J.A.T. Smith
Biography
J. A. T. Smith is Associate Professor of English, Associate Director for the Center for Faith and Learning, and Coordinator of Digital Humanities, at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. She earned her BA from the University of California, Berkeley and both her MA and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Smith is also currently serving as a Councilor with the Medieval Association of the Pacific. Prior to joining the Pepperdine faculty in 2014, she taught at her graduate alma mater, as well as at Occidental College and Mount St. Mary's College. In her research, Professor Smith works on the intersection of language and learning in late medieval England with an emphasis on the theological writings of the reformist educator, Bishop Reginald Pecock. This research contributes to a deeper historical and theological understanding of the universal Christian educational imperative implicit in the language of the New Testament commandment to "love your neighbor as yourself."
Education
- PhD, Medieval English Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012
- PhC, Medieval English Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
- MA, Medieval Rhetoric, Middle English, Old English, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
- BA, English, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
Topics
- Digital Pedagogy
- Middle English Literature
- Philology
- Reginald Pecock
- Vernacular Theology
Courses
- Introduction to Digital Humanities
- Arthurian Literature
- Shakespeare
- The Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis (GE)
- Western Cultures (GE)