Professor, Department of English Literature
Dr. Steven Olsen-Smith received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Delaware in 1999 and joined the faculty of the Department of English at Boise State University in 2000. He has held past appointments as the Holland H. Coors Endowed Visiting Chair in digital applications and approaches to literature with the Department of English and Fine Arts at the United States Air Force Academy. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in American literature and in digital applications and approaches to literature.
Dr. Olsen-Smith is a nationally recognized expert on Herman Melville’s life and writings, and the primary scholar responsible for tracking the recovery of Melville’s dispersed personal library of approximately 1,000 books. He leads an interactive web project devoted to the reading and marginalia of the 19th century author, Melville’s Marginalia Online.
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About Steven Olsen-Smith
Dr. Steven Olsen-Smith received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Delaware in 1999 and joined the faculty of the Department of English at Boise State University in 2000. He has held past appointments as the Holland H. Coors Endowed Visiting Chair in digital applications and approaches to literature with the Department of English and Fine Arts at the United States Air Force Academy. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in American literature and in digital applications and approaches to literature.
Dr. Olsen-Smith is a nationally recognized expert on Herman Melville’s life and writings, and the primary scholar responsible for tracking the recovery of Melville’s dispersed personal library of approximately 1,000 books. He leads an interactive web project devoted to the reading and marginalia of the 19th century author, Melville’s Marginalia Online.
| 2000 - Present | Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of English Literature | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2019 - Present | Melville’s Marginalia Online |
| Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation | |
| Role: Principal Investigator |
Honors and Awards
- 2006: Outstanding English Faculty Award, Sigma Tau Delta and Boise State English Majors Association
- 2008 & 2010: Honored Faculty Member for Boise State University Top Ten Scholar
- 2009-2010: Boise State University Arts and Humanities Research Grant
- 2023 - Office of Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, Boise State University
Courses
- ENGL 102: Introduction to College Writing and Research
- ENGL 275: Introduction to Literary Studies
- ENGL 277/278: Survey of American Literature
- ENGL 377: Literature of the American Renaissance
- ENGL 391: North American Indian Folklore and Literature
- HONORS 392: Transcendentalism
- HONORS 392: Melville and Whitman
- ENGL 424: Special Topics: Moby-Dick
- ENGL 510: Seminars, Major British or American Writer: Herman Melville, Whitman and Dickinson
- ENGL 530: Studies in a Literary Period: American Romanticism
| 1999 | Ph.D. - English, University of Delaware | |
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Contact Information
E-mail: sosmith@boisestate.edu