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About the Author
Rita Smilkstein is Professor
Emerita (English), North Seattle Community College, and, an invited
lecturer, teaches educational psychology at Western Washington
University’s Woodring College of Education (Seattle Urban
Campus). Her area of expertise is teaching-learning theory based
on both classroom/field and brain research and how to teach according
to the brain’s natural learning process. A frequent speaker
nationally and internationally, her publications include
textbooks for teaching study skills and grammar and articles on
how to apply the brain’s natural learning process to curriculum
development and instructional methods across the disciplines.
Smilkstein has a bachelor's degree in English from the University
of Iowa, a master's in speech from Michigan State University,
and a doctorate in educational psychology from the University
of Washington. She has taught in middle school through graduate
school and has received a number of teaching awards, including
the Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and
Organizational Development in 1991 and 1995; Outstanding Teacher
Award, Washington Association of Developmental Education, 1994;
Award of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution to Education
Excellence, Washington Community Colleges/Vocational Technical
Institutes Councils, 1991; Burlington Northern Award for Significant
and Meritorious Teaching, 1990.
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