Dr. Kathryn Smith is co-director of the MAT in Classical Education and Assistant Professor in Classical Education in the Templeton Honors College. Prior to joining Eastern, she was a visiting lecturer at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas.

She holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in literature from the University of Dallas (Irving, TX), where she was a Louise Cowan Scholar; and a B.U.S. in liberal studies from the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM).

Her current research focuses on the work of Jorie Graham, examining Graham’s preoccupation with metaphysical questions in her writing. More broadly, Dr. Smith’s academic interests include classical education, modernist and contemporary poetry and poetics, as well as ancient and modern rhetoric.

Dr. Smith has taught literature and writing for nearly twenty years at both secondary and post-secondary institutions.  During this time, she and her husband Bryan have been active in classical private and charter schools, having been involved in the founding of three classical schools and a national organization for Orthodox Christian education. She has also directed and assisted in directing several college programs for high school students.

She enjoys hiking, skiing, and bicycling. She is married to Bryan Smith and has one daughter, Elizabeth.