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Susannah Smith serves as Senior Lecturer in Primary Education (English) and Assistant Programme Co-ordinator for the BA (Hons) Primary Teaching programme at the University of Chichester, where she has taught since 2014 after prior roles at the University of Birmingham and seven years in Birmingham/Northamptonshire primary schools. Her instructional focus spans primary English modules, Professional Studies, and school-based Link Tutoring.
Her academic credentials include a BEd (Honours), MA in Education, and PhD, with doctoral research examining gender aspects of reading among successful boy readers.
Research centers on English pedagogy in early years/primary education, emphasizing reading development, socio-cultural influences on literacy, children's literature (particularly picture books), and post-structural feminist methodologies. Additional investigations address values/virtues education in primary assemblies and university student mental health support.
Publications since 1999 demonstrate evolving expertise from play-based learning (2000) to contemporary teacher training interventions (2025), consistently prioritizing literacy equity and gender-inclusive practices.
Professional recognition includes:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2007)
She supervises Master's/Doctoral dissertations as Research Degrees Co-ordinator and leads active projects including 'Social Prescribing for student well-being' (2023–present) and 'Student teacher intervention impact studies' (2022–present), previously contributing to the 'Knightly Virtues' character education initiative (2013–2014).
Professional engagement encompasses UK Literacy Association membership, editorial board service for The Journal of Reading, Writing and Literacy, and British Journal of Religious Education reviewing.
