C. Jason Smith is an Associate Professor of English. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Texas A&M University-Commerce and the Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Arkansas with major fields in Critical Theory, World Literature, the Anglophone Diaspora, and Spanish and Latin American Literature. He has published and presented widely on issues of sex, gender, and the body as represented in literature, film, and new media. His first book, Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley (Continuum, 2004; co-authored with Ximena Gallardo C.), was a recipient of the Ray and Pat Browne National Book Award from The Popular Culture Association. Dr. Smith is currently completing an interdisciplinary book on embodiment and representation tentatively titled Virtual Culture: Imagining Human Society.

Schools Attended: Texas A&M University-Commerce (B.A. and M.A.) and the University of Arkansas (Ph.D. in Comparative Literature).

Area of Specialization: Gender Theory, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Film and New Media, World Literature, Composition.

Selected Publications:

Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley. Co-author. New York: Continuum, 2004.
"Alien Films." Co-author. In Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: An Encyclopedia. Oxford: Greenwood Press, 2008.

"Body Matters in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games." Reconstruction 6.1 (Winter 2006): n.p.

"Oy SF! An Interview with Marleen S. Barr." Co-author. Reconstruction 4.3 (Fall 2005): n.p.

"To See More Clearly and Broadly: Science and the Postmodern Sentiment" Postmodern Science: A Special Issue of Reconstruction 4.5 (Fall 2004): n.p.

"'The End of Man is to Know': Critical Teleology and the Posthuman Body." Reconstruction 4.3 (Summer 2004): n.p.

"Cinderfella: J.K. Rowling's Wily Web of Gender." Co-author. In Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Greenwood, 2003. 192-205.

"Philosophers, Fools, and Kings: Notes on The Brother's Karamazov and All the King's Men." rWp: An Annual of Robert Penn Warren Studies, 2 (2002): 123-140.

"The Observing Body: Quantum Mechanics, the Anthropic Principles, and Panopticism," Reconstruction 2.1 (Winter 2001-2002): np.

"Schrödinger's Cat and Sara's Child: John Fowles' Quantum Narrative," Mosaic: the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 32.2 (June 1999): 91-106.

Books: Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley. Co-author. New York: Continuum, 2004.

Articles: "Body Matters in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games." Reconstruction 6.1 (Winter 2006): n.p. "To See More Clearly and Broadly: Science and the Postmodern Sentiment" Postmodern Science: A Special Issue of Reconstruction 4.5 (Fall 2004): n.p.

"'The End of Man is to Know': Critical Teleology and the Posthuman Body." Reconstruction 4.3 (Summer 2004): n.p. "Cinderfella: J.K. Rowling's Wily Web of Gender." Co-author. Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays: Praeger, 2003. 192-205.

"Philosophers, Fools, and Kings: Notes on The Brothers Karamazov and All the King's Men." rWp: An Annual of Robert Penn Warren Studies, 2 (2002): 123-140.

"Schrödinger's Cat and Sara's Child: John Fowles' Quantum Narrative," Mosaic: the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 32.2 (June 1999): 91-106.

Awards and Honors: Games and Simulation Technologies as Pedagogical Tools. Co-recipient. CUNY Collaborative Research Grant Project, 2008-2009.

Professional Staff Congress of CUNY Research Fellowship. 2008-2009.

Professional Staff Congress of CUNY Research Fellowship. 2007-2008.

Enhancing Services for CUNY Veterans. Co-author. 2006-2008.

Professional Staff Congress of CUNYResearch Fellowship. 2005-2006.

Salute to Scholars: CUNY Chancellor's Reception, Honoree. For the book Alien Woman, 2005.

Ray and Pat Browne National Book Award from the Popular Culture Association, 2005.

West Virginia Humanities Council. Research Fellow. For the book Alien Woman, 2002.