About

Born to Christopher J. and Iona Smith in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Attended Penn-Delco School District (Green Ridge Elementary; Northley Middle School); Sun Valley High School, class of 1997.

Eagle Scout, Cradle of Liberty Council (formerly Valley Forge Council), 1996.

Undergraduate in Writing at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, 2001. Advisor: Dr. Mitch LesCarbeau.

Traveled to Florida, California, Pennsylvania, and Wales, England with the Green Mountain College Choir and acapella ensemble, 1998-2001.

Masters of Fine Arts in Writing at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, 2004. Advisor: Juliana Spahr.

Moved to Randolph Center, Vermont in 2004; began work at Vermont Technical College. Became a father to Andrew, July 2004.

Traveled to Scotland with Iona Smith, 2009.

Achieved rank of Assistant Professor in the English, Humanities, and Social Sciences department at Vermont Technical College, 2009. Achieved rank of Associate Professor (tenured), 2015.

Doctorate of Interdisciplinary Studies, Humanities concentration, Union Institute and University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015; Dissertation chair: Dr. Colleen O'Brien.

Sabbatical, 2016-2017; began consulting for Dana Crawford and Urban Neighborhoods, Inc. of Denver, Colorado.

2017 recipient of the Theatre Historical Society of America's DuBuque Fellowship, to support research on historic theaters and their social capital.

Began part-time consulting for the eCS Therapy Center of Boulder, Colorado, 2017.

2018 recipient of a Rollins Travel Grant by the Popular Culture Association, to support presentation of materials at their annual conference.

Continued consulting for Dana Crawford and Urban Neighborhoods, Inc. in June 2018.

Granted year of leave from Vermont Technical College to serve as project manager for the Fox (West) Theater of Trinidad, Colorado, 2018-2019 academic year.

Managed the relocation of an 800-pipe organ from Birmingham, Alabama, donated to the Fox West Theatre of Trinidad.

Permanent relocation to Trinidad, Colorado, May 2019. Continued to serve as project manager at the Fox West Theatre; began teaching at Trinidad State Junior College, September 2019.

Manager of The 2020 Resale Shop, a limited-edition project in Trinidad, Colorado, January-July 2020.

Producer of the Fox West Theatre Fall Fanfare, the first performance series from Trinidad's historic stage in nearly 100 years, August-December 2020.

Manager of Trinidad Trends, a retail marketplace in Trinidad, Colorado, April 2021.