). Preparing pre-service teachers to help children who live with violence. Family Violence and Sexual Assault Bulletin.

Smith-D’Arezzo, W. M. and Kennedy, B. (2004). Seeing double: Piecing writing together with cross-age partners. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 47, 390-401.

Smith-D’Arezzo, W. (2003). Diversity in children’s literature: Not just a black and white issue. Children’s Literature in Education.

Smith-D'Arezzo, W. (2002, September). Integrating literacy methods with technology assignments in a preservice teacher education course. Reading Online, 6(2). Available: http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=smith/index.html

Smith-D’Arezzo, W. (2002). Collaborative Efforts in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 6 (3), 168-172.

Smith-D'Arezzo, W.M. and Thompson, S. (2006). Topics of stress and abuse in picture books for children. Children's Literature in Education, 37, 335-347.

Thompson, S. and Smith-D'Arezzo, W.M. (2007). War: Interpretations through children's literature. Social Studies Review, 47, 8-12.

Book Review
Smith, W. M. (2004). Review of Gimpel, G. A. and Holland, Melissa, L. (2003). Emotional and behavioral problems of young children: effective interventions in the preschool and kindergarten years. Family Violence and Sexual Assault Bulletin, 20, 26-27.