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The Power of Learning Communities in the Age of AI

Tue, October 13, 2026
Dinner Program
Theresa Smith

Join a discussion about how artificial intelligence is impacting learning communities.

Theresa Smith is Head of School at The Webb Schools in Claremont, California, where she leads with a commitment to academic excellence, innovation, and preparing students to thrive as principled leaders in a rapidly changing world. With more than two decades of experience in independent schools and higher education, she has led transformative work in curriculum design, strategic planning, and student-centered innovation.

An engaged voice in conversations about artificial intelligence and education, Dr. Smith advocates for thoughtful approaches to preparing students for a future shaped by emerging technologies. Her perspective is grounded in her work as an historian, examining how periods of technological and social transformation reshape institutions, communities, and human experience.

Theresa Smith, Ph.D. holds a Bachelor of Arts in history with a minor in Spanish from UC Berkeley, a Master of Arts in history from UC San Diego, and a Ph.D. in history from UC San Diego with focuses in early modern European history, modern European history and colonial Latin American history. She is the author of The Emerging Female Citizen: Gender & Enlightenment in Spain, published by UC Press in 2006.

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