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Troy Smith

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Troy Smith

Biography

Troy E. Smith is a Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Constitutional Government, Civics, and Law at Utah Valley University. He is also a fellow at the Center for the Study of Federalism and the editor of Federalism in America_ An Encyclopedia. He has published on the American founding, intergovernmental lobbying, presidential-congressional relations, among others. He was awarded the “Best Paper in Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations” at the 1998 A.P.S.A. Annual Meeting. His academic work has appeared in Publius: The Journal of Federalism; The Review of Politics; Congress & the Presidency; Thinking Skills & Creativity; and others. Dr. Smith received a Ph.D. from the University at Albany, and an M.A. from George Washington University.

Education

PhD, University at Albany, SUNY, 1998

Major: Political Science

MA, George Washington University, 1993

Major: International Affairs

BA, Brigham Young University, 1991

Major: International Affairs

Teaching

EDUC 694R

Directed Individual Study, Fall 2024

CGCL 6110

Structures of Government in American Constitutional Law, Fall 2024

CGCL 6100

Foundations of American Constitutionalism, Summer 2024

CGCL 6300

Foundations of American Liberty, Summer 2024

Scholarly/Creative Works

Smith, Troy E., (2021) "Is Federalism Natural_ Rethinking Federalism’s Origin, Operation and Significance" . Leiden, Boston: Brill Nijhoff.
Smith, Troy , (2019) "Book Review_ Conservative Innovators_ How States are Challenging Federal Power by Ben Merriman" (Issue: 50,1). The American Review of Public Administration .
Smith, Troy E., (2018) "Teaching Critical Thinking in a GE Class_ A Flipped Model" (Issue: 28). Thinking Skills & Creativity.
Smith, Troy E., (2017) "A Compound Republic – If You Can Keep It_ Martha Derthick’s Empiricism and the Value of Federalism" (Issue: 47, 2). Publius: The Journal of Federalism .
Smith, Troy , (2016) "Federalism in the 2000 Presidential Election" (Issue: 31,3). Federalism and American Elections, Publius_ The Journal of Federalism.
Smith, Troy , (2015) "Intergovernmental Relations in the United States" .

Awards

David O. McKay Lecture Award

Brigham Young University - February, 2021

Awarded to one excellent faculty per year for scholarship, teaching, and service by the faculty of Brigham Young University at Hawaii.

BYU-H Honor’s Professor of the Year

Brigham Young University at Hawaii Honor's Program - March, 2009

Awarded by the students of the BYUH Honor's Program to one professor who made a difference to the students.

Best Paper Delivered in the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations Section at the 1998 American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting

Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations Section of the American Political Science Association - September, 1999

Best paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.