CHRISTOPHER E. SMITH, J.D.,  Ph.D
Professor
Michigan State University
                      MSU School of Criminal Justice
                      530 Baker Hall
                      East Lansing, MI  48824-1118
                      Phone:  517/353-0735; 355-2197
                      FAX:  517/432-1787              
                      E-mail: smithc28[at]msu.edu
                    www.drchristophersmith.com
EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1988, Political Science  (Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society)
Dissertation: “United States Magistrates: Subordinate Judges in the Federal Courts”

J.D.  University of Tennessee, 1984, Law (Order of the Coif Honor Society)
Third-year law classes, University of Tennessee, 1983-1984.
Second-year law classes, University of Washington, 1982-1983.
First-year law classes, University of Iowa, 1981-1982.

M.Sc. University of Bristol (U.K.), 1981, Social Sciences (Rotary Graduate Fellowship)
Thesis: “The Cherokee Nation and the ‘Indian Removal’ Policy of the United States”

A.B.  Harvard University, 1980, Government (Dean’s List; National Merit Scholar)

Kalamazoo Central High School, Kalamazoo, Michigan.  1976.

BAR MEMBERSHIP:  admitted to practice law in Ohio, 1988 (inactive status).

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice (1994-current)
Professor (1998-current)
Acting Director (2001)
Undergraduate Program Coordinator (1999-2002)
Associate Professor (1994-1998)

University of Akron, Department of Political Science (1987-1994)
Associate Professor (1991-1994)
Graduate Program Coordinator (1992-1994)
Assistant Professor (1987-1991)

University of Connecticut-Hartford, Department of Political Science (1985-1987)
Instructor (part-time) (1985-1987)

Asnuntuck Community College, Prison Education Program (Fall 1986)
Instructor in American Government (part-time) (1986)
SELECTED HONORS

MSU Nominee for National CASE Professor of the Year Competition, 2004

"Teacher-Scholar Award," 1997, Michigan State University, all-University faculty awards.

Outstanding Professor Award, 1995-96 (presented by Alpha Phi Sigma, MSU chapter of the criminal justice honor society).

Outstanding Faculty Award, 1989-90 (presented by the University of Akron Board of Trustees).

Outstanding Professor in the College of Arts & Sciences, 1990, University of Akron (based on campus-wide student voting sponsored by Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society).

COURSES TAUGHT
Law & Society (Ph.D.) [MSU]
Legal Issues in Criminal Justice (Grad) [MSU]
Seminar in Judicial Process and Civil Liberties (Grad) [Akron]
Supreme Court and Civil Liberties [Akron]
Supreme Court and Constitutional Law [Akron]
Constitutional Interpretation [UConn]
Criminal Procedure [MSU]
Criminal Law [MSU]
Law of Corrections [MSU]
Law and Criminal Justice Policy [MSU]
Law and the Political Community [UConn]
The Policy Process [UConn]
Policy Problems:  Criminal Justice [Akron]
Politics of Crime and Justice [UConn, Akron]
Introduction to Criminal Justice [MSU]
Introduction to American Government [UConn, Asnuntuck Community College]

PUBLICATION SUMMARY (1986-2010, includes published and accepted for publication)

35 books [23 titles; 12 revised editions]
(19 scholarly books & advanced textbooks; 14 intro textbooks; 1 reference book; 1 humor book)

111 articles and book chapters
        (61 articles in university law reviews, 34 articles in refereed journals, 9 other articles, 7 book chapters)
56 encyclopedia articles

28 published book reviews

51 scholarly papers/presentations

BOOKS- Scholarly, reference, and advanced textbooks
 
Smith, Christopher E., Christina DeJong, and Michael McCall, eds.  THE REHNQUIST COURT AND
CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  Lanham, Md.:  Lexington Books (forthcoming 2011).

Smith, Christopher E., Madhavi McCall, and Cynthia Perez McCluskey.  LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE:  EMERGING ISSUES IN THE 21st CENTURY.  New York:  Peter Lang, 2005.
 
