Sandra Hope Huddleston Smith is a professor in the School of Humanities, Education, and the Arts at Cumberland University, where she serves as Director of the Special Education program. She taught 20 years in K-12 special education and elementary education classrooms before joining a full-time university faculty in 1996. She currently teaches courses in special education and literacy at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has co-authored TEACHING THROUGH STORIES: YOURS, MINE, AND THEIRS; TEACHING READING IN TODAY'S MIDDLE SCHOOLS; STUDENT TEACHING AND FIELD EXPERIENCES HANDBOOK (6th and 7th Editions); and TEACHING READING IN TODAY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (beginning with the 9th Edition). Professor Smith is also an active member of the International Literacy Association and Tennessee Reading Association.
