Skip to main content
Intellect

BYU education professor honored by national minority association

Brigham Young University professor Tim Smith has received the Emerging Professional Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues.

The award is given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in education, research or practice to promote ethnic minority issues within 10 years of their graduation. Smith received the award at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention in San Francisco in August.

Smith is an associate professor in the McKay School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education. His research focuses on adapting mental health treatment for non-Caucasian North Americans and increasing life spans for people by means of adequate social support and adapting mental health treatment for non-Caucasian North Americans.  

He obtained his bachelor’s degree in psychology from BYU in 1991. He received a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Utah State University. In 1996, Smith earned a second master’s degree in research psychology from Rhodes University in South Africa. He then returned to USU, where he completed a third master’s degree in sociology and a doctorate in professional psychology.

Smith has taught at BYU since 1999.

Writer: Marissa Ballantyne

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

Green-thumb dynasty: BYU landscaping wins fifth national championship in six years

March 27, 2024
For the fifth time in six years, BYU students dug, pruned and planted their way to the National Collegiate Landscaping Competition title, the March Madness of college landscaping teams. BYU bested 50 other universities in the four-day event, outscoring the second-place finisher by more than 358 points and breaking the 5000-point total for the first time in the 48-year history of the tournament.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Forum: How to be a confident pluralist

March 26, 2024
In a democracy where people hold many conflicting views, how do we each honor our own values while making decisions together? Grappling with that question in Tuesday’s forum address, Harvard professor Danielle Allen encouraged her audience to meet this challenge by becoming “confident pluralists.”
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

More than money, family and community bonds prep teens for college success

March 21, 2024
Family bonds make the difference in getting teens to college, BYU study says.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=