Laurie Ann Britt-Smith

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Director, Center for Writing
Advisor, Rhetoric and Composition Minor

Ph.D.,ÌýSaintÌýLouis University

Fields:ÌýRhetoric, Social Justice, Composition Studies, Writing Across the Curriculum, Professional Writing, Language and Literacy Studies, 19th Century American Literature, Humor StudiesÌý

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Office Phone: 508-793-3681
Office: Dinand 210
PO Box: WP
Office Hours: Ìý1:30-2:30 Monday, or by appointmentÌý

Courses

  • ENGL 110: Introduction to Academic Writing
  • CISS 299: Writing About Data and Policy
  • MONT 100: ABC, 123
  • MONT 104: Sci Fi: Redefining the Human
  • PSPT 108: Elements of Writing Argument
  • ENGL 299: Revising Writing
  • ENGL 399: Theories of English Language & Literature

Publications

  • ""ÌýWriting Beyond the University: Preparing Lifelong Learners for Lifewide Writing,Ìýedited byÌýJulia Bleakney, Jessie L. Moore, and Paula Rosinski,ÌýElon, NC: Elon University Center for Engaged Learning, 2022.
  • ""ÌýThe Conversation. 11 Jan. 2021.
  • "."ÌýRedesigning Liberal Education: Innovative Design for a Twenty-First-Century Undergraduate Education,Ìýedited by William Moner, Phillip Motley, and Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020, pp. 85-97.
  • "Not So Easily Dismissed: The Intellectual Influences and Rhetorical Voice of Dorothy Day--'Servant of God.'"Ìý,Ìý​edited by Lynee Lewis Gaillet and Helen Gaillet Bailey. South Carolina University Press, 2019, pp. 206-221.
  • "."ÌýConnections, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, 2019.Ìý
  • "."ÌýConversations on Jesuit Higher Education , vol. 52, 2017, pp. 14-15.Ìý
  • .ÌýConversations on Jesuit Higher Education , vol. 51, 2017, pp. 50-51.Ìý
  • "Do We Really Want the Flies We Might Catch? Interrogating 'Post-Feminist' Lessons for Success."Ìý,Ìý edited by Kristi Cole and Holly Hassel. Routledge, 2017, pp.38-45. Co-authored with Heather Hill-Vasquez.
  • "ÌýConversations on Jesuit Higher Education, vol.ÌýÌý45, 2014, pp. 35-36.
  • "Faith, Rhetoric, Rock 'n Roll: The Boundary Crossing Influence of Bono's Prophetic Vision."ÌýProphetic Critique and Popular Media: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Application, edited by Robert Woods and Kevin Healey. Peter Lang, 2013, pp. 35-53.
  • "s."ÌýConversations on Jesuit Higher Education, vol. 43, 2013, pp. 20-21. Co-authored with Lisa Zimmerelli, Cinthia Gannett, and John Kerrigan.
  • "Faith, Politics, and Paradox: Jim Wallis as Social Justice Prophet."ÌýThe International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society, vol. 1, no. 4, 2012, pp. 149-158.
  • "Txt Msgs 4 Afrca: Social Justice Communities in a Digital World."ÌýReflections: Writing, Service Learning, and Community Literacy, vol. 10, no. 1, 2010, pp. 172-194.
  • "."ÌýThe Cresset, vol. 71, no. 1, 2007, pp. 17-20.
  • Review -ÌýFurious Flower II: The Black Poetic Tradition.ÌýAfrican American Review,Ìývol. 40, no. 3, 2006, pp. 604-605.

Editorial Work

  • To Wit - The Newsletter of the American Humor Studies Association. Editor. (2011-2016).
  • Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education. Member of the National Seminar (Editorial Board, 2012-2015).Ìý
  • The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society. Associate Editor. Vols. 1.1-1.3.

Writing Program Experience

  • 2015-present - Center for Writing Director, º£½ÇÉçÇø.
  • 2008-2015 - Associate Professor, Writing Program Director, and Director of the Writing Center, University of Detroit Mercy.
  • 2006-2007 -ÌýWriting Program Assistant Director, Saint Louis University.Ìý

Awards

  • 2009Ìý- Mellon Grant for Humanities Studies. College of Liberal Arts and Education, University of Detroit Mercy.
  • 2007 - Dr. Mary Louise Adams Endowed Fellowship. College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis University.
  • 2000 - VanReenan Award for Excellence in the Teaching of College Writing, Western Michigan University.

Involved In

  • HC F1RST Advisory Board.
  • Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
  • Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, Founding member. Treasurer (2018-present).
  • Jesuit Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, Vice-Chair/Chair (2017-2020).
  • Northeast Writing Across the Curriculum Consortium, Chair (2017- 2019). Vice-Chair (2016-2017).
  • Research Network Forum at the College Conference on Composition and Communication (2011-present).Ìý