Dr. Smith is a Clinical Associate Professor at VCU School of Nursing and the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Director. A practice and policy scholar, Dr. Smith is an Affiliate Scholar with the Langston Center for Innovation in Quality and Safety and a distinguished policy fellow of the National Academies of Practice of Nursing. She was the 2021 recipient of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner’s NP State Excellence Award and in 2019 was recognized by the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners with the Distinguished Nurse Practitioner Award.

Recent publications include, “Political Framing: A Strategy for Policy Analysis,” and “Achieving health equity: Examining telehealth in response to a pandemic,” both published in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners as well as “Nurse practitioner scope of practice in Virginia: A legislative case study” in The Nurse Practitioner.