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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
Recent Recognition
Awards
Winner of Scotsman and Orange Short Story Award, the largest competition of its kind in Great Britain, for "Masonry," 2004.
Pushcart Prize Nominee, 2003.
Recent Accomplishments
Publications
"Fungo." Aethlon 26, forthcoming, 2008.
"Suicide Dogs of Ecclefechan." Chapman, forthcoming, 2008.
"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
Contact
rsmith@knox.edu
The Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band, Knox Wind Ensemble, and individual music students perform in concert and recital, November 13 through 17 at Knox College.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Elisabeth Herrmann of the University of Alberta gives the 2009 Johnson Lecture, "Mapping Germany from a Cultural Perspective Twenty Years after the Fall of the Wall," November 13 at Knox College.
Severed heads, a ghost in the well -- the Knox College Japanese Club marks Halloween by building a "Kimodameshi," which led visitors through scenes drawn from traditional Japanese ghost stories.
