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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, Spring 2025

CGCL 6120

Rights and Liberties in American Constitutional Law, Spring 2025

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.