Erika J. Pribanic-Smith

Erika Pribanic-Smith conducts research examining political and activist communication in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century newspapers and magazines. She is co-editor of the book "Social Justice, Activism, and Diversity in U.S. Media History" (Routledge, 2023) and co-author of "Emma Goldman’s No-Conscription League and the First Amendment" (Routledge, 2018). She has authored multiple chapters in edited volumes on topics related to press partisanship, political advocacy, and Civil War journalism. In addition to the Emma Goldman book, her work on women in the political sphere has included a book chapter on nineteenth-century editor Sarah Hale and a journal article on the Mount Vernon Ladies Association.
Dr. Pribanic-Smith is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she is Journalism Sequence Coordinator and Graduate Advisor in the Department of Communication. A working journalist since age 14, she earned her master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Alabama, specializing in journalism history. She is a past president and current Executive Director of the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA).