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Rachael Smith

CV

rasmith@uat.edu

  • Sr. Curriculum Developer

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.

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University of Advancing Technology

2025

ph.d. curriculum & instruction

Sr. Curriculum developer

northern arizona university

2021

glendale community college

  • Design and lead the development of innovative, learner-centered curricula
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Evaluate and refine curriculum effectiveness
  • Ph.D. (ABD) 4th Year Doctoral Student
  • Tranformative Leadership
  • Teacher Identity
  • Criminal Justice Educators

current

instructor & designer

  • Public Safety Sciences
    • Community Response
    • Juvenile Justice
    • CJ Theory
    • Victiminology

2011

2023

MA Criminal justice

arizona state university

2008

2010

  • Juvenile Transfer Policies
  • Criminological Theories

state of arizonaOffice of Prof. Development

Education

Experience

2019

2021

BAS Integrated Arts & sciences

instructional designer

arizona state university

2004

  • Criminology
  • Legal Studies
  • Critical Studies

2008

  • COVID-19 Online Curriculum
  • Disability and ADA

arizona state university

instructor, Designer & coordinator

2010

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

2019

AAS paralegal STUDIES

arizona Attorney general's office

1999

academy of business college

2001

  • Juvenile Law
  • Crimes Aganist Children
  • White Collar Crime
  • Bankruptcy and Tax Law

legal assistant iii

2005

  • Bankruptcy Section
  • Tax Section
  • Juvenile Dependency

2011

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