Dr. Stephanie Smith

Professor
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Dr. Stephanie Smith

Professor

Art

Bliss Hall 1250

phone: (330) 941-3632

ssmith@ysu.edu

Bio

Dr. Smith received a BA from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, VA in 1989, and an MA and PhD (2000) from Rutgers University. She has been a member of the YSU Department of Art faculty since 1998.

Dr. Smith has received many fellowships and honors including a Fulbright fellowship (1995), a Samuel H. Kress Foundation fellowship at the Biblioteca Hertziana in Rome, Italy (1995-1998), and a Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst Research Grant from the German government (1995).

Dr. Smith’s presentations and publications deal with funerary art and ritual commemoration in the Roman world, and Roman glass.

Research Interests

Death and commemoration in the Late Antique/Early Christian world, Roman man-made glass, Gold-glass vessels of the ancient world, Catacombs of Rome, Values-based leadership in higher education, Curriculum efficiency, Pedagogy

Teaching Interests

Late Antique/Early Christian West, Byzantium, Medieval Art, Roman art and architecture, Greek art and architecture, Islamic art and architecture

  • Education
    • 2000

      Ph D, Art History

      Rutgers University

    • 1989

      BA, Art History

      Washington & Lee University

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2015

      Youngstown State University

      Phi Kappa Phi

    • 2011

      Youngstown State University

      School of Graduate Studies, YSU Subvention Funding Award

      Subvention funding for publication of Soprintendenza archeologica di Roma/Palatine East Excavation with De Luc Editori D'Arte.

    • 1997

      Samuel H. Kress Foundation

      Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship in the History of Art

      Awarded a one-year (1997-98) dissertation finishing grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

    • 1995

      Samuel H. Kress Foundation

      Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in the History of Art at Foreign Institutions

      Awarded a two-year fellowship (1995-1997) to the Bibliotheca Hertziana/Max Planck Institute for Art History located in Rome, Italy.

    • 1995

      US Fulbright Program

      J. William Fulbright Fellowship

      Awarded a one-year Fulbright fellowship (1995-96) for research in Rome, Italy.

    • 1995

      German Government - DAAD

      Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Research Grant for PhD Candidates and Recent PhDs

      Awarded a research grant through the DAAD for research in Heidelberg, Germany.

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2016

      "Apocalypse; Glass: Gold; Glass: Gold (Jewish)"

      S. Smith

      Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

    • 2014

      "Glass"

      S. Smith

      De Luca Editori D'Arte, volume 2, p. 117-168

  • Professional Service
    • 2020 - present

      Other
      Fulbright Scholar Liaison

    • 2017 - present

      Other
      College Board

    • 2007 - present

      Other
      National Association of Schools of Art & Design

  • Public Service
    • 2022 - 2022

      Judge
      Scholastic Art Awards