Emily P. Smith
Emily P. Smith
BA, Heritage Studies (Randolph College)
MA / PhD student at Mizzou
Areas of Study
- Indigenous Studies
- Digital Storytelling, Visual Studies, and Museum Studies
- Creative Writing
- Romanticism
Research
Research emphasis: literature of natural history / environment; antiquarianism and anthropology; Indigenous studies; exploration and travel narratives; folklore and folksongs.
Pronouns: she/her
Formerly worked as an archaeologist and as Collections Coordinator of the Randolph College Natural History Collections / founder of RC Natural History Collections Project (2011-2020). I assisted with the design of Museum & Heritage Studies major at Randolph College, where I taught courses in Natural History Collections and Collections Management. I designed three exhibitions at Randolph College exploring interconnections between natural science and the humanities: “Natural History, Archaeology, and Sherlock” (2017); “Painting ‘Perfect Nature’: Sydney Parkinson, Scientific Illustration, and the Age of Discovery” (2018); and “Epochs of Nature: Climate, Geology, Species, Culture” (2018). I play violin and guitar, restore antique stringed instruments, and compose music in blues, classical, and traditional idioms. Constantly tinkering with poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction, as well as a few scholarly articles (none completed or published yet).
Travel Award from the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art (2019) for research on the collaborative work of Sydney Parkinson and Tupaia; participant in NEH Summer Institute (2019): Museums: Humanities in the Public Sphere
