Cheryl C Smith
Professor
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
- Biography
- Teaching
- Research and Creative Activity
- Grants
- Honors and Awards
- Service
Cheryl C. Smith is Interim Associate Dean of the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences and Professor of English at Baruch College. As Associate Dean, Dr. Smith oversees curriculum and instruction, academic affairs, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She chairs the Committee on Academic Standing and serves on the Weissman Curriculum Committee, the Dean’s Advisory Council, the CUNY Faculty Affairs Advisory Board, the Committee for Coordinated Undergraduate Education, and the Joint Academic Standing Committee.
Since 2011, Dr. Smith has been co-editor of the Journal of Basic Writing (JBW), launched in the 1970s in response to educational changes and turmoil surrounding the implementation of open admissions at CUNY. Her tenure with JBW inspired her current book project, Poetic Justice: Poetry, Protest, and Democracy in Public Higher Education. The book looks at the value of poetry in the classroom, connecting it to the advancement of expression, social liberation, and democracy in two periods of civic struggle that implicated educational opportunity and equity: the late 1960s and today. In 2021, Dr. Smith was named a Faculty Fellow in Transformative Learning in the Humanities, and has won grants for undergraduate research in the classroom and the public humanities. During her time at Baruch, she has held the titles of Dean’s Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Co-Chair of the Self Study for Re-Accreditation; Faculty Liaison to the Center for Teaching and Learning; Faculty Director of the Honors Program; and Director of the Great Works of World Literature Program. Her teaching interests include creative non-fiction writing, first-year writing, literature and the visual arts, world literature, and American literature.
Education
Ph.D., English, Tufts University
M.A., English, Tufts University
B.A., English/Spanish, Tufts University
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2021 | ENG | 3680 | Advncd Essay Writing |
| Fall 2021 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Fall 2019 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
| Fall 2018 | ENG | 3680 | Advncd Essay Writing |
| Summer 2018 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Summer 2016 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Summer 2016 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Spring 2016 | ENG | 3680 | Advncd Essay Writing |
| Fall 2015 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Spring 2015 | ENG | 3685 | Lyrics as Literature |
| Fall 2014 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Fall 2013 | ENG | 2850H | Honors Great Works II |
| Spring 2013 | ENG | 3680 | Advncd Essay Writing |
| Fall 2012 | ENG | 2150H | Honors - Writing II |
| Fall 2012 | ENG | 3020 | Survey American Literature I |
| Spring 2012 | ENG | 3680 | Advncd Essay Writing |
| Spring 2012 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Fall 2010 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
| Fall 2010 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 4630 | Regional Literature |
| Spring 2009 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Spring 2009 | ENG | 3680 | Advncd Essay Writing |
| Fall 2008 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Spring 2008 | ENG | 3025 | Surv American Lit II |
| Fall 2007 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2007 | ENG | 3950 | Topics in Literature |
| Spring 2007 | ENG | 3680 | Advncd Essay Writing |
| Spring 2007 | ENG | 3020 | Survey American Literature I |
| Spring 2006 | ENG | 3020 | Survey American Literature I |
| Fall 2005 | ENG | 2850 | Great Works of Literature II |
| Spring 2005 | ENG | 2150 | Writing II |
| Fall 2004 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Spring 2004 | ENG | 2150 | Writing II |
| Fall 2003 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
Books
Smith, C. C. (2022). Poetic Justice: Poetry, Protest, and Democracy in Public Higher Education. (p. 1-250).
Smith, C. C., & Summerfield, J. (2011). Making Teaching and Learning Matter: Transformative Spaces in Higher Education. (p. 1-307). New York , USA, Springer Press .
