Matthew Smith, Ph.D.

Matthew J. Smith, Ph.D. is Dean of the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Communication at Radford University in Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication (1998) from Ohio University and has published eleven different books, including "The Secret Origins of Comics Studies" with Randy Duncan (Routledge, 2017) and "The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture, 2nd Edition" (Continuum, 2015) with Randy Duncan and Paul Levitz. He serves as co-editor of the Routledge Advances in Comics Series and co-curator of "Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes," a traveling museum exhibit that has hosted nearly 1 million visitors since its premiere in 2018.