Alex P. Smith
Lecturer
Biography
Drop-in hours: W 9:00am – Noon and by appointment
Alex P. Smith is a Lecturer. His teaching and research interests include American institutions (Congress & Presidency), legislative negotiation, political theory, and scholarship of teaching and learning. Alex is currently working on a book project about negotiation strategies used to overcome stalemate in Congress, for which he was selected for a Library of Congress Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking. He has published articles in Public Choice and the Journal of Political Science Education. Before entering academia, Alex worked as a legislative staffer for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Research areas
- American Politics
- Public Policy & Administration
- Political Theory