Valerie T. Smith

Valerie Smith

Position Title
Lecturer

Voorhies 229
Office Hours
Tuesdays 10:00 to 12:00p.m. via Zoom
Wednesdays 12:00 to 1:00p.m. in Voorhies 229
Bio

Research Areas:

Feminist rhetorics; technofeminism; digital rhetorics; rhetoric of health and medicine; user-centered design; user experience; critical technical communication

Education and Degree(s)
  • Ph.D. (Student) | Texas Tech University | Technical Communication and Rhetoric
  • M.A. | Arkansas State University | Communications Studies
  • M.B.A. | Louisiana State University, Shreveport | concentration in Entrepreneurship
  • M.A. | California State University, Sacramento | English Composition
  • B.A. | California State University, Sacramento | English Literature, minor in Anthropology
  • Graduate Certificates
  • Teaching English as a Second Language – UCLA
  • Technical Communication - UC San Diego
  • Postsecondary Reading and Learning - California State University, Fullerton
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Feminist rhetorics; technofeminism; digital rhetorics; rhetoric of health and medicine; user-centered design; user experience; critical technical communication