Matthew Smith
Matthew J. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Alma College. He specializes in the study of race, religion, and U.S. empire, with overlapping interests in gender/sexuality, science & technology, and the environmental humanities. He is currently working on a book manuscript on the racial science of trans-imperial Protestant Missionary networks in the late 19th - early 20th centuries.
Pronouns
he/him/his
Title
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Discipline
Religious Studies; Critical Race/Ethnic Studies; Gender/Sexuality Studies; Environmental Humanities
Educational Background
PhD, Northwestern University
MA, Northwestern University
mDiv., Princeton Theological Seminary
BA, Anderson University
My career at Alma began in
2022
Signature course(s):
What is Religion?, Race & Religion, Religion in America,