Dr. Melissa Smith
UCA English is proud to highlight the research achievements of Dr. Melissa Smith, associate professor and director of our English Education Program. Dr. Smith has emerged as a major voice whose interdisciplinary scholarship engages LGBTQ-inclusive educational practice in K-12 schools.
Recently, Dr. Smith co-authored three publications. “Power, Emotion, and Privilege: ‘Discomfort’ as Resistance to Transgender Affirmation” appeared in the Teachers College Record special issue: “Supporting Transgender Students and Gender-Expansive Education in Schools: Investigating Policy, Pedagogy, and Curricular Implications” (2022). Additionally, Dr. Smith contributed to book chapters appearing in Trans Studies in K-12 Education: Mapping an Agenda for Research and Practice (Harvard Education Press, 2022) and The Sociology of Bullying: Power, Status, and Aggression Among Adolescents (NYU Press, 2022).
