Tabitha Nichole Smith: A Hymn to a Grand Mother
Tabitha N. Smith was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She earned her BA in Africana Studies from Wellesley College in 1994 and her PhD in African-American Literature from Howard University in 2006. Tabitha, who taught English literature and composition at Howard University for a number of years, is now employed as a technical editor in Bowie, Maryland. As well, she is enrolled as a student at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., where she is studying to obtain her Master of Divinity. She lives in Bowie with her young daughter Victoria.
