Background
Smart, Ian Isidore was born on April 4, 1944 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Son of Isidore and Myrle Elma (Granderson) Smart.
Smart, Ian Isidore was born on April 4, 1944 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Son of Isidore and Myrle Elma (Granderson) Smart.
Bachelor in French and Spanish with honors, University College, Dublin, 1968. Master of Arts in Spanish, National Autonomous University Mexico, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish, University of California at Los Angeles, 1975.
English instructor, National Autonomous U. Mexico, Mexico City, 1969-1970; secondary school teacher, Trinidad and Tobago, 1970-1971; teaching assistant department Spanish and Portuguese, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971-1974; instructor Spanish, lecturer Caribbean literature, University of California at Los Angeles, 1975-1976; Spanish teacher, Verbum Dei High School, Los Angeles, 1975; assistant professor department foreign languages, U. Arkansas, 1976-1977; assistant professor department Romance languages, Howard U., Washington, 1977-1981; associate professor, Howard U., Washington, 1981-1984; professor Spanish, Howard U., Washington, since 1984. Co-founder, president Afro-Hispanic Institute, since 1982.
Married Buena Isidra Dawkins. Children: Monifa Isidra, Isidore Kamau.