- News at Southern: President Smith Honored by the NAACP as one of the “100 Most Influential Blacks in CT for 2024” July 1, 2024
- Connecticut's Morning Buzz (WTNH), "Southern CT State University Interim President Dr. Dwayne Smith: The Transformative Power of Higher Education," November 10, 2023
- The Tom Ficklin Show, "In Conversation with Dr. Dwayne Smith, Interim President-Southern CT State University," October 27, 2023
- The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, "Dwayne Smith Selected to Lead Southern Connecticut State University," May 15, 2023
- New Haven Register, "Southern Connecticut State University names Housatonic CEO as interim president," April 4, 2023
- New Haven Biz, "Housatonic leader tapped as interim president of SCSU," March 31, 2023
