Dr. Tania S. Smith
Curriculum Vitae

Download full CV, February 2012

Education

• Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric & Composition), August 2002. The Ohio State University
• Ph.D. studies, 1997-98. Department of English, University of Alberta, Edmonton
• M.A. English, 1995, University of Alberta, Edmonton
• B.A. English with Honors, 1994, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

Research areas

• Innovative Higher Education and University-Community Engagement -- community service-learning, sustainability education, peer mentoring, inquiry-based learning, blended/online learning, interdisciplinary pedagogy.
• Rhetoric and Writing Studies -- Rhetorical theory, postsecondary speech and writing pedagogy, public and organizational rhetoric, history of rhetorical education, 18th century British rhetoric, writing and learning

Selected publications & presentations

• Smith, T. S. (2011). Catharine Macaulay's Teachings on Rhetoric and Law. [conference presentation] International Society for the History of Rhetoric. Bologna, Italy, July 18-22
• Smith, T. S., Editor. (Forthcoming; manuscript under review). Peer Mentoring: Enabling Senior Undergraduate Students to Serve as Peer Mentors in Courses.
• Smith, T. S. (2010). Rhetorical strategies of the postsecondary community service-learning movement in Canada. Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement, 1(2), 1-18.
• Smith, T. S. (2009). Rhetorical criticism, history and theory and the institutionalization of community service learning in higher education. Rhetor: Journal of the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric, 3, 1-36.

Selected awards and grants

• 2011-2014: Student’s Union Quality Money. $130,400 awarded to the Curricular Peer Mentoring Network, directed by T. Smith. Award covers 3 years of program development, coordination, communication, and research across four faculties and beyond
• 2010, Dec: Sustainability Excellence Award, University of Calgary Office of Sustainability
• 2010, June: Nominated by Faculty of Arts for U of C Killam Innovation in Teaching Award
• 2010, January: Teaching Innovation Award in Service-Learning and Student Engagement