Raymond A. Smith, Ph.D., LL.M., is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the NYU School of Professional Studies. Over the past two decades, he has taught a wide range of courses in politics and human rights at NYU, Columbia, CUNY, and other institutions, and is the author of books including The American Anomaly: U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective and Importing Democracy: Ideas from Around the World to Reform and Revitalize American Politics and Government. His most recent book is Extending International Human Rights Protections to Vulnerable Populations and he is a contributor to the human rights blog OpenGlobalRights.org. As a Senior Fellow with the Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank in Washington DC, Prof. Smith contributed political commentary for publications including Politico, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, The Hill, and The New York Times. Prof. Smith holds an M.A. in international relations from Yale, a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia, and LL.M. in international human rights law from the University of Essex in the U.K.

Publications

• Extending International Human Rights Protections to Vulnerable Populations By Routledge Publishers (Oct 15 2020)
• The American Anomaly: US Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective, 4th Edition By Routledge Publishers (Jan 01 2019)
• Editor, Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy, and Activism, 3 Volume Bookset By Praeger Publishers (Oct 31 2013)
• Importing Democracy: Ideas from around the World to Renew and Revitalize U.S. Politics and Government By Praeger Publishers (Jul 01 2010)
• The Poltics of Sexuality: Primary Documents and Commentary By Greenwood Publishers (Jun 01 2010)
• Series Editor: New Trends and Ideas in American Politics By Praeger Publishers (Dec 01 2009)
• Drugs Into Bodies: Global AIDS Treatment Activism By Praeger Publishers (Mar 01 2006)