Jasmin Smith

MA Candidate
jasmin.smith@mail.utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Downtown Toronto (St. George)

Fields of Study

  • African American Literature
  • American Literature
  • Canadian Literature
  • Critical Race Studies
  • Digital Literature and New Media Studies
  • Drama / Theatre History
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Law and Literature
  • Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
  • Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature

Areas of Interest

  • Science and Literature
  • Philosophy and Literature

Biography

Jasmin L.K. Smith (she/they) received her Honors BSc in English and Psychology from the University of Toronto in June of 2024. Her main areas of interests are Modern and Postmodern American Literature, with a particular interest in the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, and Truman Capote. Most recently, Jasmin's research has brought her through the works of poet Pat Parker, whose Black, Queer identity and unfortunate obscurity served as a point of intrigue in regards to publishing history, and the voices not found in literary canons.

Cohort

  • 2025-2026