Jason Smith
Lecturer, Research  |  2017-18

Ireland

Project Title: “American Capitalism and the World: The Public and Private Origins of the Postwar Global Economy” 

Dr. Jason Scott Smith is a professor of History at the UNM History Department. In 2017, Dr. Smith received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award and was named the Mary Ball Washington Chair in American History at University College Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Smith has taught courses on modern American history, the Great Depression, and the history of capitalism since joining the faculty in 2006. He is the author of Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933-1956 and A Concise History of the New Deal, both published by Cambridge University Press. A specialist in the history of capitalism and political economy, Dr. Smith’s research and teaching range from the nineteenth century through the global financial crisis of 2008. Before coming to UNM, he held fellowships at the Harvard Business School, where he was the Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellow in Business History, and at Cornell University, where he served for two years as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies and visiting assistant professor of history and government. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley.

“As a Fulbright scholar, it was a real honor to work with the energetic and welcoming historians at University College Dublin. Teaching the history of the United States to UCD students was a fascinating experience, one that has given me a new perspective to bring back into the classroom here at UNM. Living and working in Ireland helped me appreciate the importance of nurturing a global culture that advances diversity and builds community.”