Heather Haynes Smith

Heather Haynes Smith, PhD is an Associate Professor at Trinity University. She teaches courses on special education, disability studies in education, learning disabilities, social, emotional, and behavioral supports & reading. She is committed to special education, inclusion, equity, and reading initiatives locally and nationally through scholarship and service to community and educational organizations including the Compassionate San Antonio Initiative, International Council on Learning Disabilities, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County Successful Students Impact Council, SAISD Superintendent's Student Achievement Committee, TX Reads Board, Trinity x Empatico Grant, and sits on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Winston School of San Antonio. Dr. Smith is also passionate about art, food, gardening, parenting, and spending time in far west Texas.