Smith, Christopher E., CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: MYTHS AND REALITIES.  Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 2004.
 
Smith, Christopher E., CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 2003.
 
Smith, Christopher E., Christina DeJong, and John D. Burrow, THE SUPREME COURT, CRIME, AND THE IDEAL OF EQUAL JUSTICE.  New York: Peter Lang, 2003.
 
Smith, Christopher E.  COURTS AND TRIALS,  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2003.
 
Smith, Christopher E., LAW AND CONTEMPORARY CORRECTIONS.  Belmont, Calif.:  Wadsworth/West, 2000.
 
Smith, Christopher E. and Joyce A. Baugh, THE REAL CLARENCE THOMAS: CONFIRMATION VERACITY MEETS PERFORMANCE REALITY. New York: Peter Lang, 2000.
 
Smith, Christopher E., THE REHNQUIST COURT AND CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT.  New York: Garland, 1997.
 
Smith, Christopher E., COURTS, POLITICS AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, 2nd ed.
Chicago:  Nelson-Hall, 1997.
 
COURTS, POLITICS AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, 1st ed. (1993).
 
Hensley, Thomas R., Christopher E. Smith, and Joyce A. Baugh, THE CHANGING SUPREME COURT:  CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES  St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1997.
 
   SUPREME COURT UPDATE-2001.  Wadsworth, 2002 (online)
   SUPREME COURT UPDATE-1998.  West, 1999. (online)
  SUPREME COURT UPDATE-1997.  West, 1998. (bound paperback)
  SUPREME COURT UPDATE-1996.  West, 1997. (bound paperback)
 
Schultz, David A. and Christopher E. Smith, THE JURISPRUDENTIAL VISION OF JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA. Lanham, Md.:  Rowman & Littlefield, 1996.
 
Smith, Christopher E., JUDICIAL SELF-INTEREST:  FEDERAL JUDGES AND COURT ADMINISTRATION.  Westport, Conn.:  Praeger, 1995.
 
Smith, Christopher E., CRITICAL JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS AND POLITICAL CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF CLARENCE THOMAS.  Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1993.
 
Smith, Christopher E., JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA AND THE SUPREME COURT'S CONSERVATIVE MOMENT.Westport, Conn.:  Praeger, 1993.
 
Smith, Christopher E., COURTS AND PUBLIC POLICY.  Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1993.
 
Chapter 3 reprinted as:  "The Capacity of Courts as Policy Making Forums,"
in Public Policy:  Crime and Criminal Justice.  eds. Barry W. Hancock and
Paul M. Sharp.  Upper Saddle River, N.J.:  Prentice-Hall, 1997, pp. 232-248.
 
Smith, Christopher E., POLITICS IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW:  CASES & QUESTIONS. Chicago:  Nelson-Hall, 1992.
 
Smith, Christopher E., COURTS AND THE POOR.  Chicago:  Nelson-Hall, 1991.
 
Smith, Christopher E., UNITED STATES MAGISTRATES IN THE FEDERAL COURTS:  SUBORDINATE JUDGES. New York:  Praeger, 1990.
 
BOOKS--Introductory Textbooks
 
Shea, Daniel M., Joanne Connor Green, and Christopher E. Smith, LIVING DEMOCRACY, 3rd ed.   New York:  Pearson Longman, 2011.
 
LIVING DEMOCRACY, 2nd. ed., New York:  Pearson Longman (2009).
      
        LIVING DEMOCRACY, 1st ed., Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall (2007).
 
Cole, George F. and Christopher E. Smith, THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 12th ed.  Belmont, Calif.:  Wadsworth, 2009.
 
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 11th ed. (2006)
 
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 10th ed. (2003)
 
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 9th ed. (2000)
 
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 8th ed. (1997)
 
Cole, George F. and Christopher E. Smith, CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, 6th ed.  Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth/West , 2010.
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, 5th ed. (2007)
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, 4th ed. (2004)
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, 3rd ed.  (2001)
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, 2nd ed. (1998)
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, 1st ed. (1995)
 
 
Humor
 
Smith, Christopher E.  STREAKING AT HARVARD. Bloomington, IN:  iUniverse, 2000. 
 
