Adam Smith

Associate Director, Inclusive R&D Partnerships

Adam E. Smith is the Associate Director of Inclusive R&D Partnerships for the EF+Math Program. Prior to joining the EF+Math team, he served as the K-5 Math Curriculum Coordinator for the Ferguson-Florissant School District (St. Louis, MO). In the four years he has served in this role, he has restructured math instruction, implemented new curricular programming, collaborated to bring standards-based grading to the district, and led shifts within professional development for math teaching and learning for all staff. In addition to serving in this role, Smith has also presented at local, state, and national conferences on issues of critical race theory and education, critical pedagogy, and math self-efficacy of Black students. Smith began his career as a high school math teacher in Jackson Mississippi, where he also was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Tougaloo College. Smith is a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS, where he is pursuing his PhD in Math Education. His doctoral research focuses on issues of math self-efficacy for Black students, infusing tenets of critical race theory and psychosocial constructs including math identity and teacher belief. He holds a M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University and a BS/BA from Tougaloo College.