Robert C. Smith (political scientist)

Robert Charles Smith (born February 12, 1947)[1] is a political science professor at San Francisco State University (SFSU). He is known for his scholarship on race and politics in the United States, about which he has written several books.[3][4] The "Black Politics" class he began teaching at SFSU in 1990 proved controversial; students protested the class because it was offered in the political science department rather than the African American studies department, which was interpreted by some students as encroaching on the latter department's area of focus.[5]

Robert C. Smith
Born (1947-02-12) February 12, 1947[1]
Benton, Louisiana[1]
NationalityUnited States
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
Howard University
Known forWork on racial politics in the United States
Spouse(s)
Scotlie Gibson Smith
(
m. 1972)
[1]
Children2[1]
AwardsDistinguished Ph.D. Alumni Award from Howard University (1998)
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science
InstitutionsSan Francisco State University
ThesisBlack elites and Black groups in the federal policy process: a study in interest articulation (1976)
InfluencesRonald Walters[2]

References
  1. Who's who Among African Americans. Gale Research. 2008. p. 1107.
  2. "Robert Smith". San Francisco State University. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  3. "Minorities May Spurn The GOP, But The Party Welcomes Them". NPR. 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  4. "Race Alone Doesn't Explain Hatred Of Obama, But It's Part Of The Mix". NPR. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  5. Depalma, Anthony (1991-01-02). "Hard-Won Acceptance Spawns New Conflicts Around Ethnic Studies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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