Laurie Ann Britt-Smith

Biography

Laurie serves as Director for the Center for Writing and Program Advisor for the Rhetoric and Composition Minor.

Publications

• "Bridging Academic and Workplace Writing: Insights from Employers." Writing Beyond the University: Preparing Lifelong Learners for Lifewide Writing, edited by Julia Bleakney, Jessie L. Moore, and Paula Rosinski, Elon, NC: Elon University Center for Engaged Learning, 2022.
• "Why Does Grammar Matter?" The Conversation. 11 Jan. 2021.
• "Exploring the Borderlands: Using Interdisciplinarity to Build Civic Literacy at the College of the Holy Cross." Redesigning Liberal Education: Innovative Design for a Twenty-First-Century Undergraduate Education, edited by William Moner, Phillip Motley, and Rebecca Pope-Ruark, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020, pp. 85-97.
• "Not So Easily Dismissed: The Intellectual Influences and Rhetorical Voice of Dorothy Day--'Servant of God.'" Remembering Women Differently: Refiguring Rhetorical Work, ​edited by Lynee Lewis Gaillet and Helen Gaillet Bailey. South Carolina University Press, 2019, pp. 206-221.
• "Transforming Eloquentia Perfecta for the 21st Century." Connections, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, 2019.
• "Eloquentia Perfecta in the Time of Tweets." Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education , vol. 52, 2017, pp. 14-15.
• Review --  Traditions of Eloquence--The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies. Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education , vol. 51, 2017, pp. 50-51.
• "Do We Really Want the Flies We Might Catch? Interrogating 'Post-Feminist' Lessons for Success." Surviving Sexism in Academia: Strategies for Feminist Leadership,  edited by Kristi Cole and Holly Hassel. Routledge, 2017, pp.38-45. Co-authored with Heather Hill-Vasquez.
• "Jesuits in Film: Pioneers, Musketeers, Exorcists." Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, vol.  45, 2014, pp. 35-36.
• "Faith, Rhetoric, Rock 'n Roll: The Boundary Crossing Influence of Bono's Prophetic Vision." Prophetic Critique and Popular Media: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Application, edited by Robert Woods and Kevin Healey. Peter Lang, 2013, pp. 35-53.
• "Conversations and Collaborations: Eloquentia Perfecta on 21st Century Jesuit Campuses." Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, vol. 43, 2013, pp. 20-21. Co-authored with Lisa Zimmerelli, Cinthia Gannett, and John Kerrigan.
• "Faith, Politics, and Paradox: Jim Wallis as Social Justice Prophet." The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society, vol. 1, no. 4, 2012, pp. 149-158.
• "Txt Msgs 4 Afrca: Social Justice Communities in a Digital World." Reflections: Writing, Service Learning, and Community Literacy, vol. 10, no. 1, 2010, pp. 172-194.
• "Letting the Cracks Show: Anne Lamott and the Feminine Style of Rhetoric." The Cresset, vol. 71, no. 1, 2007, pp. 17-20.
• Review - Furious Flower II: The Black Poetic Tradition. African American Review, vol. 40, no. 3, 2006, pp. 604-605.

Editorial Work

• To Wit - The Newsletter of the American Humor Studies Association. Editor. (2011-2016).
• Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education. Member of the National Seminar (Editorial Board, 2012-2015).
• The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society. Associate Editor. Vols. 1.1-1.3.

Writing Program Experience

• 2015-present - Center for Writing Director, College of the Holy Cross.
• 2008-2015 - Associate Professor, Writing Program Director, and Director of the Writing Center, University of Detroit Mercy.
• 2006-2007 - Writing Program Assistant Director, Saint Louis University. 

Awards

• 2009 - Mellon Grant for Humanities Studies. College of Liberal Arts and Education, University of Detroit Mercy.
• 2007 - Dr. Mary Louise Adams Endowed Fellowship. College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis University.
• 2000 - VanReenan Award for Excellence in the Teaching of College Writing, Western Michigan University.

Involved In

• HC F1RST Advisory Board.
• Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
• Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, Founding member. Treasurer (2018-present).
• Jesuit Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, Vice-Chair/Chair (2017-2020).
• Northeast Writing Across the Curriculum Consortium, Chair (2017- 2019). Vice-Chair (2016-2017).
• Research Network Forum at the College Conference on Composition and Communication (2011-present).