J w smith biography
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j.w. Smith, Ph.D.
Specialization: Communication and Disability; African American Rhetoric
Biography: J. Webster Smith (J.W.), PhD was born blind on March 9, in Chicago, Illinois. He is the second of five children and most of his family yet resides in the Chicago area. His hobbies include reading, watching sports, singing and playing the piano/keyboards. Dr. Smith and his wife, Regina, have two daughters, Ebony and Joshelyn.
Education: Dr. Smith attended the public schools in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana areas and graduated from Lew Wallace High School in Gary, Indiana in He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Speech Communication from Indiana University in , his Master of Arts degree in Speech Communication from Purdue University in , and his PhD from Wayne State University in Detroit in
Professional Experience: J.W. has worked as a music therapist and as a radio announcer, however since , Dr. Smith has taught a variety of courses at the univer
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James Webster Smith
American professor and a cadet at the United States Military Academy ()
James Webster Smith (June &#;&#; November 30, ) was an American professor and a cadet at the United States Military Academy. A former slave, Smith became a scholar and is recognized as the first black person appointed to a cadetship at West Point. His tenure at the academy, from to , was fraught with racial prejudice and ended with Smith's formal dismissal a year before completing his studies. Embittered by his experience, Smith nonetheless found success as a professor at South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Institute. He died of tuberculosis in
Although Smith's military career was curtailed by racism, he later served as the Commander of Cadets at South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Institute.
In , at the request of South Carolina Congressman John Spratt, President Bill Clinton approved the posthumous commission of James Webster Smith, to the rank of 2nd lieutenant
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