Faculty Profile for Jon M Smith

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Jon M Smith
Professor of Instruction — English
FH 365
phone: (512) 245-2163

Biography Section

Research Interests

Narratology, the History of Film, Film Genres

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Smith, J. M., & Henderson, S. (2023). Fais-les Pleurer (French translation of Make Them Cry). Paris, France: Belfond Noir. Retrieved from https://www.harpercollins.com/products/make-them-cry-smith-hendersonjon-marc-smith?variant=32126227742754
  • Kapurch, K., & Smith, J. M. (2023). Blackbird: How Black Musicians Sang the Beatles into Being-- and Sang Back to Them Ever After. Penn State University Press.
  • Kapurch, K., Smith, J. M., & Womack, K. (2022, October 19). Rising from the Ashes: Billy Preston’s Victory. Los Angeles Sentinel.
  • Kapurch, K., & Smith, J. M. (2020). “Blackbird Fly: Paul McCartney’s Legend, Billy Preston’s Gospel, and Lead Belly’s Blues.” Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, 22, 5–30.
  • Smith, J. M., & Henderson, S. (2020). Make Them Cry. New York: Ecco. Retrieved from https://www.harpercollins.com/products/make-them-cry-smith-hendersonjon-marc-smith?variant=32126227742754

Selected Service Activities

Co-Chair
Assistant FOI AR Committee
August 2024-Present
Member
Associate and Full AR Committee
August 2024-Present
Co-Chair
Lecturer Faculty Annual Review Committee
August 2019-Present
Member
Film Faculty Cohort
August 1, 2011-Present
Editing
Editorial and In-Line Editing of Colleagues/Other Professionals' Publications
August 1, 2011-Present