Dr. Jessica Smith is Assistant Professor of Practice at Texas Tech University. She is the author of Lady Smith (University of Akron Press, 2024). Her next book project explores representations of intimate partner violence in American popular culture. She is affiliated faculty in the Texas Tech Women's and Gender Studies Program and sits on the directory board of Sexism/Cinema. She received her MFA from The New School and is the recipient of support from The Sewanee Writers' Conference and The Vermont Studio Center. 

Website: www.jesselizabethsmith.com

Research interests:

Contemporary American poetry, Contemporary American Memoir, The Lyric Essay, Literary Trauma Theory, Intimate Partner Violence and American Media 

Book:

Lady Smith. (University of Akron Press, 2024).

Publications (selected): 

Poetry 

• Identity Theory. “Why Don't We Paint the Town” and “The Standard.” June 2023. 
• Sweet: A Literary Confection. “Selling Sunset” and “Mother's Day.” May 2nd, 2023. 
• Sepia Journal. “People You Might Know.” Issue 6. Fall 2022.  
• Southword. “All Ye Faithful.” Issue 44. Spring 2023.  
• VerseDaily. “Training.” August 22nd, 2022.  
• The Cincinnati Review. “Training.” Issue 19.1. July 2022.  
• The Shore. “Retreat” and “People I Envy the Most.” Issue 13. Spring 2022.  
• Hayden's Ferry Review. “Valentine.” Issue 69. Spring 2022.  
• VerseDaily. “Scold's Bridle.” June 1st, 2021.  
• Hoxie Gorge Review. “Dark Hollow Falls.” Issue IV. Summer 2021.  
• Salt Hill. “Scold's Bridle.” Issue 45. Spring 2021.  
• Hoxie Gorge Review. “Dark Hollow Falls.” Issue IV. Summer 2021.  
• Salt Hill. “Scold's Bridle.” Issue 45. Spring 2021.  
• VerseDaily. “Luster.” July 11th, 2020.  
• Rappahannock Review. “Fire Breathing.” Issue 7.1. Spring 2020.  
• NELLE. “Internalized.” Issue Three. January 2020.  
• Southern Indiana Review. Two Poems: “Luster” and “Gather.” Fall 2019.  
• Freshwater Review. “Elegy for My Mother's Boyfriend.” Summer 2019.

Nonfiction 

• Boulevard Magazine. “The Sniper's Rifle.” Fall 2023. 
• The Bookwoman. “In Gettysburg.” Spring 2021.  
• OneZero. “How to Fix the Futility of Pregnancy Googling.” August 9th, 2019.  
• Avidly: A Channel of the LA Review of Books. “#JennyToo.” October 24th, 2017.  

Fiction 

• The Texas Observer. “The After Party.” Winter 2019.  

Assistant Professor of Practice
Literature, Creative Writing, and Linguistics

Email: jessica.e.smith@ttu.edu
Office: 434