Table for Ten with Professor Smith

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Join Professor Daniel Smith for a meal and evening of conversation. Daniel A. Smith is Professor and former Chair of Political Science at the University of Florida, and President of ElectionSmith, Inc. Dr. Smith earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds undergraduate degrees in History and Political Science from Penn State. His research broadly examines how political institutions affect political behavior across and within the American states. In addition to publishing over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, his books include Tax Crusaders and the Politics of Direct Democracy (Routledge), Educated by Initiative (University of Michigan Press), and State and Local Politics: Institutions and Reform (Cengage). He has served as an expert witness in numerous voting rights lawsuits in Florida and across the country, working closely with the ACLU, the NAACP LDF, Demos, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, Latino Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, Mi Familia, SEIU, and numerous other voting rights groups. He has been awarded numerous fellowships and grants and served as a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, West Africa.

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