James (Jamie) Smith
Ph.D. candidate
M.A. University of Illinois at Chicago, Political Science
B.A. DePaul University, Political Science and American Studies
Fax: 312-413-0440
E-Mail:jsmith20@uic.edu
Fields of Interest:
Major field: Urban politics
Minor field: American government
Research interests: Chicago politics, urban economic development,
instituions of local government
Publications:
The New Ecology of Urban Governance: Special Purpose Authorities and Urban Development, with Dennis R. Judd. In Jill Gross and Robin Hambleton, eds., Governing Cities in a Global Era: Urban innovation, competition and democratic reform. Hampshire, U.K.: Palgrave (2007).Public Rhetoric, Private Development, and Urban Government in the Postindustrial City: The Case of Chicago's Navy Pier.Critique: A Worldwide Student Journal of Politics. Spring issue (2005).
Selected Conference Papers:
New Institutions of Governance and Democracy in the City: Accountability, Autonomy, and Action. 38th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, (April 23-26, 2008), Baltimore, Maryland.Rethinking Urban Development Coalitions: Intergovernmental Triads and Policy Communities in Postindustrial Chicago. 37th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, April 25-28, 2007, Seattle, Washington.
Public Authorities and the New Ecology of Urban Governance (with Dennis R. Judd). 37th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, April 25-28, 2007, Seattle, Washington.
Knowing One When You See It: Special-Purpose Authorities as a Fuzzy Set. 65th Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12-15, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.
Specialized Urban Governance in the U.S. and U.K: Comparing the Un-comparable, or Making Sense of Common Patterns? Illinois Political Science Association, November 11, 2006, Elmhurst, Illinois.
Special District Government in Chicago: Unchecked Power or Development as Usual? Urban Affairs Association, April 19-April 23, 2006, Montreal, Quebec.
Public Rhetoric, Private Development, and Urban Government in the Postindustrial City: The Case of Chicago's Navy Pier. Presented at the Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science, April 1, Normal, Illinois.
Teaching Experience:
Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Political Science 210, Introduction to Urban Politics, Spring Semester 2008Instructor, Northeastern Illinois University, Political Science 315, Electoral Politics, Spring Semester 2008
Instructor, Northeastern Illinois University, Political Science 216, American National Government, Fall Semester 2007
Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Political Science 210, Introduction to Urban Politics, Spring Semester 2007
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago, Political Science 101, Introduction to American Government, Fall Semester 2005, Spring Semester 2006, Fall Semester 2006
Selected Activities and Honors:
Best graduate student paper at the 13th annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science, April 2005.Participant, graduate student mini-conference, "Rhetorically Constructing Tourist Spaces: Snapshots of Chicago", UIC English Department, January 14, 2005. Presented paper on Navy Pier's redevelopment.
Invited talk, English 160, University of Illinois at Chicago, "The Redevelopment of Navy Pier"
Book Review Coordinator (assistant to Professor Doris Graber), Political Psychology Journal, August 2003-August 2005, June 2006 - Present
Research assistant to Professor Doris Graber, August 2003-August 2005, June 2006 - present
Treasurer, Association of Graduate Students of Politics, UIC's political science graduate student organization