Erec Smith                                           english@drew
  Assistant Professor of English, Director University Writing Center
Degrees:  BA, 1996, Ursinus College; MA, 1998; Ph.D. 2003, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Arrived at Drew: 2004

Areas of specialization: Writing center theory, composition theory, theories of rhetoric, African American Literature. 

Courses regularly taught: English 1/ Writing; English 1-A/ Introduction to Academic Writing; English 2/ Research Writing; English 850S/ Theory and Practice of Composition;

Recent Publications: "Writing Under the Bodhi Tree" (Academic Exchange Quarterly, Summer 2005) “CultureWise: Narrative as Research, Research as Narrative,” with Jennifer Cohen, Paula Mathieu, Vershawn Young, and Bridget Harris Tsemo. (Works and Days. Ed. Pagnucci, Gian S., Nicholas Mauriello. V17-18, 1999-2000 - 425-452); “Surviving the MLA Interviews: Notes on Honesty and Awareness” (Lore: An E-Journal for Teachers of Writing), “A Conversation with Bryan Carter.” (Works and Days 37/38  Volume 19, 2001).

Areas of research: Trickster consciousness and rhetoric, self-evaluation and the writing center.
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