Valerie T. Smith

Aug: 3- Sept. 11: Writing Center operations are modified Aug. 3-Sept. 11 due to construction on the fourth floor of the Teaching and Learning Complex. Consultations will be virtual and center staff will relocate to Room 1211 in the Teaching and Learning Complex. Read our update for details.

Valerie Smith

Lecturer

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

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