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Nicole D. Smith

Title: Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2006
    Major: English
    Dissertation: The Poetics of Dress in Medieval English Literature
  • MA, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2001
    Major: English
  • BA, Duke University, 1997
    Major: English
    Dissertation: Piers Plowman and the Search for Salvation

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 5950.738Master's ThesisFall 2023
ENGL 5900.738Special ProblemsFall 2023
ENGL 5020.001Chaucer : Major WorksSpring 2023 SPOT
ENGL 6941.743Directed ResearchSpring 2023
ENGL 5950.738Master's ThesisSpring 2023
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.001British Literature to 1780Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5030.001Studies in Medieval Literature and CultureSpring 2022 SPOT
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
WGST 3720.001Women's LiteratureFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSummer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2321.002British LiteratureSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
ENGL 5030.001Studies in Medieval Literature and CultureSpring 2021 SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 8W2 2020
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
WGST 3720.001Women's LiteratureFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4431.001Studies in Medieval LitSummer 5W1 2020 SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 5020.001Chaucer : Major WorksSpring 2020
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
ENGL 4431.001Studies in Medieval LitSummer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
ENGL 2420.001Gender and Sexuality in LiteratureSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5020.001Chaucer : Major WorksFall 2018 SPOT
ENGL 5020.601Chaucer : Major WorksFall 2018 SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
ENGL 4431.001Studies in Medieval LitSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
ENGL 3433.001Medieval Women WritersSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5030.002Studies in Medieval Literature and CultureSpring 2018 SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
ENGL 5750.001Methods of Historical ResearchFall 2017 SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
ENGL 3433.001Medieval Women WritersSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5020.001Chaucer : Major WorksFall 2016 SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2015
ENGL 2500.006Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
ENGL 5900.736Special ProblemsSpring 2015
ENGL 5030.001Studies in Medieval Literature and CultureSpring 2015
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 5020.001Chaucer : Major WorksSpring 2014
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
ENGL 5950.736Master's ThesisSpring 2014
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
ENGL 5950.736Master's ThesisFall 2013
ENGL 6941.736Directed ResearchSpring 2013
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
ENGL 3430.002British Literature to 1780Fall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
ENGL 3996.736Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 5030.001Studies in Medieval Literature and CultureFall 2012
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2012
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSummer 3W1 2012
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.736Doctoral DissertationSpring 2012
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureSpring 2012 Syllabus
WMST 3720.001Women's LiteratureSpring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 5020.001Chaucer : Major WorksFall 2011
ENGL 6941.736Directed ResearchFall 2011
ENGL 6941.736Directed ResearchSummer 5W1 2011
ENGL 6941.736Directed ResearchSummer 5W2 2011
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 4951.736Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2011
ENGL 5950.736Master's ThesisSpring 2011
ENGL 5900.736Special ProblemsSpring 2011
ENGL 5030.001Studies in Medieval LiteratureFall 2010
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureFall 2010 Syllabus
WMST 3720.001Women's LiteratureFall 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 5910.736Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2010
ENGL 5750.001Bibliography and Methods of Research in LiteratureSpring 2010
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2010
ENGL 5750.001Bibliography and Methods of Research in LiteratureFall 2009
ENGL 5030.001Studies in Medieval LiteratureFall 2009
ENGL 5750.001Bibliography and Methods of Research in LiteratureSpring 2009
ENGL 5030.001Studies in Medieval LiteratureSpring 2009
ENGL 4410.002ChaucerFall 2008
ENGL 6020.001Seminar in Old and Middle English Language or LiteratureFall 2008
ENGL 3430.002Studies in British Literature to 1780Fall 2008
ENGL 4410.001ChaucerSpring 2008
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureSpring 2008
WMST 3720.001Women's LiteratureSpring 2008
ENGL 4410.002ChaucerFall 2007
ENGL 3430.002Studies in British Literature to 1780Fall 2007
ENGL 5030.001Studies in Medieval LiteratureFall 2007
ENGL 4410.002ChaucerFall 2006
ENGL 6020.001Seminar in Old and Middle English Language or LiteratureFall 2006
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureFall 2006
WMST 3720.001Women's LiteratureFall 2006
ENGL 2322.004British Literature to 1780Spring 2006
ENGL 3430.001Studies in British Literature to 1780Spring 2006
ENGL 2322.001British Literature to 1780Fall 2005
ENGL 4410.002ChaucerFall 2005

