Professor Steven S. Smith,
Director
Professor
Steven S. Smith is the Director of the
Weidenbaum Center
on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy. He is the Kate M.
Gregg Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He has
worked on Capitol Hill in several capacities and has served as a senior
fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has authored or edited nine
books on U.S. congressional politics and parliamentary politics in
Russia, including a recent book, Party Influence in Congress (Cambridge). His textbook on congressional politics, The American Congress,
is in its fifth edition. He is working on books on party
leadership in the U.S. Senate and presidential-parliamentary relations
in Russia.
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