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Robert McClure Smith

John and Elaine Fellowes Professor in English

Meet Professor Smith Robert Geraci

Years at Knox: 1996 to present

"I have most recently been publishing non-fiction and poetry in literary magazines, while working on a novel about the midwest."

Education

Ph.D., English and American Literature, 1992, University of Massachusetts.
M.A., English and American Literature, 1989, University of Massachusetts.
B.A., English Studies, with honors, 1984, University of Strathclyde, U.K.

Teaching Interests

American literature, literary theory, the American Renaissance, film

Selected Professional Accomplishments

Honors/Grants

James McCash Poetry Prize (2025)
Black Springs Crime Fiction Prize (2023)
Philip Green Wright-Lombard College Prize for Distinguished Teaching (2018)
Scotsman Orange Short Story Award (2004)
Choice Outstanding Academic Book (1996)
Elizabeth Agee Prize (1994)

Publications

The Scotsman. Black Springs Press (2024).

The Violence. Queen's Ferry Press (2015)

American Culture, Canons and the Case of Elizabeth Stoddard.  Co-edited with Ellen Weinauer.  Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2003 (paperback edition, 2014).

The Seductions of Emily Dickinson. Tuscaloosa:  University of Alabama Press, 1996 (paperback edition, 1997).

What Students Say

  • Rob Smith is an insightful and challenging professor who succeeds in making every class interesting through his fantastic sense of humor, creativity, and ability to make challenging theoretical concepts accessible to his students. He is certainly someone who can help you grow as a thinker and writer through his direct, astute and honest feedback.

    Elizabeth Barrios

    English Literature & Spanish Major