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
 
Jacobs, Charles and Christopher E. Smith.  "The Influence of Justice John Paul
Stevens:  Opinion Assignments by the Senior Associate Justice."  Accepted for
publication in Santa Clara Law Review (forthcoming 2011).

 

 
McCall, Michael, Madhavi McCall and Christopher E. Smith.  "Criminal Justice and
the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009-2010 Term."  Accepted for publication in
Cumberland Law Review (forthcoming 2011).
 
Smith, Christopher E.  "Justice John Paul Stevens and Capital Punishment."
 Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law 15 (2010): 205-260.
      
Smith, Christopher E.  "Justice John Paul Stevens:  Staunch Defender of Miranda Rights."
       Accepted for publication in DePaul Law Review (forthcoming 2010).

       Smith, Christopher E.  "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" AND
       Smith, Christopher E.  "Legal Assistance for Prisoners"
       in Corrections, vol. 4 of Key Issues in Crime & Punishment, Chambliss & Golson, eds.
       Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications (forthcoming 2010).
 
       Smith, Christopher E. and Michael McCall, "Introduction:  The Rehnquist Court" AND
       Smith, Christopher  E., "John Paul Stevens:  A Liberal Leader and His Roles on the Court" AND
       Smith, Christopher E.. and Madhavi McCall, "Antonin Scalia: Outspoken and Influential Originalist"
       in The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice, Smith, DeJong & McCall, eds.  Lanham, Md.:
       Lexington Books (forthcoming 2010).
 
       McCall, Madhavi, Michael McCall, and Christopher E. Smith.  "Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme
       Court's 2008-2009 Term."  Mississippi College Law Review 29 (2010): 1-47.
             
Smith, Christopher E.  "Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Corrections Law."
Hamline Law Review 32 (2009): 477-497.
 
Smith, Christopher E., Michael McCall & Madhavi McCall.  "The Roberts Court
and Criminal Justice at the Dawn of the 2008 Term."  Charleston Law Review  3 (2009): 265-287.
 
McCall, Michael, Madhavi McCall & Christopher E. Smith.  "Criminal Justice and
the 2007-2008 U.S. Supreme Court Term."  Southern University Law Review 36 (2008): 33-87.
 
Smith, Christopher E. & Anne M. Corbin.  “The Rehnquist Court and Corrections Law:
An Empirical Assessment.”  Criminal Justice Studies 21 (2008):  179-191.

       McCall, Michael, Madhavi McCall & Christopher E. Smith.  “Criminal Justice and the
2006-2007 U.S. Supreme Court Term.”  UMKC Law Review [Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City)]
76 (2008): 993-1043.

       Smith, Christopher E.  "Justice John Paul Stevens and Prisoners' Rights."
Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 17 (2007):  83-107.

       Smith, Christopher E.  “Prisoners’ Rights and the Rehnquist Court Era.”  The Prison
Journal 87 (2007): 457-476.

       Smith, Christopher E.  “The Supreme Court and Criminal Justice:  Did the Burger and
Rehnquist Courts Undo the Legacy of the Warren Court?” Insights on Law and Society
8 (Fall 2007): 4-6, 17.
Hensley, Thomas R., Joyce A. Baugh, and Christopher E. Smith, “The First-Term
Performance of Chief Justice John Roberts.”  Idaho Law Review  43 (2007): 625-642.

       Smith, Christopher E., Michael McCall, and Madhavi McCall. “Criminal Justice and
the 2005-2006 U.S. Supreme Court Term.”  Quinnipiac Law Review 25 (2007): 495-546.

       Smith, Christopher E.  “Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Corrections Law.”
Corrections Compendium 31 (Sept/Oct 2006): 6-8, 41-42.

