Barbara Herrnstein Smith

Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Born	1932 (age 91–92); Bronx, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	City College of New York, Harvard, Brandeis University
Period	1968–
Notable awards	Phi Beta Kappa Society – Christian Gauss Award; 1968 Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End ; ; – Explicator Award; 1968 Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End ; ; American Association of University Professors – Honorary Mention; 1989 Contingencies of Value: Alternative Perspectives for Critical Theory ; ; The Council of Editors of Learned Journals – Best Special Issue; 1990 "The Politics of Liberal Education" ; ; The American Educational Studies Association – Critic's Choice Award; 1992 'The Politics of Liberal Education' ; ; The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts – Lifetime Achievement Award; 2010 ; ;

Barbara Herrnstein Smith (born 1932) is an American literary critic and theorist, best known for her work Contingencies of Value: Alternative Perspectives for Critical Theory. She is currently the Braxton Craven Professor of Comparative Literature and English and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory at Duke University, and also Distinguished Professor of English at Brown University.

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