''Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching'' (''SMART'') is a biannual

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published by

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covering both theoretical and practical aspects of teaching on the

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and

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. The journal publishes articles on scholarly and

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topics. The

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is Kristie Bixby (Wichita State University) and the journal adheres to the guidelines in ''

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''.

History

The journal began as ''Ralph – A Newspaper for Undergraduate Teaching: Medieval and Renaissance Humanities'', first published in 1974 at

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, with Joanne Kantrowitz credited as the founding editor. ''Ralph'' moved to

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in 1977, and was edited by Robert Kindrick and Robert Graybill; Kindrick was to remain with the journal for decades, until his death in 2004. The name was changed to ''SMART'' in 1982. While until then it was published in newspaper format, in 1982 it changed to journal format, and came out three times a year. Between 1980 and 1990 the journal also published four volumes of selected papers under the title ''Teaching the Middle Ages''; these papers were culled from four different "Teaching the Middle Ages Conferences". In 1990, ''SMART'' moved again, this time to

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, and began to publish twice a year, with a new numbering (New Series). From 1993 to 1997 the journal was on hiatus, resuming publication at the

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, and in 2002 moved (with Robert Kindrick) to

References

External links

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