Phenomenology of the Object and Human Positioning

In the early 1980s, Dr. Smith began working with Dr. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka and became a major collaborator in the World Phenomenology Institute. After Dr. Tymieniecka's death, Dr. Smith became the WPI President for the American Division. She continues this important work today, organizing and administering conferences, conducting and leading conferences, and editing volumes of the Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research. Dr. Smith remains a vital, enthusiastic, inspiring link in the World Phenomenology Institute where she encourages younger scholars to pursue phenomenological studies.


Dr. William S. Smith is emeritus Professor of English and Dean of the College of Graduate Studies at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he worked for thirty plus years. Graduating from Duquesne University with a Ph.D. in English literature, he has spent forty years in higher education. Dr. Smith's scholarly interests and areas of specialization include nineteenth-century British literature, particularly the poetry of William Wordsworth and the Gerard Manley Hopkins. Of particular interest are the epistemological traditions extending across the poetic landscape of the nineteenth century. His scholarly articles have appeared in the Phenomenological Inquiry and the Analecta Husserliana.

Dr. Smith's relationship with the World Phenomenology Institute began in the mid-1980s and continues today as the Executive President of the WPI. These administrative responsibilities are many, including managing the WPI staff, organizing conferences, administering funding sources, and editing the Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research