Biography

Dan Smith is associate dean for the social sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences and professor of public policy and administration in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration. He previously served as associate director of the Biden School and director of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program. He also has served as president of the College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Senate and as a member of the University Faculty Senate Budget Committee.

Smith’s scholarship focuses on state government budgeting and financial management, especially fiscal institutions, the implications of how states accumulate and use fund balances, and how states strategically plan for long-term fiscal health. His research appears in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Budgeting & Finance and Public Choice, among others. In addition, he is on the editorial boards of Public Administration and State & Local Government Review, has been co-editor of JPART, has served on the editorial board of PAR and several other journals and is co-author of two widely adopted textbooks: Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations (Sage/CQ Press), and Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting: Concepts and Practices (Wiley).

Extramurally, Smith is a member of the Commission on Peer Review & Accreditation (COPRA), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)—recognized accreditation body for master’s degree programs in public policy, administration, and affairs, globally. Previously, he served on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC), and he is a past chair of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM).

Smith earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration at The University of Georgia.

Degrees

• PhD, Public Administration, University of Georgia, (2007)
• MPA, State & Local Management, University of Delaware
• BA, Magna Cum Laude, Political Science, University of Delaware