Dr. Rachel Smith
Instructor
Office
SFCM Student Fitness Center & Mccormick Hall 250e
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
KNR 365.001 Advanced Therapeutic Recreation Practices
KNR 398.046 Internship II in Recreation & Sport Management
KNR 398.003 Internship II Preparation Seminar in Recreation and Sport Management
KNR 273.001 Introduction To Therapeutic Recreation
KNR 351.001 Tourism And Special Events
Teaching Interests & Areas
Recreation Therapy, recreation administration, tourism
cruise tourism.
Research Interests & Areas
Universal design, social justice and disability, higher education and disability inclusion. Non-tenure Track Faculty perceptions, study abroad.
EDD Teaching and Learning
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
MS Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL
BS Psychology
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL
KNR Faculty and Staff Award
School of Kinesiology & Recreation
2022
RISE to the COVID Challenge Recognition
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
2021
Dissertation Completion Grant
ISU Graduate School
2020
ILRTA Innovators award
Illinois Therapeutic Recreation Association
2019
Rho Phi Lambda, Honorary Member
Rho Phi Lambda
2016
Grants and Contracts
SoTL University Research Grant
Rachel Smith.
SoTL. 2020 - 2020
Book, Authored
Case Studies in Therapeutic Recreation, second edition
Rachel E. Smith, Sherri Hildebrand.
(2024), Sagamore Venture
Book, Chapter
Study aboard: Success of a short-term study abroad aboard a cruise ship
Rachel Smith, Minsun Doh.
(2021), Education Abroad, Information Age Publishing
Collaborations for Usable Design: A Case Study in Partnerships to Promote Universal Design in Higher Education
Rachel Smith, Tara Buchannan.
(2015), 337-348, Harvard Education Press
Journal Article
Quality Internship Development and Supervision: Raising the Bar in Therapeutic Recreation Internships
Jennifer Hinton, Rachel Smith, Jarred Allsop, Donna Lozzano.
Therapeutic Recreation Journal, (2023), https://doi.org/10.18666/TRJ-2023-V57-I3-11957
A practice brief: Community collaboration, use of universal design in the classroom.
Rachel Smith, Tara Buchanan.
Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, (2012)
Using Adaptive Scuba for Disability Awareness: A Practice Brief.
Rachel Smith, Mark Cole.
Palestra, 28 (1), (2004)
Newsletter
Quality Internship Supervision, What is it and why should I care?
Rachel E. Smith, Eric Oba, Steven Bell, Rachel Hubsch.
American Therapeutic Recreation Association, 39 (1), 4-6, (2023)
Quality internships: Providing structure and excellence in internship supervision.
Jennifer Hinton, Pam Wilson, Rachel Smith, S Bell.
American Therapeutic Recreation Association Newsletter, (2021)
Textbook, New
Case Studies in Therapeutic Recreation
Sherri Hildebrand, Rachel Smith.
(2017), 128, Sagamore/Venture Publishing
Presentations
The Impact of Employee Psychological Empowerment on Job Satisfaction in the Hospitality Industry: A Case Study of Hotels in a Midwestern City
James Nyamekye, Tracy Mainieri, Michael Mulvaney, Rachel Smith.
University Research Symposium, Normal IL, April, 2025
Helping NTT Faculty Thrive at Illinois State
Rachel Smith, Tracy Mainieri.
2024 Teaching & Learning Symposium, Thriving at Illinois State University, Normal, IL, January 10, 2024
Quality Internship Supervisor Training
Rachel Smith.
American Therapeutic Recreation Symposium, Birmingham AL, September, 2022
Quality Internships A Statement Review and Internship Manual Develoipment for Professionals
Rachel Smith.
American Therapeutic Recreation Symposium, Birmingham AL, September, 2022
Emotional Freedom Technique- Tapping Will it Work for You?
Rachel Smith.
Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation, Missouri, April, 2022
Keys to Quality Internships in Recreational Therapy
Rachel Smith.
Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation, Missouri, April, 2022
Quality Internships
Rachel Smith.
ATRA, Online, September, 2021
Practing Evidence-Based Practice
Rachel Smith, Sherri Hildebrand.
Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation, Online, March, 2021
The TR Internship Experience: Bridging the Gap
Rachel Smith.
Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation, St Charles, Mo., March, 2021
Study Tips for The NCTRC Exam
Skylar Blasz, Rachel Smith.
Midwest TR Symposium, online, March, 2021
Calling All Students! Creating Opportunities for Involvement in ILRTA
Rachel Smith.
Illinois Recreation Therapy Association, Alsip, IL, November 5, 2019
Quality Community Based TR Internships
Rachel Smith.
Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation, Kansas City, MO, April 24, 2019
Quality Based TR Internships
RACHEL E SMITH, Nicole Kohler.
Illinois Recreation Therapy Association, ALSIP IL, November 13, 2018
Quality Community Based TR Internships
Rachel Smith.
Illinois Recreation Therapy Association, Alsip, IL, November 4, 2018
Going Global
RACHEL SMITH.
Summer Showcase, Online, August, 2018
There's an App for That
Rachel E Smith, Sherri Hildebrand, Rachel Gill, Riley Spreadbery.
Midwest Therapeutic Recreation Symposium, Kansas City, Mo, April, 2018
Adult Coloring
Rachel Smith.
Midwest Therapeutic Recreation Symposium, Missouri, April, 2017
Making it Meaningful
Sherri Hildebrand, Rachel Smith, Ethan Blumhorst, Sydney Goodin, McKenna Teboda.
Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation, St. Louis, MO, April 19, 2017
Adult Coloring
Rachel Smith.
Midwest Therapeuitc Recreation Symposium, St. Louis, Mo, April, 2016
Digital Distractions
Rachel Smith, Katherine Pawelko.
Midwest Therapeuitc Recreation Symposium, St. Louis, Mo, April, 2016
Virtues and Vices in Social Media
Rachel Smith, Katherine Pawelko.
Midwest Therapeuitc Recreation Symposium, St. Louis, Mo, April, 2016
Professional Panel
Rachel Smith.
PARS Professional Panel, Normal, IL, April, 2016
Competency Driven Decision Making
Rachel Smith.
Professional Development Conference, Macomb, IL, April, 2016
Speed Networking
Sherri A Hildebrand, Rachel Smith, Michael Bassett.
Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation, St. Louis, MO, April 20, 2016