Jordan Smith

Phone 970-351-2279
Location Ross 1140A
Office Hours Tuesday and Thursday 12:30–1:30 p.m.
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Education

PhD, Iowa State University, Department of English-2019

MPC, Weber State University, Department of Communication-2013Ìý

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

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Assistant professor, Department of English, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï, 2024–present
  • Assistant professor, Department of Technical Communication, University of North Texas, 2019–2024
  • 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 CompositionÌý

ENG 123, Writing and Research MethodsÌý

ENG 218, Introduction to LinguisticsÌý

ENG 225, Research Writing for Contemporary CultureÌý

ENG 301, Writing as a JobÌýÌý

ENG 427, Substantive EditingÌý

ENG 540, Introduction to Composition and RhetoricÌý

ENG 650, Advanced EditingÌý

Research Expertise & Interests

Editing and publishing,ÌýEnglish grammar and usage,Ìýcorpus linguistics,Ìýcontent/discourse/text analysis,Ìýprescriptivism, formality in writingÌý

Publications

Batchelor, J. &ÌýSmith, J.Ìý(in press). Communicating science to the public: A comparison ofÌýlexicogrammaticalÌýfeatures in student-produced and popular science writing. In M. Williams & L.ÌýMelonçonÌý(Eds.),ÌýLiminality: The work of resilience in technical communication. WAC Clearinghouse.Ìý

Aune, J. E., Baker, M. J., Mackiewicz, J., &ÌýSmith, J.Ìý(publishedÌýonline). Anthropomorphizing artificial intelligence: A corpus study of mental verbs used withÌýAIÌýandÌýChatGPT.ÌýTechnical Communication Quarterly, 1–20.Ìýdoi:Ìý10.1080/10572252.2025.2593840Ìý

Smith, J., Santos, M., &ÌýBomely, K. (2025).ÌýThe writing, editing, and publishing major concentration at the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï.ÌýProgrammatic Perspectives, 16(2),Ìý266–291.Ìýhttps://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/article/view/134/202ÌýÌý

Smith, J., Baker, M. J.,ÌýWilde, L., &ÌýMcMillan, S. (2025).ÌýIntroducingÌýTrackEDT: A tool to accelerate empirical editing research.ÌýIEEE Transactions on ProfessionalÌýCommunication,Ìý68(4),Ìý514–527.Ìýdoi:Ìý10.1109/TPC.2025.3615256Ìý

Smith, J.Ìý& Batchelor, J. (2025).ÌýQualitative considerations for building corporaÌýof business-related texts.ÌýInternational Journal of Business Communication, 62(4), 685–709.Ìýdoi:Ìý10.1177/23294884251364526Ìý

Smith, J.Ìý(2024).ÌýDeterminingÌýlevels of prescriptivism inÌýAmerican EnglishÌýusage guides.ÌýTechnical Communication, 71(2), 26–42.Ìýdoi:Ìý10.55177/tc377227ÌýÌý

Smith, J.Ìý(2023). Corpus linguistics and technical editing: HowÌýcorpora canÌýhelp copyeditors adopt a rhetorical view of prescriptive usageÌýrules.ÌýJournal of Business and Technical Communication, 37(2), 194–216.Ìýdoi:10.1177/10506519221143125Ìý

Campbell, K. S., Naidoo, J. S., &ÌýSmith, J.Ìý(2023).ÌýWhen your boss says, “You need to sound more professionalâ€�: Writing style andÌýwriterÌýattributions.ÌýInternational Journal of Business Communication, 60(4), 1071–1094.Ìýdoi:10.1177/23294884211025735Ìý

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

Gray, B.,ÌýCotos, E., &ÌýSmith, J.Ìý(2020). Combining rhetorical move analysis with multi-dimensional analysis: Research writing across disciplines. In U. Römer, V. Cortes, and E. FriginalÌý(Eds.)ÌýAdvances in corpus-based research on academic writing: Effects of discipline, register, and writerÌýexpertise. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.Ìýdoi:10.1075/scl.95.06graÌý

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.ÌýTechnical Communication Quarterly, 25(4), 260–277.Ìýdoi:10.1080/10572252.2016.1222453Ìý