Brian Smith Email & Phone Number

Carmel, IN, US

Develops, evaluates, and manages a wide range of programs and upcoming events, including the 2026 general meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. Co-directs Liberty Fund's two-year initiative to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Indepedence. Works to recruit new participants and writers by representing Liberty Fund at external events.

Greater Indianapolis

Editor of a growing online magazine focused on law, political ideas, history, and trends in culture, and director of the magazine's events, projects, and staff.

Greater Indianapolis

Organize the efforts of a team of editors and writers for a growing online magazine. Coordinate the strategy, budgeting, and planning for our publishing and events.

I helped design Historical Board Gaming's Global War 1985, a midweight strategy game where players lead one or more of seven playable factions in a war that might have been between the USSR and NATO.

New Brunswick, NJ

Developed and taught online classes for the Political Science Department's M.A. Program in U.N. and Global Studies. These courses aimed at understanding the principles animating contemporary debates with a mixture of current literature and primary sources.

Montclair, New Jersey

I taught political theory, international relations, and honors courses. All of these shared a focus on using key texts to engage students in discussions about our life together. I engaged in a variety of service to the university, including a term as deputy chair of my department (2013-2017), and secured a range of external support for my work and my.

Washington, DC

I developed and offered courses in Just War Theory, International Affairs, and American Political Thought, and served as a faculty mentor to about 20 visiting undergraduates.

Taught two advanced seminars in the history of political thought and convened the Tocqueville Forum student reading group.

Taught or assisted in teaching six Government classes at Georgetown.

Ph.D., Government

Dissertation Title: "Nostalgia, Memory, and Decline at the Dawn of Modern Political Thought," July 2008

M.A., Security Studies

Completed as joint degree with Ph.D. in Government, concentration in international security.

B.A., History

General Education