Amy Erica Smith

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Amy Erica Smith
Academic background
Alma mater
Institutions Iowa State University
Main interests

Amy Erica Smith is an American political scientist.

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Education and academic career

Smith was born in Eugene, Oregon, and raised in Dallas, Texas. [1] She earned a bachelor's degree in Latin American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, obtained a master's degree in city and regional planning at Cornell University, then pursued doctoral studies in political science at the University of Pittsburgh. [2] [3] Smith moved to Ames, Iowa, in 2012, [4] and began teaching at Iowa State University as an assistant professor of political science. In 2018, she became an associate professor. [5] Since 2019, [6] [7] Smith has served as a Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professor. [8] [9] In 2024, Smith was promoted to a full professorship. [10]

Fellowships, awards, and honors

In 2014, Smith received a Fulbright Fellowship and was based in Brazil. [11] From 2016 to 2017, she held a fellowship at the University of Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute for International Studies. [12] [13] [14] In 2019, Smith was awarded a fellowship by the American Council of Learned Societies. [15] [16] In 2020, [17] [18] Smith became the first Iowa State University faculty member to be awarded a Carnegie Fellowship. [19] That same year, Smith was also a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. [20]

Political career

In November 2021, Smith was the leading vote-getter of three candidates elected to the Ames School Board. [21] [22]

Personal life

Smith is married to the Romanian-born software engineer and artist Tibi Chelcea. [23] [24] They first met in Pennsylvania, while he was employed by Carnegie Mellon University and she studied at the University of Pittsburgh. [23] Chelcea began making art in the late 2000s, and is a member of the art collective Ames C.art. [24] [25] He helped organize an art exhibit during a sesquicentennial celebration marking the platting of Ames. [24] [25]

Smith speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. [5]

Selected publications

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