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General Interests
"I have recently co-edited a collection of essays on the 19th-century American writer Elizabeth Stoddard. I am also working on a number of inter-related short stories about artists in Washington, D.C."
Years at Knox: 1996 to present
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.
Honors/Grants
Winner of Scotsman and Orange Short Story Award, the largest competition of its kind in Great Britain, for "Masonry," 2004.
Pushcart Prize Nominee, 2003.
Publications
"Turkey." Chicago Quaterly Review 13 (2010): 186-198.
"Easter Parade." Alt Hist (2010.)
"More Newes From Scotland." Gutter 2 (2010): 185-192.
"Glasgow Rose." Gettsburg Review (2010.)
"Tenement Clype." Confrontation (2010.)
"On The Happiness of Fish." Spine (2010.)
"Collision Set Morphology." Crash (2010.)
"Suicide Dogs of Ecclefechan." Chapman 110 (2010): 6-11.
"The Idolator." Big Stupid Review (2010.)
"Tod, 1932." J Journal: New Writing on Justice 2.1 (Spring 2009): 44-55.
"The Burn." You Must Be This Tall To Ride (August 2009).
"Inferno." Versal 7 (2009): 53-5.
"Flannelfeet and the Burning Beauty." Warwick Review 2.4 (2009): 7-21.
"Idolator." Big Stupid Review (December 2009).
"The Spit: A Memoir of '77." South Loop Review 11 (2009): 13-20.
"Fungo." Aethlon 26 (2008): 161-168.
"Undertaking 1930." Night Train 7.2 (2008).
"Shahid Dastgerdi." Eclectica, (2008).
"Copenhagen Interpretation." Barrelhouse, 5 (2008): 74-86.
"Seductions of David Porter." (a festschrift contribution to a volume) (2008).
"Undertaking 1930." Night Train 7 (2007): 2.
"Excerpt from Latest Celtic Bodice Ripper." Defenstration, 2007.
"Oh the Men We Love." Upstreet 3 (2007): 171-177.
"Glasgow Lullaby." Smokelong Quarterly 16, 2007.
"Mrs. Butt." Buffalo Carp 4 (2007): 27-39.
"Pleasure of a Certain Sort": Mr. James, Mr. Humphreys and the Haunting Form." Edited by Sladja Blazan, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.
"Ratman Agonistes." Fugue 33 (Fall 2007): 74-81.
"Baobhan Sith," "Fuath." Champagne Shivers, 2006.
"No Surrender." Aethlon, 2006.
"Clam." Zahir, 2006.
"One Thing Leads to Another." Versal, 2006.
"Vaguegirl2(forthcoming)." Word Riot, 2006.
"Easterhouse." Barcelona Review, 2006.
"Snow and Stars: A Polyphobic Love Story." Other Voices, 2006.
"Scots in Hawaii." Barcelona Review, 2005.
"Ampullae of Lorenzini." Vestal Review, 2005.
"Tawse." Pulp.net, 2005.
"Jill and the Octopus." Cafe Irreal, 2005.
"Disasters of War." Confrontation, 2005.
"Scot-Free." Dublin Quarterly, 2005.
"Buccaneer's Bay Miniature Golf: Scorecard." Defenestration, 2005.
"American Culture, Canons, and the Case of Elizabeth Stoddard." Coedited with Ellen Weinauer. University of Alabama Press, 2003.
"Elizabeth Stoddard and the Masochistic Aesthetic." Arizona Quarterly, 2002.
"A Secret History of Blue." Confrontation, 2002.
"Addiction and Recovery in Denis Johnson's Jesus Son. "Critique, 2001.
"L'Art Ecosse 2000." Chelsea 68 (Summer 2000): 60-73.
Presentations
"Dickinson and Others: 'Dickinson and Stoddard.'" Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Dickinson: New Approaches." American Literature Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Pleasure of a Certain Sort: Mr. James, Mr. Humphreys and the Haunting Form." International Gothic Association Conference, Montreal, Canada.
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 and Spanish Major
Like many Knox College students, Steve Galdek is fond of the squirrels wandering around campus. His research project is enabling him to learn more about their winter-survival strategies.
A few weeks after completing an international assignment to take photos of newly arrived pandas in Scotland, Knox College instructor Michael Godsil is asked to document the delivery of two more pandas in France.
Knox College introduces KnoxReads, an online book discussion. The first selection is "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World," by writer and foreign policy analyst Robin Wright, who visits Knox on February 28.
