International Health Humanities Network Membership

Dr Smith is the Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow for Nursing and the Humanities at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in Australia, Dr Smith came to Emory in 2015 to work with the School of Nursing, the Centre for Ethics, the Centre for Human Health and the College of Arts and Sciences to build collaborations between nursing and the liberal arts. Dr Smith was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in English and History and a PhD in History from the University of Wollongong in Australia and her current research explores the development of psychiatric nursing history in the US since World War II. Before coming to Emory, Dr Smith worked in the School of Nursing at the University of Wollongong where she researched mental health nursing history and taught reflective practice. Dr Smith has also worked in multicultural HIV/AIDS health promotion in Sydney, Australia and studied scriptwriting at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.