Jordan Smith
Faculty
Assistant Professor
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