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Dr. Jo Smith is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership, where she is Program Director for the D.Ed. program. Jo teaches a variety of courses across EMPL and CoE programs, including writing, policy, organization theory, and qualitative methods courses. She explores the links between policy, leadership, and the improvement of schools and school systems, examining the policy conditions that foster successful reform by the spectrum of system actors. Jo began her education career as an English and ESL teacher at an Islamic high school in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Oregon, Jo was a faculty member at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. She has been at UO since 2013.