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Inclement Weather Information

Due to inclement weather, Neilson, Josten, and Hillyer Libraries will be closed on Sunday, February 16. Check libraries.smith.edu for updates and further information. 

The College has declared a snow parking ban, effective from 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 15 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, February 16

Cristina Valencia Mazzanti

Assistant Professor of Education & Child Study

Biography

Cristina Valencia Mazzanti is an assistant professor in the Department of Education and Child Study at Smith College. She studies the social construction of languages as a multifaceted phenomenon that shapes children’s experiences of learning as well as the work of educators and researchers. Currently, she is researching young children’s experiences with multilingualism, multimodality and learning through a series of interdisciplinary longitudinal studies involving kindergarten students, elementary school teachers and Latine families. Cristina teaches classes in the areas of early childhood and elementary education as well as educational research.

Education

Ph.D., M.A., University of Georgia
B.A., Universidad de los Andes