Mark P. Smith, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Kean University, where he teaches courses in academic English, writing, and language education. His work as an educator and scholar centers on how students experience language, learning, and higher education—and on how teaching can better respond to the complexity of students’ lives.

Smith’s research draws on dialogic approaches to education and psychology, with interests in language and bilingualism, student experience, pedagogy, and the changing role of artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. His scholarship has appeared in Culture & Psychology and other academic publications.

As a teacher and textbook author, Smith is particularly interested in creating learning experiences that invite students to think, question, make connections, and develop their own voices. He approaches textbooks not simply as collections of information and exercises, but as spaces where students can encounter meaningful ideas, engage with the world around them, and become more confident readers, writers, and thinkers.