Faculty
Jackie Smith
Associate Professor, Sociology
Research and Teaching Interests
International Relations, Transnational dimensions of social movements
Profile
Jackie Smith earned her Ph.D. in International Relations at the University of Notre Dame (1995). From 1997 to 2005 she worked as assistant and associate professor in sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she helped develop that program’s emphasis in global sociology. In 2004-05, she was a visiting scholar at McMaster University’s Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition.
Smith is known for her research on the transnational dimensions of social movements, exploring ways in which global economic and political integration have influenced how people engage in politics. She has co-edited three books on the subject: Coalitions Across Borders: Transnational Protest in a Neoliberal Era (with Joe Bandy); Globalization and Resistance: Transnational Dimensions of Social Movements (with Hank Johnston); and Transnational Social Movements and Global Politics: Solidarity Beyond the State (with Charles Chatfield and Ron Pagnucco). Her current work, which focuses on contemporary activism for global economic justice, has taken her to many sites of global organizing, including Prague, Quebec City, and Porto Alegre.
Smith has written or co-authored more than 35 articles and book chapters. Her articles have appeared in journals such as American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Mobilization, Human Rights Quarterly, International Sociology, Journal of World Systems Research, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. She is completing a book on relationships between the UN system and citizens’ movements. She is also involved in a collaborative book project on the changing patterns of transnational organizing in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Contact Information
Phone: (574) 631-2640
Fax: (574) 631-9238
Office: 307 Hesburgh Ctr
E-mail: jsmith40@nd.edu