Steven Smith
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School of Politics and Global Studies Coor Hall Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 3902Campus: Tempe
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Steven S. Smith is professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies. He also is the Kate M. Gregg Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences and former Director of the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University. In addition to Wash U, he has been on the faculties of the University of Minnesota, George Washington University, and Northwestern University, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author or coauthor of Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress (2017), The American Congress (10 editions, 1995-2019), The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Parliamentary Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate (2014), Party Influence in Congress (2007), The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma (2001), Politics or Principle: Filibustering in the United States Senate (1997), Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate (1989), Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives: Adaptation and Innovation in Special Rules (1988), Committees in Congress (1984, 1990, 1997). His forthcoming book, Steering the Senate: The Development of Party Leadership in the U.S. Senate, is expected next year.
American politics, congressional politics, elections, public opinion
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 598 | Special Topics |
POS 313 | The Congress |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 313 | The Congress |
Current and former Ph.D. students: https://sites.wustl.edu/smith/current-and-former-phd-students/