Lisa Smith

Biography

Lisa Smith earned her PhD in early American literature at the University of Delaware. She taught at the University of Delaware and is currently visiting assistant professor of English at Pepperdine University, in Malibu, California. She teaches a variety of courses in early American literature, early American women writers, spiritual autobiography, and composition. Lisa has published articles on religion and literature and a monograph on how the First Great Awakening appeared in colonial American newspapers.

Education

• PhD in English, University of Delaware, 1999
• MA in English, University of Delaware, 1992
• BA in English and Psychology, University of Delaware, 1989