Karen E. Smith, PhD, is an award-winning professor of literacy education at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Prior to this, she was a teacher in both English and French immersion settings K-12, a school division music coordinator K-12, and a principal. She is the author of over one-hundred journal articles, three texts, and four children's books. She has served as managing editor of English Quarterly and currently serves as co-editor of Classmate (Manitoba Association of Teachers of English journal). She provides editorial services for many noted journals/publication houses. She has held research grants with many foundations and recently has turned her attention to research on literacy, creativity, and imagination connected to nature. She serves on the boards of Nature Manitoba and the Canadian Network for Ocean Education where she supports the study of nature literacy.