       Smith, Christopher E.  “The Roles of Justice John Paul Stevens in Criminal
Justice Cases.”  Suffolk University Law Review 39 (2006): 719-744

       Smith, Christopher E., Michael McCall, and Madhavi McCall.  “Criminal Justice and
the 2004-2005 U.S. Supreme Court Term.”  University of Memphis Law Review
36 (2006): 951-1011.

       Smith, Christopher E., and Thomas R. Hensley.  “Decision-Making Trends of the
Rehnquist Court Era: Civil Rights and Liberties Cases.”  Judicature 89 (2005):
161-167, 184-185.

       Smith, Christopher E., and Cheryl D. Lema.  “Justice Clarence Thomas and
Incommunicado Detention: Justifications and Risks.”  Valparaiso University Law
Review 39 (2005): 783-813.

       Smith, Christopher E., Michael McCall, and Madhavi McCall.  “Criminal Justice and the
U.S. Supreme Court’s 2003-2004 Term.” New Mexico Law Review 35(2005): 123-160.

       Smith, Christopher E.  “The Bill of Rights after September 11th: Principles or
Pragmatism?” Duquesne Law Review 42 (2004): 259-291.
Smith, Christopher E. and Madhavi McCall.  “Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme
Court’s 2002-2003 Term.”   Capital University Law Review 32 (2004): 859-899.

       Smith, Christopher E.  “The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice: An Empirical
Assessment.”  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 19 (2003): 161-181.

       Smith, Christopher E. and Madhavi McCall.  “Justice Scalia’s Impact on Criminal
Justice.”  University of Toledo Law Review 34 (2003): 535-557.
Smith, Christopher E. and Madhavi McCall.  “Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme
Court’s 2001-2002 Term.”  Michigan State DCL Law Review (2003):413-446.

       Smith, Christopher E., “The Prison Reform Litigation Era: Book-Length Studies and
Lingering Research Issues.”  The Prison Journal  83 (2003): 337-358.

       Smith, Christopher E., “Richard Alan Enslen” in Great American Judges,
ed.  John Vile, pp. 239-246.  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2003.

       Smith, Christopher E. and Madhavi McCall.  “Technological Innovation and
Constitutional Rights in Criminal Justice.”  Southern Illinois University Law Journal
27 (2002): 103-127.

       Smith, Christopher E. and Steven B. Dow.  “Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme
Court’s 2000-2001 Term.”  University of Detroit/Mercy Law Review 79 (2002) 189-227.

       Smith, Christopher E. and Christopher E. Nelson.  “Perceptions of the Consequences
of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: A Comparison of State Attorneys General and
Federal District Judges.”  The Justice System Journal 23 (2002): 295-316.

        Smith, Christopher E. and Steven B. Dow.  “The Revitalization of the Eighth
Amendment: A Warning for Corrections.”  Corrections Compendium
27 [8] (2002): 1-5, 29-31.

       Smith, Christopher E. and Heidi Feldman, “Burdens of the Bench: State Supreme
Courts’ Non-Judicial Tasks.” Judicature 84 (2001): 304-309.

       Smith, Christopher E.  “The Malleability of Constitutional Doctrine and Its Ironic
Impact on Prisoners’ Rights.”  Boston University Public Interest Law Journal
11 (2001): 73-96.

       Smith, Christopher E., “Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1999-2000
Term.” North Dakota Law Review 77(2001): 1-26.

       Smith, Christopher E., “The Governance of Corrections: Implications of the
Changing Interface of Courts and Corrections,” in Boundary Changes in Criminal
Justice Organizations, Volume 2 of CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2000, pp. 113-166
(Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 2000).

       DeJong, Christina and Christopher E. Smith, “Equal Protection, Gender, and Justice
at the Dawn of a New Century.”  Wisconsin Women’s Law Journal 14 (1999): 123-154.
Smith, Christopher E., “Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1998-99 Term.”
Widener Journal of Public Law (1999): 23-59.

       Johnson, Scott P. and Christopher E. Smith, “White House Scandals and the
Presidential Pardon Power: Persistent Risks and Prospects for Reform.” 
New England Law Review 33 (1999): 907-930

       Smith, Christopher E., “Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1997-98 Term.”
Southern Illinois University Law Journal 23 (1999): 443-467.

