Dr. Ernie Smith

Dr. Ernie Smith received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Cal State University L.A.  For two years, following his graduation, he worked in tele-communications as an assistant producer, at KTTV studios in Los Angeles.  While working evenings as a volunteer at Operation Bootstrap, a South Central Los Angeles Community Social Service Organization, in 1970 he was recruited, admitted, and began his post-baccalaureate studies, in the School of Social Sciences, at the University of California at Irvine.  In 1974, Ernie Smith received his Ph.D. Degree, in Comparative Culture, from the University of California at Irvine, and thus embarked full time upon a university teaching career.

With a specialty in Comparative Culture and a sub-specialty in Comparative Linguistics as an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Smith has conducted research and published works in several social science disciplines and taught a variety of behavioral, social science and humanities courses.  Until 1982 Dr. Smith was a full Professor of Linguistics, in the Department of Linguistics, at California State University at Fullerton.   As a career shift into health and human services, Dr. Smith has pursued post-doctoral studies in human development and aging, bio-psycho-social health and medical sociology.  He received his certificate of completion in gerontology from the University of California at Los Angeles in June of 1994.   Currently Dr. Smith is a Professor of Medicine, Clinical and Cognitive Linguistics in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles CA.  There he continues his research in cognitive-linguistics, socio-linguistics, and cultural and linguistic competency in medical care and mental health therapy environments.

Event: Lecture on the Historical Development of African American Language
When: April 24, 2014 6pm
Where: AFIBA Center 5730 S. Crenshaw blvd (Crenshaw and Slauson)

For more information on the event, please contact Dr. Ernie Smith at RRSmith@aol.com