Bio

Sara A. Smith received her Doctorate from the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, followed by postdoctoral research in the Brain.Experience.Education Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In 2017, she joined the University of South Florida as Assistant Professor of ESOL/Foreign Language Education and Technology in Education and Second Language Acquisition (TESLA). Dr. Smith is the creator of the Multimedia Augmented Reality Vocabulary Learning (MARVL) application, an augmented reality (AR) application that uses immersive technology to build interactive, research-based language learning experiences that integrate into the learner’s physical environment. She is passionate about leveraging technology for educational access and equity.