Curriculum Vita

Rachael Smith

CV

rachaelsmithaz@gmail.com 3(623) 313-4723

• Instructional Designer

HI!

My name is Rachael Smith and I have worked in the public service sector for seventeen years.

I have taught advanced theory, introductory justice, law, and ethics courses since earning my Masters' from ASU in 2008. My lens is a sociological perspective, with an eye towards subcultural deviancies and critical legal issues related to race and ethnicity, disability discrimination, environmental conservationism, and unequal wealth and power distribution. I rely on the SAM-2 instructional design model, like using Gantt charts and spreadsheets in project management. I also like brainstorming and working with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and peers as constructive feedback loops in an iterative curriculum writing and course design process.

HERE YOU CAN SEE MY VITA

ph.d. curriculum & instruction

glendale community college

instructor & designer

northern arizona university

2021

2012

• 2nd Year Doctoral Student
• Tranformative Leadership
• Teacher Identity
• Justice Educators

• Taught undergraduate CJ courses
• Designed several CJ courses

current

2023

state of arizonadepartment of economic sercurty

MA Criminal justice

2008

arizona state university

2019

Education

Experience

2010

2021

instructional designer

• Juvenile Transfer Policies
• Criminological Theories

• Disability and ADA Compliance Training
• Certified Instructional Designer

BAS Criminal justice z& criminology

arizona state university

arizona state university

2004

instructor & coordinator

2011

• Socio-Polictal Policiesy
• Organized Crime
• Gender Studies

2008

• Taught undergraduate and graduate CCJ courses
• Helped design several CCJ courses

2019

arizona Attorney general's office

AAS paralegal STUDIES

academy of business college

1999

2005

• Juvenile Law
• White Collar Crime
• BK and Tax Law

legal assistant iii

2001

2011

• Bankruptcy Section
• Tax Section
• Juvenile Dependency

Skills & Style Portfolio

Writing Style

Teaching Style

Design Style

Analysis Style

• I like to use a mix of directing, discussing, and delegating.
• I encourage student engagement by using a collaborative and student-driven approach.

I enjoy and have experience in the following:

• Gap Analysis

• Content Analysis
• Critical Policy Analysis
• Critical Legal Analysis

• I like to organize content knowledge inductively, deductively, and procedurally.
• I like to use logic to simplfy complex issues and processes.

I like to use an iterative process that elicits feedback and builds working models early when developing a course.

Writing Skills

Teaching Skills

Design Skills

Analysis Skills

• Understanding of adult learning
• Learning technology experience

• Project management skills
• Visual and artistic talents

• Skills in communication, listening, collaboration, adaptability, empathy, and patience.
• Engaging presence, value in real-world learning and best practices

• Evidence-Based
• Narrative / Scripting

• Newspapers / Scial Media
• Microsoft, Google, Adobe

I like to use Excel, Sheets, and statistical analysis software such as SPSS to perform descriptive, exploratory, and qualitative research.

Analysis

Design

Curriculum

Teaching

contact

rachaelsmithaz@gmail.com

623-313-4723

Phoenix, Arizona