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Lauren Smart - Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA, US

Lauren Smart

Clinical Assistant Professor of Journalism | Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES

Education (2)

Southern Methodist University: B.A. Journalism; B.A. English

Syracuse University: M.A., Arts Journalism

Accomplishments (7)

Critic in Residence, Shreveport Regional Arts Council

2015, 2018-2022

Hall of Fame, Collin College Theater Department

2019

Associated Press Managing Editors, Community Service

2017

Critic Fellow, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

2013

Digital Editing Fellowship, Chautauqua Institution

2016

Graduate School Master’s Prize, Syracuse University

2012

Visiting Critic, Chautauqua Institution

2012

Affiliations (2)

  • Member, D-FW Theaters Critics Forum, 2013- 2017
  • Member, American Theatre Critics Association, 2012 - Present

Media Appearances (5)

Playwrights embedded in Dallas newsroom reflect the messiness of journalism in their new drama

Dallas Morning News  online

2020-02-27

Playwrights grew out of a conversation between Southern Methodist University journalism professor and freelance arts writer Lauren Smart and The News’ assistant managing editor Tom Huang in the backyard of Oak Cliff’s Wild Detectives bookstore, where coincidentally Kastner and Mosley have performed many times.

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Journalist Lauren Smart Talks Social Media and Teaching

The Academic Designer  online

2019-11-22

In this academic interview, Lauren and I talk about her courses and teaching practices at Southern Methodist. And we talk about her work with Storytellers Without Borders, an initiative at the Dallas Public Library that helps train future journalists.

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Journalism and Libraries: “Both Exist to Support Strong, Well-informed Communities”

Nieman Reports  online

2019-06-19

Lauren Smart, Storytellers Without Borders program coordinator, notes one advantage of partnering with the library: a multitude of resources—including librarians themselves—that can help the student journalists with their work. For many of the participants, exposure to the library is an important element of the program. “I think, for a lot of the students, this is the first time they’ve walked into a Dallas public library. What the library is and how it functions [is something] that a lot of young people don’t understand in the 21st century,” says Smart, who teaches journalism at Southern Methodist University.

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Why a curator and arts writer think Dallas’ Cultural Plan isn’t really meant for artists

Dallas Morning News  online

2019-04-25

The 112-page document took center stage for criticism at Tuesday night's Duets, a conversation series hosted by the Arts and Entertainment team at The Dallas Morning News. The discussion was led by Lauren Smart, journalist and arts writer, and Sofia Bastidas, gallery director and curator. Smart said she viewed the plan as a "pulse-taking of the Dallas arts." It was reported that in 2017, Dallas arts was an $891 million industry that was responsible for driving 33,000 jobs. To Smart, the plan was a way for the leaders to think about what the arts contribute to the city of Dallas.

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The State Of Arts Journalism

Art&Seek  online

2019-01-17

In the last decade, newspapers both nationally and in North Texas have substantially cut the number of arts and culture writers they employ. Wednesday on Think, Krys Boyd talked about the relationship between arts journalism and the arts community with SMU journalism professor of practice Lauren Smart, Theater Jones editor Mark Lowry, artist and critic Christopher Blay, and Jerome Weeks with KERA’s Art and Seek.

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Event Appearances (5)

Talk on NFTs

Future of Art Collection  Shreveport Regional Arts Council

2021-03-01

Judge

Art Pricing Workshop  Shreveport Regional Arts Council

2021-08-01

Podcast Guest

Shakespeare Decoded  Online

2021-01-01

Moderator

How the Local Arts are Surviving  Dallas Startup Week

2020-09-01

Moderator

Playwrights in the Newsroom Project  Dallas Morning News

2020-01-01

Articles (5)

Playwright Heidi Schreck has a personal relationship with the Constitution. Do you?

Dallas Morning News

2021

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Dallas Art Fair’s success marks a step toward normalcy

Dallas Morning News

2021

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An all-white cast at WaterTower Theatre has sparked outrage. After last summer, critics ask, ‘How?’

Dallas Morning News

2021

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How fabled indie Dallas art space Oliver Francis Gallery was reborn, with a twist

Dallas Morning News

2021

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‘Fire Bones’ melds audio, video, text and more in a show for the smartphone age

Dallas Morning News

2021

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