David L. Smith
Department Chair
Associate Professor of German
252-328-0104 (phone)
252-328-6233 (fax)
smithdav@ecu.edu
Bate 3324A (Office)
Dept. Foreign Languages & Literatures
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Associate Professor of German
252-328-0104 (phone)
252-328-6233 (fax)
smithdav@ecu.edu
Bate 3324A (Office)
Dept. Foreign Languages & Literatures
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Background
- B.A. German, The Citadel
- M.A. German Literature, UNC Chapel Hill
- Ph.D. German Literature, UNC Chapel Hill
Areas of Interest
- Graphic Novels and Comics
- Belief, Doubt, and Empathy in Literature
Prof. Smith’s background in German includes studies at four institutions of higher learning (two German and two American); a Fulbright grant to study the Lutheran Church’s support of East German dissidents during the 1980s; customer service experience in a Black Forest hotel; and shift-work in an aluminum factory in the Rhine-Ruhr industrial region. Originally from South Carolina, Prof. Smith joined ECU’s faculty in August 2005.Though he remains fascinated by Early Modern and Enlightenment culture and thought, Prof. Smith is currently conducting research on representations of belief, doubt, and empathy in 20th-century German-language literature.