Robert McClure Smith
John and Elaine Fellowes Professor in English
Meet Professor Smith 
Years at Knox: 1996 to present
Email Professor Smith: rsmith@knox.edu
"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).