Bonnie Smith
Bonnie Smith teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in English at Belmont. Dr. Smith graduated with honors in English from Sewanee in 1997, earned an M.A. in English/Writing at the University of Tennessee in 1999, and completed the Ph.D. in English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003. As a teacher and scholar, she engages her students with questions about how reading and writing influence memory, narrative, identity, economy, technology, and politics. As a citizen, she has a special interest in educational access and equity, an interest which has led her to integrate service-learning into several of her classes. She has written about ways so-called common readers report reading popular novels have "changed" their lives in the context of mass literacy movements. A new service/research project will investigate ways a local group of women use literacy for identity and self-improvement. Dr. Smith directs the University Writing Center.
email: Bonnie Smith
phone: 615.460.6982
office: WHB 210
