Jennifer Smith

Biography

Jennifer A. T. Smith is Assistant Professor of English and Coordinator of Digital Humanities at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. She earned her BA from the University of California, Berekely 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 moral imperative to learn that is 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