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Faculty Information
Additional Faculty Information for Stephen Smith
Education
Ph.D. and M.A. in Literature and Philosophic Studies, University of Dallas
B.A. in Great Books, University of Notre Dame
Courses Taught
Early Modern British Literature
Later Shakespeare
Thomas More and Humanism
Milton
Dante
Memberships
Co-Director, Center for Thomas More Studies
Fellow, Center for Thomas More Studies
Publications
The Essential Works of Thomas More (Yale UP, 2020)
A Thomas More Source Book (CUA Press, 2004)
“Friendship and Tyranny in the Writings of Sir Thomas More” (Moreana, Vol. 50)
Wall Street Journal, Masterpieces Column, “Shakespeare’s Cymbeline” (August 2015)
Wall Street Journal, Masterpieces Column, “Thomas More’s Utopia” (March 2014)
For All Seasons: Selected Letters of Thomas More (2012)
Masterpieces column, Wall Street Journal, on Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida (2016)
Masterpieces column, Wall Street Journal, on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus (2019)
Biography
Dr. Stephen Smith serves as dean of the humanities, the Temple Family Chair in English Literature, and professor of English at Hillsdale College. His academic focus is on Renaissance literature, particularly the dramas of William Shakespeare and the life and writings of Sir Thomas More.
Dr. Smith earned a B.A. in the program of liberal studies at the University of Notre Dame, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in literature and philosophic studies at the University of Dallas. Prior to joining Hillsdale College in 2001, he served as assistant director of the Center for Thomas More Studies at the University of Dallas. In 2006, Dr. Smith was named the Hillsdale College Professor of the Year and earned the Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence. He is the co-editor of The Essential Works of Thomas More (Yale 2020), as well as A Thomas More Sourcebook (CUA Press). He is also a frequent essayist and book reviewer.
In 2015, Dr. Smith became dean of the faculty and chair of the English Department. In 2017, he became dean of the humanities. In 2020, he became co-director of the Center for Thomas More Studies and its websites at www.thomasmorestudies.org and www.essentialmore.org.