Justin Smith

English Graduate Assistant

4 Burrowes Building, Cubicle G

Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
State College , PA 16802

Email: jas1377@psu.edu

Office Hours:

Summer 2019:
Tues. 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Thurs. 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

B.A., English, Creative Writing, Political Science (minor), Canisius College (Buffalo, NY), Magna Cum Laude, All College Honors, GPA 3.90
M.A./Ph.D., African-American Literature, Pennsylvania State University (in progress)

Professional Bio

Justin Smith is a second-year M.A. in English Literature. His area of interest is early 20th-century African American literature and the ways in which political identity and solidarity manifest themselves in literary texts (broadly conceived) with an emphasis on critical race theory.

Areas of Specialization

African American Literature and Language
American Literature After 1900
Race and Ethnicity Studies

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