Professor of Political Science and International Studies

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Email: hsmith@mcdaniel.edu
Phone: 410-857-2413
Office: Hill Hall 314 - M, W, F: 11:20-12:20, 1:40-3:00pm; and by Appointment.

Research and Teaching Interests: State and Local Governments, Public Administration, National and Maryland Elections and Campaigns.

Education: B.A, Ursinus College; M.A., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University

Courses Taught: 

• Introduction to Political Science
• American Political Institutions
• State and Local Governments
• Campaigns and Elections
• Public Administration
• Senior Seminar on American Politics
• Organizational Behavior
• Political Behavior and Analysis
• Fishing the Florida Keys (EPE)
• Fishing in Maryland (EPE)
• Fishing and Diving Belize (EPE)

Professional Publications:

• Maryland’s Choices, 1992: Taxes, Spending and the Budget Crisis, co-author with Larry Thomas, Patricia Florestano, and Don Hayes, published by the Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore, January, 1992.
• Medical Research and Health Care Concerns: A Survey of Maryland Voters, co-authored with Don Haynes and Ann Winogrodzki, published by the Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore, February, 1992.
• Maryland’s Choices, 1993, Taxes, Spending and the Budget Crisis, co-author with Larry Thomas, Patricia Florestano, and Don Haynes, published by the Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore, January, 1993.
• Maryland Policy Choices, 1994: Public Opinion and Policy Choices, co-author with Larry Thomas, Patricia Florestano, and Don Haynes, published by the Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore, January, 1994.
• Maryland Policy Choices, 1995: Public Opinion and Policy Choices, co-author with Larry Thomas, Patricia Florestano, and Don Haynes, published by the Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore, January, 1995.

Popular Publications and Mass Media:
Dr. Smith has written close to 100 articles of political analysis and commentary published in the Baltimore Sunpapers, Baltimore Messenger, Baltimore City Paper, Towson Times, and Owings Mills Times. He is frequently quoted in political news stories in such newspapers as the Baltimore Sunpapers, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, the Carroll County Times, the New York Times, and assorted local Maryland newspapers.

Dr. Smith has appeared frequently as a political commentator on Maryland Public Television’s “State Circle” and WBAL-TV News, WJZ-TV News, and WMAR-TV News. He was a regular on Dan Rodricks’s “Breakfast with Rodricks” broadcast by WMAR-TV for its entire four year run. Dr. Smith’s opinions and analysis are also often heard on such radio stations as WBAL and WFBR. He was also interviewed by National Public Radio for their program, All Things Considered.