Journal Articles
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2022). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 41(1-2). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2022). Journal of Basic Writing. 41(1-2). 1-136.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2021). Journal of Basic Writing. 40(1). 1-135.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2021). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 40(1). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2020). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 39(2). 1-3.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2020). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 39(1). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2020). Journal of Basic Writing. 39(1). 1-137.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2020). Journal of Basic Writing. 39(2). 1-120.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2019). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 38(1). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2019). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 38(2). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2019). Journal of Basic Writing. 38(2). 1-152.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2019). Journal of Basic Writing. 38(1). 1-113.
Smith, C. C., Parisi, H., & Gray-Rosendale, L. (Eds.). (2018). Journal of Basic Writing. 37(1). 1-118.
Smith, C. C., Parisi, H., & Gray-Rosendale, L. (Eds.). (2018). Journal of Basic Writing. 37(2). 1-156.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2017). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 36(2). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2017). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 36(1). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2017). Journal of Basic Writing. 36(1). 1-130.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2017). Journal of Basic Writing. 36(2). 1-118.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2016). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 35(1). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Hope, P. (Eds.). (2016). Journal of Basic Writing. 35(1). 1-124.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2015). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 34(1). 1-3.
Smith, C. C., & Hope, P. (Eds.). (2015). Journal of Basic Writing. 34(1). 1-116.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2014). Journal of Basic Writing. 33(1). 1-134.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2013). Journal of Basic Writing. 32(2). 1-114.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2013). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 32(1). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2013). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 32(2). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2013). Journal of Basic Writing. 32(1). 1-120.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2012). Journal of Basic Writing. 31(2). 1-152.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2012). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 31(2). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2012). Journal of Basic Writing. 31(1). 1-135.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2012). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 31(1). 1-3.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2011). Journal of Basic Writing. 30(2). 1-122.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2011). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 30(1). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (2011). Editors' Column. Journal of Basic Writing, 30(1). 1-4.
Smith, C. C., & Parisi, H. (Eds.). (2011). Journal of Basic Writing. 30(1). 1-167.
Smith, C. C., Parisi, H., & Mlynarczyk, R. (Eds.). (2010). Journal of Basic Writing. 30(2). 1-126.
Smith, C. C., Parisi, H., & Mlynarczyk, R. (Eds.). (2010). Journal of Basic Writing. 29(1). 1-135.
Smith, C. C. (2008). Technologies for Transcending a Focus on Error: Blogs and Democratic Aspirations in First-Year Composition. Journal of Basic Writing, 27(1). 35-60.
Smith, C. C., Summerfield, J., Gray, P., Soliday, M., Hirsch, L., Benedicks, C., McBeth, M., & Yood, J. (2007). The City University of New York and the Shaughnessy Legacy: Today's Scholars Talk Back. Journal of Basic Writing, 26(2). 7-31.
Smith, C. C. (2006). Out of Her Place: Anne Hutchinson and the Dislocation of Power in New World Politics . Journal of American Culture , 29(4). 437-53.
Smith, C. C. (2003). Writing Like a Transcendentalist . Academic Exchange Quarterly , 7(4). 67-71.
Book Chapters
Smith, C. C. (2011). "The Campus Center: Negotiating the Teaching Spaces of Higher Education". In Smith, C. C., & Summerfield, J. (Eds.), Making Teaching and Learning Matter: Transformative Spaces in Higher Education (pp. 29-43). New York,USA. Springer.
Smith, C. C. (2008). Giving Voice to the Novice Authority: Silent Spring in the Composition Classroom. In Christensen, L., Long, M. C., & Waage, F. (Eds.), Teaching North American Environmental Literature (pp. 236-47). New York. Modern Language Association.
Smith, C. C. (2007). Opening the Invisible Gateway: Some Common Things About Student Writing. In Summerfeild, J., & Benedicks, C. (Eds.), Reclaiming the Public University: Conversations on General & Liberal Education (pp. 359-94). New York. Peter lang.
Presentations
Smith, C. C. (2025, December 28). Faculty Who Engage our Students: Results of the Student Engagement Survey. Biannual Teaching Innovations Showcase. Baruch College, New York, NY: Center for Teaching and Learning.
