MPA 2004
Analytical Paper Title: “The Status of Budget Accountability in Delaware's County Governments”
chair: Jonathan Justice; committee member: Pete Ross
e-mail: daniel.smith@nyu.edu
current position:
Assistant Professor of Public Budgeting and Financial Management
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
New York University
New York, N.Y.
introduction | education | experience | areas of specialization | honors and awards | teaching | conferences and publications
IntroductionAfter completing my MPA, I earned a Ph.D. in Public Administration in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga.
My research focuses on the fiscal implications of state-level budgetary institutions, especially balanced budget requirements, and public financial management. Within public financial management, I examine the accumulation, use, and implications of three major funds in state government: budget stabilization funds (“rainy day” or contingency funds), general funds, and unemployment trusts. My research appears or is scheduled to appear in Public Budgeting & Finance; Public Choice; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory; Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management; American Review of Public Administration; and The Future of Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Service Around the World (Georgetown University Press).
I sit on the Board of Directors of the New York University Federal Credit Union, an independent, federally regulated financial institution, and I have served as a research consultant to the New York Citizens Budget Commission.
EducationPhD, University of Georgia 2007, Public Administration
MPA, University of Delaware 2004, State and Local Management
BA, University of Delaware 2002, Political Science, Magna Cum Laude
ExperienceJanuary 2009–present
Assistant Professor of Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, N.Y.
January 2008–January 2009
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs and Administration, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University–Newark, Newark, N.J.
July 2004–December 2007
Doctoral Student and Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
January 2004–June 2004
Legislative Fellow, Delaware House of Representatives,
Dover, Del.
September 2003–January 2004
DEDO Fellow, Delaware Economic Development Office,
Dover, Del.
January 2003–August 2003
City Council Fellow, Wilmington City Council, Wilmington,
Del.
September 2002–May 2004
Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of
Delaware, Newark, Del.
June 2002–August 2002
Communications Assistant, Conectiv, Newark, Del.
February 2001–May 2001
Undergraduate Intern, Office of U.S. Senator Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. (D-Del.), Wilmington, Del.
Areas of SpecializationPublic Budgeting and Financial Management, Public Finance and Policy Analysis, Public Management, Quantitative Methodology
Honors and AwardsDistinguished Alumni Award, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2008
Ph.D. Student of the Year, Department of Public Administration and Policy, The University of Georgia, 2007
Pass with Distinction, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam, 2006
Outstanding Graduate, MPA Program, University of Delaware, 2004
Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society of Public Affairs and Administration, 2004
Phi Beta Kappa, 2002
George A. Johnson Award for Academic Excellence, 2002
Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science National Honor Society, 2001
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2001
Golden Key National Honor Society, 2000
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 1999
TeachingNYU Wagner: Financial Management for Public, Nonprofit, & Health Organizations (MPA)
NYU Wagner: Statistical Methods for Public, Nonprofit, and Health Management (MPA)
Rutgers-Newark: Analytical Methods (MPA), Government Budgeting Systems (MPA), Public Financial Management (MPA), Quantitative Methods II (Ph.D.)
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