![]() ![]() ![]() Smith has traveled extensively, directing basketball clinics in China, the Philippines and Panama. He also established the Phil Smith Basketball Camp to honor his late father, NBA All-Star Phil Smith, using basketball as a means to promote academic achievement. ![]() Smith was first able to fuse his passion for education and sport at the University of California at Berkeley, earning both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education while playing on the basketball team. At Berkeley, he won the 2006 Jake Gimbell Award which honors the student most committed to academic and athletic excellence.Īfter matriculating at Berkeley, he worked in San Diego’s inner city, teaching geometry at Lincoln High School and adult education at San Diego Community College. He also serves as Director of Duke’s Secondary Teacher Preparation Program and is the Faculty Director of the DukeEngage Boston Summer Literacy Program. Dr. ![]() Smith teaches two courses titled, Race, Power and Identity: From Ali to Kaepernick and Education 101: Foundations of American Education. As an Assistant Professor of Education at Duke University, Dr. ![]()
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