Smith, C. C. (2025, December 28). The Museum of Us: A Collaborative Curation Project. Biannual Teaching Innovations Showcase. Baruch College, New York, NY: Center for Teaching and Learning.
Smith, C. C. (2025, May 28). Research, Simulation, and Community-Based Projects Online. Biannual Teaching Innovations Showcase. Baruch College, New York, NY: Center for Teaching and Learning.
Smith, C. C. (2025, May 28). Inclusivity and Community in the Online Classroom. Biannual Teaching Innovations Showcase. Baruch College, New York, NY: Center for Teaching and Learning.
Smith, C. C. (2025, May 28). Flexible Scheduling, the Flipped Classroom, and Critical Pedagogy. Biannual Teaching Innovations Showcase. Baruch College, New York, NY: Center for Teaching and Learning.
Smith, C. C. (2025, December 28). Jumbo Courses, Student Engagement, and Organization. Biannual Teaching Innovations Showcase. Baruch College, New York, NY: Center for Teaching and Learning.
Smith, C. C., Lehr-Samuels, A., Gubernat, T., Albracht, L., Sindhi, H., & Graves, S. (2019, December 5). The Hybrid Seminar Turns Five: Faculty Development at Baruch. CUNY 18th Annual IT Conference. John Jay College, CUNY, New York, NY: CUNY.
Smith, C. C. SoTL Research Showcase. Baruch College
Smith, C. C., Lehr-Samuels, A., Hurson, L., Thielman, P., & Stone, E. (2018, November 29). Navigating Copyright in Zero Textbook Cost Courses. CUNY 17th Annual IT Conference. John Jay College, CUNY, New York, NY: CUNY.
Smith, C. C. (2025, April 28). The Audience Has Left the Room: Social Annotaiton for College Readers and Writers. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, Or: CCCC.
Smith, C. C., Lehr-Samuels, A., Shelby, K., Thielman, P., Hurson, L., McKinney, A., & N/A, H. S. (2017, November 30). Pedagogy and OER Development: A Faculty Driven Approach. CUNY 16th IT Conference. John Jay College, CUNY, New York, NY: CUNY.
Smith, C. C. (2025, April 28). Poetic Justice: A Microhistory of Poetry and Protest during Open Admissions at City College. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, Tx: CCCC.
Smith, C. C. (2025, April 28). The Ethics of Care: Taking Stock of Caretaking in Journal Publishing. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, Tx: CCCC.
Smith, C. C., Lehr-Samuels, A., Mohan, K., Hurson, L., & Albracht, L. (2016, December 1). Redefining ‘Success’ in the Hybrid Course. CUNY 15th Annual IT Conference. John Jay College, CUNY, New York, NY: CUNY.
Smith, C. C., D'Amelio, A., & Medved, C. (2015, April 17). Hybridization in the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences. Baruch College’s 18th Annual Teaching and Technology Conference. Baruch College, New York, NY: BCTC.
Smith, C. C. (2025, May 28). Textual Annotation in CommentPress. THATCamp Digital Writing Symposium. New York, NY
Smith, C. C. (2025, March 28). Learning Creative Pedsgogy from a MOOC. Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, Mo: CCCC.
Smith, C. C. (2025, December 28). Collaboration and Innovation. 11th Annual Instructional Technology Conference. John Jay College, New York, NY: CUNY.
Smith, C. C. (2007, December 31). Powered by WAC: New Technologies and the Expanding Reach of English. Modern Language Association. Chicago, Il: MLA.
Smith, C. C. (2007, May 31). How Students Learn: Moving Faculty Development into Communities of Practice, Panel Chair. CUNY Gen Ed Conference. Queens College, New York, NY
Smith, C. C. (2007, March 31). New Scholars Talk Back: The City of New York and the Shaughnessy Legacy Thirty Years Later, featured presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY: CCCC.
