Kevin G. Smith

Scholarship & public writing

Writing

Working at the intersection of writing, digital rhetoric, learning, place, and higher education.

Public writingPublic conversationsSelected publicationsWork in progress

Public writing

Public conversations

Podcast
September 17, 2026

Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning

My coauthors and I discuss what five years of listening to students taught us about learning, and what their experiences suggest for higher education.

Episode: “What Five Years of Listening to Students Taught Us About Learning” · 39 minutes

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Selected publications

  1. Getting Learning Right: The Promise of Higher Education

    Chris W. Gallagher, Kristi Girdharry, and Kevin G. Smith
    MIT Press, 2026 · Book

  2. Rerouting Place in Community-Engaged Teaching: Lessons from the Spatial Disruption of COVID-19

    Charles Lesh and Kevin G. Smith
    Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric 21.1, 2022

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  3. Writing Transfer, Integration, and the Need for the Long View

    Kevin G. Smith, Kristi Girdharry, and Chris W. Gallagher
    College Composition and Communication 73.1, 2021, pp. 4–26

  4. Negotiating Community Literacy Practice: Public Memory Work and the Boston Marathon Bombing Digital Archive

    Kevin G. Smith
    Computers and Composition 40, 2016, pp. 115–130

  5. A Writing Studies Review of Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities

    Kevin G. Smith
    Digital Humanities Quarterly, 2016 · Book review

  6. Editor’s Introduction: Defining and Doing the “English Language Arts” in Twenty-First Century Classrooms and Teacher Education Programs

    Mary M. Juzwik, Ellen Cushman, Kevin G. Smith, and Cori McKenzie
    Research in the Teaching of English 51.2, 2016

Work in progress

Cycling & advocacy

I’m beginning a creative-critical project on cycling and bike advocacy. This emerging work brings together creative writing, critical inquiry, and public engagement.

I’m interested in connecting with others working on cycling and advocacy. Get in touch.