Professor+Profiles



Professor name: Dr. Patricia Smith

Department: Interim Director of Student Teaching and Field Experiences

Professor background information:

Dr. Patricia Smith has been a professor at Prairie View A&M University for four years. Dr. Smith has collaborated with many different educational journals within her field experiences. These journals include:

**Smith, P.A., ** Owens E. O. & Holim, S. (2010) Comparing Principal Influences on Curriculum and Staffing Issues at High and Low Achieving Urban Secondary Schools. __Journal for effective Schools__,

**Smith, P **. & Owens, E. (2010). E xamining Barriers to Integrate Technology in Elementary Teacher Education Programs. __Journal of Technology Integration in the Classroom__.

**Smith, P. ** & Owens, E. (2010). Important Factors That Influence First-Generation African American Male and Female High School Seniors College Selection. J __ournal of Urban Education__.

Thompson, L. K., Hobson, L., **Smith, P.** & Tanner, T. (2010, in press). Using the culturally proficient continuum to evaluate the cultural relevance of gifted and talented programs. __The Journal of Educational Concepts.__

**Smith, P.A **. & Yates, L. (2010) Teacher Effectiveness: The Impact of the Teacher Work Sample on Student Learning and Achievement. Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE), Houston, Texas.

Here are the courses that Dr. Patricia Smith teaches:


 * ADMN 5003 Fundamentals;
 * ADMN 5033 School Business Management;
 * ADMN 5043 The Principalship;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">ADMN 5103 School Personnel;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">ADMN 5173 Computer Applications for Administrators;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">ADMN 5503 Principal Internship;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">ADMN 5513 Superintendent Internship;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">CUIN 4403 Student Teaching/Elementary I;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">CUIN 4416 Student Teaching/Elementary II;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">CUIN 4433 Student Teaching/Early Childhood Education;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">CUIN 4443 Student Teaching/Special Education;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">CUIN 4813 Student Teaching/Secondary All Levels;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">CUIN 4826 Student Teaching/Secondary II

Words of Inspiration: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">“Teaching and Learning as I Serve.” -Dr. Patricia A. Smith, 2010.



Professor Name: Dr. Sarah R. Wakefield

Department: Languages and Communications

Professor background information:

Dr. Sarah Wakefield has been a professor for Prairie View A&M University for eight years. She currently serves as the advising coordinator for the Department of Language and Communications. Dr. Wakefield has published several books within her teaching career. A few of her books includes: Freshman Composition I, Freshman Composition II, and Folklore and British Literature. She was also awarded the Outstanding Faculty Member Award for the 2009- 2010 school year.

Here are the courses that Dr. Sarah Wakefield teaches:


 * ENGL 1123 Freshman Composition I
 * ENGL 1133 Freshmen Composition II
 * ENGL 2263 English Literature to 1800
 * ENGL 2273 English Literature After 1800
 * ENGL 3043 Professional Writing Electronic Media
 * ENGL 3153 Literature Theory and Criticism
 * ENGL 3223 Advanced Grammar
 * ENGL 4223 Shakespeare
 * ENGL 4433 Special Topics in English

Words of Inspiration: "Figure out how to love getting up in front of a crowd of people everyday." -Dr. Sarah Wakefield, 2010.



<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Professor name: Dr. Freddie Frazier

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Department name: Mathematics

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Professor background information: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Freddie Frazier has been a Mathematics professor at Prairie View A&M University for 44 years. Dr. Frazier has worked with many different students within his years of teaching at Prairie View A&M University. He enjoys working with developmental students on mathematics. He prepares students to pass state exams such as the TAKS, TExES and THEA examinations. Dr. Frazier established a methodology named the Spiral Technique; which in Mathematics teaches one section at a time then combines all the sections together to be taught at once. For more information on the Spiral Technique, you can visit Dr. Frazier's website at [|www.drfreddiefrazier.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Here are the courses that Dr. Freddie Frazier teaches: · <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">﻿MATH 4173 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Advanced Math · MATH 2183 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Structure of Math & Numbers · MATH 1113 College Algebra · MATH 2024 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Calculus II    · MATH 2043  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Differential Equations

Words of Inspiration: "If you can count, or know your right hand from your left hand, you're teachable." -Dr. Freddie Frazier, 2010.