Matthew Smoldt
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Mail code: 3902Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentPolitical Science
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Matthew Smoldt is a doctoral candidate in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His areas of emphasis are comparative politics and international relations with a focus on migration and immigration policy. He has written on the rights of immigrants; the environmental consequences of immigration; and the dynamics of migrants' remittances. His dissertation focuses on the determinants and effects of immigration policy enforcement.
PhD Political Science, Arizona State University exp. 2025
MA Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 2019
BBA Finance, Southern Methodist University 2015
Migrants' Decision Making, Immigration Policy, Comparative Politics, International Relations, International and Comparative Political Economy
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Smoldt, Matthew, Valerie Mueller, and Cameron G. Thies. 2025. “US Enforcement Politics and Remittance Dynamics in Mexico.” Journal of Politics 87(1).
Maystadt, Jean-Francois, Ashok K. Mishra, Valerie Mueller, and Matthew Smoldt. 2024. “The Causes and Policy Responses to Forced Migration and Environmental Degradation in Africa.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 16: 301–22.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Blogs
Smoldt, Matthew, Valerie Mueller, and Cameron Thies. 2024. “Should They Stay or Should They Go? Deportations and Migrants’ Remittances.” JOP Blog [blog], November 15.
Smoldt, Matthew. 2021. “Unenforced: The State of Migrants’ Rights.” Global Human Rights Hub Fellows Blog [blog].
Smoldt, Matthew. 2020. “Insecure Justice: Migrants’ Right to Due Process.” Global Human Rights Hub Fellows Blog [blog].
Editorials
Mueller, Valerie, Matthew Smoldt, and Cameron Thies. 2020. “El gobierno de López Obrador debe prepararse para una disminución en el envío de remesas.” El Economista.
Courses
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| POS 485 | Political Economy |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| POS 485 | Political Economy |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| POS 485 | Political Economy |
Research Grants
ASU JumpStart Research Grant, 2024
SPGS Graduate Student Summer Research Grant, 2024
SPGS Graduate Student Summer Research Grant, 2023
Travel Grants
International Studies Association–Midwest Travel Grant, 2024
International Studies Association–Northeast Travel Grant, 2022
SPGS Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant, 2022
Awards
SPGS Teaching Assistant of the Year, 2023
SPGS Summer Paper Completion Award, 2020
UWM Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award, 2017 – 2018
Fellowships
Stephen G. Walker Graduate Support Fellowship, 2023
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse Fellow, 2021
ASU Global Human Rights Hub Fellow, 2020 – 2021
SMU Robert Mayer Research Fellow, 2014 – 2015