       Smith, Christopher E., Michael D. Reisig and Lara Pellegrini, “Party Affiliation and
Support for Capital Punishment: An Assessment of Lawmakers from Canada and the
United States.”  International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
22 (1998): 225-234.

       Smith, Christopher E. and John Hurst, "The Forms of Judicial Policy Making: Civil 
Liability and Criminal Justice Policy."  Justice System Journal 19 (1997): 341-354.

       Smith, Christopher E., "Turning Rights into Symbols:  The U.S. Supreme Court and
Criminal Justice."  Criminal Justice Policy Review 8 (1997):  99-117.

       Smith, Christopher E., "Law and Symbolism." Detroit College of Law at Michigan State
University Law Review  1997: 935-953.
Smith, Christopher E. and Darwin L. Burke, "Judges' Views on Habeas Corpus:
A Comparison of State and Federal Judges." Oklahoma City University Law Review
22 (1997): 1125-1142.

       Smith, Christopher E., "Clarence Thomas:  A Distinctive Justice." Seton Hall Law
Review 28 (1997):  1-28.

       Smith, Christopher E. and John D. Burrow, "Race-ing Into the Twenty-First Century:
The Supreme Court and the (E)Quality of Justice." University of Toledo Law Review
28 (1997): 279-300.

       Smith, Christopher E., "Criminal Justice and the 1996-97 U.S. Supreme Court Term."
University of Dayton Law Review 23 (1997): 29-58.

       Smith, Christopher E. and Joyce A. Baugh, "Doubting Thomas:  Confirmation Veracity
Meets Performance Reality."  Seattle University Law Review 19 (1996):  455-496.

       Smith, Christopher E., "Criminal Justice and the 1995-96 U.S. Supreme Court Term."
University of Detroit/Mercy Law Review 74 (1996):  1-25.

       Smith, Christopher E., "Judicial Reform of Habeas Corpus:  The Advocates' Lament."
Cleveland State Law Review 44 (1996): 47-65.

       Smith, Christopher E., "The Impact of New Justices:  The U.S. Supreme Court and
Criminal Justice Policy." Akron Law Review 30 (1996): 55-71.

       Smith, Christopher E., "The Use of Research in Local Policy Making: A Case Study of
Corporal Punishment in Public Education."  Educational Policy 10 (1996): 502-517.

       Smith, Christopher E., "Teaching the Irrelevance of Law on Criminal Procedure." 
Journal of Criminal Justice Education 7 (1996):  45-58.

       Smith, Christopher E. and Roxanne Ochoa, "The Peremptory Challenge in the Eyes
of the Trial Judge."  Judicature 79 (1996): 185-189.
Smith, Christopher E., "Bent on Original Intent," American Bar Association Journal 
82 (October 1996): 48-52.
Reprinted as “Justice Clarence Thomas: A Jurisprudential Vision Based on Original
Intent” in The Supreme Court and Its Justices ed. by Jesse Choper.  Chicago:
American Bar Association Publishing, 2nd ed., 2001, pp. 296-303.

       Hensley, Thomas R. and Christopher E. Smith, "Membership Change and Voting
Change:  An Analysis of the Rehnquist Court's 1986-1991 Terms." Political Research
Quarterly 48 (1995):  837-856.

       Smith, Christopher E., Joyce A. Baugh, and Thomas R. Hensley, "The First-Term
Performance of Justice Stephen Breyer." Judicature 79 (1995):  74-79. 
Smith, Christopher E., "Federal Habeas Corpus Reform:  The State's Perspective." 
The Justice System Journal 18 (1995): 1-11.
Smith, Christopher E., "Judicial Policy Making and Habeas Corpus Reform."
Criminal Justice Policy Review 7 (1995):  91-114.

       Smith, Christopher E., "The Constitution and Criminal Punishment:  The Emerging
Visions of Justices Scalia and Thomas."  Drake Law Review 43 (1995):  593-613.

