Africology and African American Studies Assistant Professor Aaron Smith was quoted in the Smithsonian Magazine, in an article titled The Courageous Tale of Jane Johnson, Who Risked Her Freedom for Those Who Helped Her Escape Slavery. 

"This is an inspiring story, one of potential, of what can be done," says Aaron X. Smith, a professor of Africology and African American Studies at Temple University. "It reminds us hope is important. And that the truth is inconvenient sometimes, and needs to be rooted in the harsh realities of history, where necessary."