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Overview

Emil L. Smith was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research predominantly contributed to the fields of social sciences and psychology, focusing especially on education and related social dynamics.

Smith's main areas of study included:

  • Social Sciences (27 publications)
  • Psychology (9 publications)

Their subfields of expertise comprised:

  • Education (18 publications)
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (4 publications)
  • Gender Studies (4 publications)
  • Sociology and Political Science (4 publications)
  • Social Psychology (3 publications)

Research topics addressed in Smith's work were:

  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Education Systems and Policy
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies

Smith published articles in several academic venues including:

  • Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
  • Frontiers in Education
  • Child Development
  • The Journal of Early Adolescence
  • International Journal of Educational Research

Among Smith's recent research outputs were:

  • "What happens when schools shut down? Investigating inequality in students' reading behavior during Covid-19 in Denmark," 2020, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
  • "Social Contexts and Gender Disparities in Students' Competence Beliefs: The Role of Gender-Stereotypical Beliefs and Achievement Patterns in the Classroom for Students' Self-Concept in Gender-Stereotypical Subjects," 2022, Frontiers in Education
  • "Understanding gender inequality in children's reading behavior: New insights from digital behavioral data," 2023, Child Development
  • "Socioeconomic achievement gaps and the role of school leadership: Addressing within- and between-school inequality in student achievement," 2022, International Journal of Educational Research
  • "Gender and mathematics achievement: the role of gender stereotypical beliefs of classroom peers," 2022, European Sociological Review

Smith worked collaboratively with several colleagues, most frequently with:

  • David Reimer
  • Ida Gran Andersen
  • Bent Sortkær
  • Sedat Gümüş
  • George Farkas

Best Publications

  • Calf and Pea Histone IV II. THE COMPLETE AMINO ACID SEQUENCE OF CALF THYMUS HISTONE IV; PRESENCE OF ε-N-ACETYLLYSINE

    Robert J. DeLange;Robert J. DeLange;Douglas M. Fambrough;Douglas M. Fambrough;Emil L. Smith;Emil L. Smith;James Bonner;James Bonner

  • Crystalline papain. I. Preparation, specificity, and activation.

    J. R. Kimmel;Emil L. Smith

  • Reversible modification of arginine residues. Application to sequence studies by restriction of tryptic hydrolysis to lysine residues.

    L Patthy;E L Smith

  • Photosynthesis in Relation to Light and Carbon Dioxide.

    Emil L. Smith

  • Leucine aminopeptidase. V. Activation, specificity, and mechanism of action.

    Emil L. Smith;Darrel H. Spackman

  • Amino-Acid Sequence of Horse Heart Cytochrome C : The Complete Amino-acid Sequence

    E. Margoliash;E. Margoliash;Emil L. Smith;Gunther Kreil;Hans Tuppy

  • Kinetics of Carboxypeptidase Action. I. Effect of Various Extrinsic Factors on Kinetic Parameters1

    Rufus Lumry;Emil L. Smith;Ruby R. Glantz

  • Studies on the ultraviolet difference spectra of proteins and polypeptides.

    A.N. Glazer;Emil L. Smith

  • Anomalous cleavage of aspartyl-proline peptide bonds during amino acid sequence determinations

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  • Subtilisin Carlsberg. V. The complete sequence; comparison with subtilisin BPN'; evolutionary relationships.

    E. L. Smith;R. J. Delange;William Howard Evans;M. Landon

  • Amino acid composition of crystalline carboxypeptidase.

    Emil L. Smith;Anne Stockell

  • Leucine aminopeptidase. IV. Isolation and properties of the enzyme from swine kidney.

    Darrel H. Spackman;Emil L. Smith;Douglas M. Brown

  • THE PEPTIDASES OF INTESTINAL MUCOSA

    Emil L. Smith;Max Bergmann

  • Identification of functional arginine residues in ribonuclease A and lysozyme.

    Laszlo Patthy;Emil L. Smith

  • Bovine liver glutamate dehydrogenase: tentative amino acid sequence; identification of a reactive lysine; nitration of a specific tyrosine and loss of allosteric inhibition by guanosine triphosphate.

    Emil L. Smith;Michael Landon;Dennis Piszkiewicz;William J. Brattin

  • THE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT AND CARBON DIOXIDE ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS

    Emil L. Smith

  • The Complete Amino Acid Sequence of Papain

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  • Subtilisin BPN': VII. ISOLATION OF CYANOGEN BROMIDE PEPTIDES AND THE COMPLETE AMINO ACID SEQUENCE

    Francis S. Markland;Emil L. Smith

  • Amino-Acid Sequence of Horse Heart Cytochrome C : Peptides released by Digestion with Chymotrypsin

    E. Margoliash;E. Margoliash;Emil L. Smith

  • The Complete Amino Acid Sequence of Two Types of Subtilisin, BPN' and Carlsberg

    Emil L. Smith;Francis S. Markland;Charles B. Kasper;Robert J. Delange

  • Purification and some properties of prolidase of swine kidney.

    Neil C. Davis;Emil L. Smith

  • Phenolic hydroxyl ionization in papain.

    A.N. Glazer;Emil L. Smith

  • Glycopeptides I. ISOLATION AND PROPERTIES OF GLYCOPEPTIDES FROM A FRACTION OF HUMAN γ-GLOBULIN

    John W. Rosevear;Emil L. Smith

  • SUBTILISIN BPN'. I. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND AMINO ACID COMPOSITION.

    Hiroshi Matsubara;Charles B. Kasper;Douglas M. Brown;Emil L. Smith

  • HUMAN HEART CYTOCHROME C. CHYMOTRYPTIC PEPTIDES, TRYPTIC PEPTIDES, AND THE COMPLETE AMINO ACID SEQUENCE.

    Hiroshi Matsubara;Emil L. Smith

  • Crystalline papain. III. Amino acid composition.

    Emil L. Smith;Anne Stockell;J. R. Kimmel

  • Isolation and amino acid composition of chymotryptic peptides from horse heart cytochrome c.

    E. Margoliash;Emil L. Smith

  • CARNOSINASE: AN ENZYME OF SWINE KIDNEY

    Emil L. Smith

  • Crystalline papain; number and reactivity of thiol groups; chromatographic behavior.

    Bernard J. Finkle;Emil L. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Dixon M. Woodbury
Dixon M. Woodbury University of Utah
James W. C. White
James W. C. White University of Colorado Boulder

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