Aumaine Rose Smith

Aumaine Rose Smith is an accomplished professional in the literary and educational fields, currently serving as the Managing Editor at the Cleveland Museum of Art since February 2022 and as Operations Manager at Beloit Poetry Journal since August 2021. Previous roles include Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where Aumaine designed syllabi and taught various writing courses, as well as editorial positions at Sundress Publications and Ninth Letter, where responsibilities ranged from managing editorial meetings to overseeing the publication process. Aumaine's experience also includes teaching English as a second language, facilitating writing courses for middle school girls, and providing support within the Creative Writing Department at Ohio State University. Aumaine holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Arts in English from The Ohio State University.