Smith, C. C. (2007, March 31). Who Are Our Students and Where Are They Going? Reevaluating Student Need, Redesigning First-Year Composition. Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY
Smith, C. C. (2006, April 30). A Defense of Common Things: The Location and Vocation of Composition in the University. College English Association Annual Conference. San Antonio
Smith, C. C. (2005, May 31). Designing Effective Writing Assignments. Baruch College Faculty Roundtable on Writing.
Smith, C. C. (2005, August 31). Understanding ESL Students at CUNY. CUNY Writing Fellow Professional Education Series. CUNY Graduate Center
Smith, C. C. (2005, September 30). Literary Scholars and the Work of Composition and WAC. CUNY Writing Fellow Professional Education Series. CUNY Graduate Center
Smith, C. C. (2004, November 30). Roundtable on College Writing (presenter). National Council for Teachers of English Annual Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana
Smith, C. C. (2003, April 30). Everybody's a Critic: Students as Peer Editors. The Harvard Teaching Colloquium Series.
Smith, C. (2003, March 31). Writing with Sources, Harvard Extension School.
Smith, C. (2002, July 31). The American Essay (for international students), Making the Transition from High School to College Writing, How to Read Essay Assignments, How to Revise , Breaking Through Writer's Block, and Understanding Your Teacher's Comments. : Harvard Summer School (Summers 2001 & 2002).
Smith, C. (2002, November 30). Writing with Sources, Harvard Extension School.
Smith, C. (2002, August 31). Business Writing Essentials, Harvard Business School.
Smith, C. (2002, May 31). Planning for Your First Year of Teaching. Harvard Expository Writing Program.
Smith, C. (2000, September 30). Producing and Teaching Writing Assignments. Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Smith, C. (1998, March 31). "Masque Production: Queen Anne and the Spectacle of Invisibility". Women and Creativity: Women as Artists and Subjects, Fourth Annual Women's Studies Conference. : Marquette University.
Smith, C. (1998, March 31). Masque Production: Queen Anne and the Spectacle of Invisibility. Fourth Annual Women's Studies Conference, Women and Creativity: Women as Artists and Subjects. Marquette University
Smith, C. (1997, February 28). Women who won't 'say their prayers by themselves in their closets': Margaret Cavendish and the Emergence of the Female Spiritual Spectacle. Sixth Annual Symposium in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Studies, Spirituality. University of Miami
Smith, C. (1995, October 31). An Eye for an I: Gazing, Speaking, and Self-Definition in Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy. First Annual Conference of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, Psychoanalysis and Postcolonialism: Nation Identity, Self. George Washington University
Other Scholarly Works
Smith, C. C., Fester, R., & Slavin, D. (2020). Baruch College Self-Study: Reflection and Renewal.
Smith, C. C., & Hurson, L. (2018). TeachOER.org: Open Educational Resources and Course Redesign.
Smith, C. (1993). El teatro y la ensenanza: desafiando a los estudiantes con la tecnica de conjunto (Theatre as Pedagogy in Literature, Language and Writing Classes: Challenging Students with the Ensemble Technique). 2-14.
