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Kylie Smith is an Associate Professor (tenured) at Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and holds affiliate status in the Department of History. She also serves as Director of the Center for Healthcare History and Policy and holds the Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellowship for Nursing & the Humanities. Her expertise spans the history of psychiatry, critical race theory, and nursing philosophy. She earned a BA(Hons) in English and History and a PhD in History from the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Dr. Smith's research focuses on racial disparities in psychiatric care, civil rights intersections with mental health policy, and nurse roles in historical healthcare systems. Her award-winning book Talking Therapy: Knowledge and Power in American Psychiatric Nursing (2020) examines post-WWII nursing practices. She is completing Jim Crow in the Asylum, supported by a NIH grant, exploring Southern US psychiatric care's racial inequities.
Her teaching includes courses on race in healthcare history and nursing theory at Emory College. Recent grants include the National Library of Medicine's G13 Program (2019-2022) and Emory Research Committee funding for studies on Tuskegee Institute's mental health programs. Awards include the 2020 Lavinia Dock Book Award and Adelaide Nutting Award for scholarly excellence.
Professional service includes roles in nursing history organizations and interdisciplinary collaborations. Smith has held prior faculty positions at the University of Wollongong and has worked in HIV/AIDS advocacy and scriptwriting studies in Australia.
