Assistant Professor Stacy Smith holds a BA in Psychology (1991) and English (1992) from Wichita State University, an MA (1995) in English Literature, Composition, and Rhetoric, and a PhD in Sociology (2017), both from Kansas State University. Prior to coming to MSU in 2019, she taught English Composition and Literature courses for many years at Universities in Kansas, and sociology courses in Kansas, South Carolina, and Alabama. She teaches interdisciplinary courses in inequality, gender, culture, and social psychology, with an emphasis on engaging student integration of learning into their lived experience. She has recently published extensively on the effect of COVID-19 on institutions, culture, and particularly on higher education.
Area of Interest
- Culture
- Social psychology
- Identity
- Group behavior/subcultures/social movements
- Theory
Recent Publications
Blum, Dinur, Stacy L. Smith, and Adam G. Sanford. (forthcoming). “Anti-Quarantine Protests.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, and Michael Ryan. Wiley.
Blum, Dinur, Stacy L. Smith, and Adam G. Sanford. (forthcoming). “Economic Impact of Covid-19.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, and Michael Ryan. Wiley.
Blum, Dinur, Stacy L. Smith, and Adam G. Sanford. (forthcoming). “Infodemics.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, and Michael Ryan. Wiley.
Blum, Dinur, Stacy L. Smith, and Adam G. Sanford. (forthcoming). “Toxic Wild West Syndrome.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, and Michael Ryan. Wiley.
Sanford, Adam G., Stacy L. Smith, and Dinur Blum. (forthcoming). “Memetics.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, and Michael Ryan. Wiley.
Sanford, Adam G., Stacy L. Smith, and Dinur Blum. (forthcoming). “Social Media and Health.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, and Michael Ryan. Wiley.
Sanford, Adam G., Stacy L. Smith, and Dinur Blum. (forthcoming). “Zoom Fatigue.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, and Michael Ryan. Wiley.
Smith, Stacy L., Adam G. Sanford, and Dinur Blum. (forthcoming). “COVID-19 and Education. In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2nd Edition, edited by George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, and Michael Ryan. Wiley.
Blum, Dinur, Adam G. Sanford, and Stacy L. Smith. 2023. “Careening Toward a Preventable Crisis: Toxic bureaucracy in higher education.” In Pandemic Pedagogies: Teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, edited by J. Michael Ryan. Routledge.
Sanford, Adam G., Stacy L. Smith, and Dinur Blum. 2023. “Going Viral: How social media increased the spread of COVID-19 misinformation.” In COVID-19: Individual Rights and Community Responsibilities, edited by J. Michael Ryan. Routledge.
Smith, Stacy L., Dinur Blum, and Adam G. Sanford. 2023. “’Expendable and Devalued”: A snapshot of higher education’s COVID-19 response.” In Pandemic Pedagogies: Teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, edited by J. Michael Ryan. Routledge.
Smith, Stacy L., Adam G. Sanford, and Dinur Blum. 2023. “’My Body, My Choice!’: COVID-19 misinformation consumers as a counterculture.” In COVID-19: Cultural and Institutional Changes and Challenges, edited by J. Michael Ryan. Routledge.
Smith, Stacy L. 2022. “”We Didn’t Invent Them:’” the Development of Subcultural Identity among Deadheads.” Studies in Symbolic Interaction 54.
Blum, Dinur, Stacy L. Smith, and Adam G. Sanford. 2020. Toxic Wild West Syndrome: Individual rights vs. community needs. In COVID-19: Volume II: Social Consequences and Cultural Adaptations, edited by J. Michael Ryan. Routledge.
Sanford, Adam G., Dinur Blum, and Stacy Smith. 2020. Seeking Stability in Unstable Times: COVID-19 and the bureaucratic mindset. In COVID-19: Volume II: Social Consequences and Cultural Adaptations, edited by J. Michael Ryan. Routledge.
Smith, Stacy L., Adam G. Sanford, and Dinur Blum. 2020. “Spotlighting Hidden Inequities: Post-secondary education response to the COVID-19 pandemic.” In COVID-19: Volume I: Global pandemic, societal responses, ideological solutions, edited by J. Michael Ryan. Routledge.
Smith, Stacy L. 2019. “Marianne Weber and #MarchForOurLives.” In Forgotten Founders and Other Neglected Theorists, edited by C. Conner, D. Dickens, and N. Baxter. Lexington Books.
Smith, Stacy L. 2017. “Gender Stratified Monopoly: Why Do I Earn Less and Pay More?” Teaching Sociology 45(2):168-76.