| Title | Funding Agency Sponsor | Start Date | End Date | Awarded Date | Total Funding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talking Back to the Essay: Rethinking Assignment Design in a Web 2.0 World | PSC-CUNY 40 | 07/01/2009 | 06/30/2010 | 2960 | Completed |
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty Fellow, Transformative Learning in the Humanities | 2021-05-17 | ||
| Dean's Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 2020-09-01 | ||
| NEH Fellowship for the Summer Seminar, Towards a Hemispheric American Literature, Columbia University | 2007 | ||
| Whiting Teaching Award | Baruch College | 2006 | |
| Carnegie Fellow for Undergraduate Education | CUNY | 2004-09-01 | |
| Certificate of Distinction in Teaching , Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Harvard University | 2002 |
Department
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composition Committee | Committee Member | 9/1/2016 | Present |
| Executive Committee | Committee Member | 5/1/2015 | Present |
| Curriculum Committee | Committee Member | 9/1/2015 | 5/31/2016 |
| Executive Committee | Committee Member | 5/1/2013 | 5/31/2015 |
| Social Committee | Committee Member | 1/1/2012 | 12/31/2014 |
| Executive Committee | Committee Member | 1/1/2009 | 12/31/2012 |
| Composition Committee | 1/1/2004 | 12/31/2011 | |
| Composition Committee | Secretary | 1/1/2005 | 12/31/2006 |
| Department Secretary | 1/1/2004 | 12/31/2005 |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Teaching and Learning | Faculty Liaison | Present | |
| Composition Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Search Committee for the Associate Director of the Writing Program | Committee Chair | Present | |
| Dean's Council, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences | Committee Member | Present | |
| Search Committee for Associate Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning | Committee Chair | Present | |
| Search Committee for Associate Provost for Assessment, Accreditation, and Institutional Effectiveness | Committee Member | Present | |
| Curriculum Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Search Committee for Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Culture | Committee Chair | Present | |
| English Department | Secretary | Present | |
| Composition Committee, English Department | Secretary | Present | |
| Composition Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Executive Committee, English Department | Committee Member | Present | |
| Social Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Curriculum Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Executive Committee, English Department | Committee Member | Present | |
| Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Fine and Performing Arts | Committee Member | Present | |
| Search Committee for the Director of the Writing Program | Committee Chair | Present | |
| Task Force on Student Writing | Committee Chair | Present | |
| WAC/WID Faculty Partners | Instructional Designer | Present | |
| WSAS Executive Committee | Committee Chair | Present | |
| Learning Assurance Committee, Zicklin | Attendee, Meeting | Present | |
| Search Committee, Schwartz Communications Institute Director | Committee Member | Present | |
| Search Committee, Assistant Director of SACC | Committee Member | Present | |
| Committee on Undergraduate Honors | Committee Member | Present | |
| CUE Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Honors Admissions Committee | Committee Chair | Present | |
| Freshman Text Selection Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| POUR Advisory Council | Committee Member | Present | |
| WAC Program Coordinator | Committee Member | Present | |
| Middle States Self-Study Steering Committee | Co-Chair | Present | |
| Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee | Committee Member | Present |
University
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNY Faculty Affairs Advisory Board | Committee Member | 9/1/2015 | Present |
| Committee for the Professional Education of Graduate Writing Fellows | 1/1/2005 | Present | |
| Advisory Board, Transformative Learning in the Humanities | Committee Member | 3/2/2020 | Present |
| CUNY Reading and Writing Advisory Board | Committee Member | 9/1/2010 | Present |
| Task Force on University Writing Assessment | Task Force Member | 1/1/2009 | 8/31/2009 |
| Faculty Fellow, Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL), Office of Undergraduate Education | 1/1/2006 | 12/31/2008 | |
| University Faculty Senate | 1/1/2004 | 12/31/2007 |
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council on Basic Writing | Committee Member | National | United States | 3/1/2011 | Present | National |
| English Department, New Jersey City University | External Reviewer | New Jersey | United States | 2/1/2018 | Present | State |
| Journal of Basic Writing | Editor, Associate Editor | New York | United States | 5/1/2009 | Present | National |
| Journal of Basic Writing | Editor, Journal Editor | New York | United States | 1/1/2011 | Present | National |
Public
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastchester Free Union School District, School Board | Trustee | New York | United States | 2/1/2018 | Present | Local |
| Eastchester Free Union School District, School Board | Officer, President/Elect/Past | New York | United States | 7/1/2019 | Present | Local |
| Freedom to Learn, 501c3 | Officer, Vice President | New York | United States | Present | Regional | |
| The Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester, and Tuckahoe | Grant Proposal Reviewer, External | New York | United States | Present | Regional | |
| Eastchester Free Union School District, School Board | Officer, Vice President | New York | United States | 7/1/2019 | Present | Local |