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Biography

Dan Smith is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) and Professor of Public Policy and Administration in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration. He previously served as senior associate dean for the social sciences in CAS, associate director of the Biden School, and director of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program. He also has served as president of the College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Senate and as a member of the University Faculty Senate Budget Committee.

Smith鈥檚 scholarship focuses on state government budgeting and financial management, especially fiscal institutions, the implications of how states accumulate and use fund balances, and how states strategically plan for long-term fiscal health. His research appears in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Budgeting & Finance, and Public Choice, among others. In addition, he is on the editorial boards of Public Administration and State & Local Government Review, has been co-editor of JPART, has served on the editorial board of PAR and several other journals, and is co-author of Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations (Sage/CQ Press).

Extramurally, Smith has been a member of the Commission on Peer Review & Accreditation (COPRA), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)鈥攔ecognized accreditation body for master鈥檚 degree programs in public policy, administration, and affairs, globally. Previously, he served on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC), and he is a past chair of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM).

Smith earned a doctorate in public administration from the University of Georgia.

Degrees

• PhD, Public Administration, University of Georgia, (2007)
• MPA, State & Local Management, 91原创
• BA, Magna Cum Laude, Political Science, 91原创