Tyaira Catherine Smith

Master of Arts in Education and Human Development: George Washington University Washington, DC, 2020 (Higher Education Administration)

Bachelor of Arts: Adrian College Adrian, MI, 2018 (Criminal Justice)

Peer Reviewed Publications

Smith, T. (2024. ) Centering career and technical education for youth in confinement .Experience Magazine, , 30-34

Smith, T. (2024. ) Math, confinement, and black girl tears .Currere Exchange Journal, , 8 (2 ) ,27-32

Smith, T. & Kerr, E. (2025. ) NACE career readiness competencies beyond traditional degree programs .Experience Magazine, , 61-70

Smith, T. (2025. ) Girl, stop drying your own pen .Currere Exchange Journal, , 9 (1 ) ,84-88

Invited Presentations

Smith, T. (11-2024. ) The Mentor Match: Finding Your Guide .American College Personnel Association, Virtual.

Smith, T. (04-2025. ) Mastering the Art of Job Negotiations .American College Personnel Association, Virtual.

Colloquium

Smith, T. (10-2023). Disparities in Prison Work Programs . Criminology Consortium, Virtual. Conference.

Pope, S., Smith, T., Thomas, P., & Zyyon, L. (11-2023). Cultivating Counterspaces in Educational Leadership Graduate Programs . University Council for Educational Administration, Minneapolis, MN. Conference.

Pope, S., Smith, T., Thomas, P., & Zyyon, L. (03-2024). FUBU: Advancing Counterspaces for Black Doctoral Students in Higher Education . American Association of Blacks in Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV. Conference.

Pope, S., Smith, T., Thomas, P., & Zyyon, L. (09-2024). Nourishing Collective Wellness: A Counterspace Approach . Reimagining the Academy Conference, Oxford, OH. Conference.

Smith, T. (10-2024). A Call for Restorative Justice: Practices for Addressing the Criminalization of Black Girls . Journal of Curriculum Theorizing Annual Conference, Dayton, OH.

Smith, T. (11-2024). Fiction as Knowledge: Bridging Comedic Drama and Research in the Context of Re-entry . Graduate Research Forum, Oxford, OH.

Smith, T. (11-2024). Remembering Through Currere: Black Girls and the School-to-Prison Pipeline . University Council for Educational Administration, Los Angeles, CA.

Pope, S., Smith, T., Thomas, P., & Zyyon, L. (03-2025). Picture This: Black Doctoral Scholars Breaking Boundaries Using Photovoice . American Association of Blacks in Higher Education, Washington, DC.

Smith, T., & Thomas, P. (03-2025). Writing Black: Feedback as Power in Collaborative Autoethnography . American Association of Blacks in Higher Education, Washington, DC.

Clark, D., Roemer, G., & Smith, T. (04-2025). Mapping the Co-op Reflection Experience: A Framework for CS Students . College of Cooperative Education and Professional Studies Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH.

2024 -2026 Jackson Scholars Network University Council for Educational Administration Status:Recipient

2024 Top Presentation Oral Award Miami University 2024 Graduate Research Forum Status:Recipient

-PD-1011 INTRO TO COOP-CEAS Level:Undergraduate