Jordan Smith

Phone 970-351-2279
Location Ross 1140A
Office Hours MWF 1 - 2 pm, and by appointment
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Education

PhD, Iowa State University, Department of English-2019

MPC, Weber State University, Department of Communication-2013

2008 BA, Brigham Young University, Department of Linguistics-2008

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Assistant professor, Department of English, University of Northern 黑料社区, 2024鈥損resent
  • Assistant professor, Department of Technical Communication, University of North Texas, 2019鈥2024
  • Graduate teaching/research assistant, Department of English, Iowa State University
  • Adjunct instructor, Program in Digital Humanities and Technology (formerly Computers and the Humanities), Brigham Young University

Courses Taught

ENG 122, College Composition

ENG 123, Writing and Research Methods

ENG 218, Introduction to Linguistics

ENG 225, Research Writing for Contemporary Culture

ENG 301, Writing as a Job听

ENG 427, Substantive Editing

ENG 540, Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric

ENG 650, Advanced Editing

Research Expertise & Interests

Editing and publishing,听English grammar and usage,听corpus linguistics,听content/discourse/text analysis,听prescriptivism, formality in writing

Publications

Batchelor, J. &听Smith, J.听(in press). Communicating science to the public: A comparison of听lexicogrammatical听features in student-produced and popular science writing. In M. Williams & L.听Melon莽on听(Eds.),听Liminality: The work of resilience in technical communication. WAC Clearinghouse.

Aune, J. E., Baker, M. J., Mackiewicz, J., &听Smith, J.听(published听online). Anthropomorphizing artificial intelligence: A corpus study of mental verbs used with听AI听and听ChatGPT.听Technical Communication Quarterly, 1鈥20.听doi:听10.1080/10572252.2025.2593840

Smith, J., Santos, M., &听Bomely, K. (2025).听The writing, editing, and publishing major concentration at the University of Northern 黑料社区.听Programmatic Perspectives, 16(2),听266鈥291.听https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/article/view/134/202听

Smith, J., Baker, M. J.,听Wilde, L., &听McMillan, S. (2025).听Introducing听TrackEDT: A tool to accelerate empirical editing research.听IEEE Transactions on Professional听Communication,听68(4),听514鈥527.听doi:听10.1109/TPC.2025.3615256

Smith, J.听& Batchelor, J. (2025).听Qualitative considerations for building corpora听of business-related texts.听International Journal of Business Communication, 62(4), 685鈥709.听doi:听10.1177/23294884251364526

Smith, J.听(2024).听Determining听levels of prescriptivism in听American English听usage guides.听Technical Communication, 71(2), 26鈥42.听doi:听10.55177/tc377227

Smith, J.听(2023). Corpus linguistics and technical editing: How听corpora can听help copyeditors adopt a rhetorical view of prescriptive usage听rules.听Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 37(2), 194鈥216.听doi:10.1177/10506519221143125

Campbell, K. S., Naidoo, J. S., &听Smith, J.听(2023).听When your boss says, 鈥淵ou need to sound more professional鈥: Writing style and听writer听attributions.听International Journal of Business Communication, 60(4), 1071鈥1094.听doi:10.1177/23294884211025735

Smith, J.听(2020). A content analysis of figure captions in academic journals from four disciplines.听IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 63(4), 341鈥360.听doi:10.1109/TPC.2020.3032049

Gray, B.,听Cotos, E., &听Smith, J.听(2020). Combining rhetorical move analysis with multi-dimensional analysis: Research writing across disciplines. In U. R枚mer, V. Cortes, and E.鈥疐riginal听(Eds.)听Advances in corpus-based research on academic writing: Effects of discipline, register, and writer听expertise. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.听doi:10.1075/scl.95.06gra

Smith, J., Mackiewicz, J., Hanson, D., Fanning, S. N., & Doan, S. (2016). The communicative work of biology-journal captions: Lessons for technical and professional communication.听Technical Communication Quarterly, 25(4), 260鈥277.听doi:10.1080/10572252.2016.1222453