Rogers Smith
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Rogers Smith (1953-present), is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a leading scholar in American Political Thought and New Institutionalism.
A native of Springfield, Illinois, Smith received his undergraduate education at Michigan State University and graduated from Harvard University in 1980 with a PhD in Government. He was hired at Yale University, where he rose up the ranks from assistant professor to Alfred Cowles Professor of Government. In 2001, he moved to the University of Pennsylvania.
Smith is a prolific author whose work on citizenship has been influential in political theory, legal studies, and American history. Perhaps Smith's most famous work is Civic Ideals, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1998. He is also author of Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Membership (Cambridge University Press, 2003); The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America, with Philip A. Klinkner (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1999); and Citizenship without Consent (Yale University Press, 1985).
