Lauren Smart

Clinical Assistant Professor of Journalism Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles CA

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Loyola Marymount University

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Education

Southern Methodist University

B.A. Journalism; B.A. English

Syracuse University

M.A.

Arts Journalism

Accomplishments

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

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Affiliations

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

Media Appearances

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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Event Appearances

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

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Articles

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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