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Smith, N.D. (2021). A Christian Mannes Bileeve: A Critical Edition. 60 Heidelberg, Middle English Texts, Universitatsverlag Winter.
  • Smith, N.D. (2012). Sartorial Strategies: Outfitting Aristocrats and Fashioning Conduct in Late Medieval Literature. 281. Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press.
  • Book Review

  • Smith, N.D. (2015). Laura F. Hodges, "Chaucer and Array: Patterns of Costume and Rhetoric in The Canterbury Tales.". 66 (275) 567-68. Review of English Studies.
  • Smith, N.D. (2014). Review of Andrea Denny-Brown's Fashioning Change. Arthuriana. 24 (1) 143-44.
  • Smith, N.D. (2011). Review of John Block Friedman's Brueghel's Heavy Dancers: Transgressive Clothing, Class, and Culture in the Late Middle Ages  . Studies in the Age of Chaucer. 33 340-44. Studies in the Age of Chaucer.
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Smith, N.D. (2017). “Crafting an Edition: From Manuscript to Print” in “What Does It Mean to Read a Text from Medieval England?," Open Access Companion to the "Canterbury Tales.". Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales. https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu/reference-approaching-medieval-texts/
  • Journal Article

  • Smith, N.D. (2023). A Note on A Christian Mannes Bileeve, Robert Holcot’s Convertimini, and "Lere you vnkynde man". 3 (2023) 1-7. Leeds, Leeds Medieval Studies.
  • Smith, N.D. (2022). Two New Sources for Frederic Tubach’s Index Exemplorum 639 and Further Justification for Robert Holcot as a Source of A Christian Mannes Bileeve. Notes and Queries. 69 (4) 281-87. Oxford, Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/nq/article/69/4/281/6808918?searchresult=1
  • Smith, N.D. (2018). The Thinking Heart of Female Spirituality and the Apostles’ Creed in A Christian Mannes Bileeve. Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. 48 (2) 229-262. Durham, NC, Duke University.
  • Smith, N.D. (2015). Middle English Lyrics, Homo Vide, and A Christian Mannes Bileeve. Notes and Queries. 62 (1) 17-22. Oxford Journals.
  • Smith, N.D. (2013). "Peraldus, Love, and the Parson's Tale". Notes and Queries. 60 (4) 498-502. Oxford Journals.
  • Smith, N.D. (2008). "Estreitment bendé: Marie de France's Guigemar and the Erotics of Tight Dress,". Medium Ævum. 77 (1) 96-117.
  • Smith, N.D. (2006). "The Parson's Predilection for Pleasure,". Studies in the Age of Chaucer. 28 117-40.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Smith, N.D., "Critical Edition of "A Christian Mannes Beleeve."," sponsored by National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Stipend, Federal, $6000.00 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Smith, N.D. (Other), ""Cultural Construction of Sin in the Middle Ages," University of Cambridge, England," sponsored by NEH Summer Seminar, Federal, $3600 Funded. (2006 - 2006).
  • Smith, N., "Critical Edition of "A Christian Mannes Beleeve."," sponsored by National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Stipend, Federal, Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Smith, N. (Other), ""Cultural Construction of Sin in the Middle Ages," University of Cambridge, England," sponsored by NEH Summer Seminar, Federal, Funded. (2006 - 2006).
  • Grant - Research

  • Smith, N.D. (Principal), "Critical Edition of A Christian Mannes Bileeve," sponsored by Scholarly and Creative Award, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2015 - 2015).
  • Smith, N.D. (Principal), "Critical Edition of A Christian Mannes Bileeve," sponsored by Graduate Research Assistantship, UNT Department of English, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2013 - 2014).
  • Smith, N.D. (Principal), "Critical Edition of the Clensyng of Mannes Sowle," sponsored by Graduate Research Assistantship, UNT English Department, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Smith, N.D. (Principal), "Critical Edition of the Clensyng of Mannes Sowle," sponsored by Research Enabling Grant, UNT, University of North Texas, $7500 Funded. (2011 - 2013).
  • Smith, N.D. (Principal), ""Sartorial Strategies"," sponsored by Small Grants, University of North Texas, $350 Funded. (2011 - 2011).
  • Smith, N.D. (Principal), ""Sartorial Strategies"," sponsored by Faculty Research Grant, UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2006 - 2008).
  • Smith, N.D. (Principal), ""Fashioning Penance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"," sponsored by Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2007 - 2007).
  • Smith, N.D. (Principal), "Marie de France and the Erotics of Tight Dress," sponsored by Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2006 - 2006).
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