       Smith, Christopher E., "Imagery, Politics, and Jury Reform."  Akron Law Review 
28 (1994):  77-95.

      Smith, Christopher E. and Thomas R. Hensley, "Unfulfilled Aspirations:  The Court-
Packing Efforts of Presidents Reagan and Bush."  Albany Law Review 57 (1994): 
1111-1131.
  Reprinted in: Kermit Hall (ed.), The Least Dangerous Branch: Separation of Powers and
Court-Packing. New York: Garland Publishing, 2001.

       Baugh, Joyce A., Christopher E. Smith, Thomas R. Hensley, and Scott P. Johnson,
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:  A Preliminary Assessment."  University of Toledo
Law Review 26 (1994):  1-34.

       Smith, Christopher E., Joyce A. Baugh, Thomas R. Hensley, and Scott P. Johnson,
"The First-Term Performance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg."  Judicature 78 (1994):
74-80.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Black Muslims and the Development of Prisoners' Rights."
Journal of Black Studies 24 (1993):  131-146.
       Smith, Christopher E. and Thomas R. Hensley, "Assessing the Conservatism of
the Rehnquist Court." Judicature 77 (1993):  83-89.
Reprinted as “Assessing the Conservatism of the Rehnquist Court” in Judicial Politics:
Readings from Judicature ed. E. Slotnick.  Chicago: Burnham Publishers, 2d ed. 1999,411-418.
       Smith, Christopher E. and Scott P. Johnson, "The First Term Performance of Justice Clarence
Thomas." Judicature 76 (1993): 172-178.
       Smith, Christopher E. and S. T. Read, "The Performance and Effectiveness of
New Appointees to the Rehnquist Court."  Ohio Northern University Law Review 
20 (1993):  205-223.
       Smith, Christopher E. and Avis A. Jones, "The Rehnquist Court's Activism and the
Risk of Injustice."  Connecticut Law Review 26 (1993):  53-77.
       Smith, Christopher E. and Kimberly Beuger, "Clouds in the Crystal Ball:  Presidential
Expectations and the Unpredictable Behavior of Supreme Court Appointees."
Akron Law Review 27 (1993):  115-139.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Politics and Plausibility:  Searching for the Truth About Anita
Hill and Clarence Thomas."  Ohio Northern University Law Review 19 (1993):  697-757.
       Smith, Christopher E., "The Law Review Option."  American Political Science Association's
Law and Courts Section Newsletter 10 (1993):  1-5 (Summer issue).
       Smith, Christopher E., "Justice Antonin Scalia and Criminal Justice Cases."
Kentucky Law Journal 81 (1992-93): 187-212.
Smith, Christopher E., "Judicial Lobbying and Court Reform:  U.S. Magistrate Judges
and the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990."  University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Law Journal 14 (1992):  163-198.
Smith, Christopher E., "Supreme Court Surprise:  Justice Anthony Kennedy's Move
Toward Moderation."  Oklahoma Law Review 45 (1992):  459-476.
       Smith, Christopher E. and Scott P. Johnson, "Newcomer on the High Court: 
Justice David Souter and the Supreme Court's 1990 Term."  South Dakota
Law Review 37 (1992):  901-923.
       Johnson, Scott P. and Christopher E. Smith, "Justice David Souter's First Term on
the Supreme Court:  The Impact of a New Justice."  Judicature 75 (1992):  238-243.
       Smith, Christopher E., "From U.S. Magistrates to U.S. Magistrate Judges: Developments
Affecting the Federal District Courts' Lower Tier of Judicial Officers."  Judicature
75 (1992): 210-215.
Reprinted as "From U.S. Magistrates to U.S. Magistrate Judges:  Developments
Affecting the Federal District Courts' Lower Tier of Judicial Officers," in Courts and Justice:
A Reader eds.  G. Larry Mays and Peter R. Gregware.  Prospect Hts, Ill.:  Waveland Press,
1995, pp. 35-50, and in Judicial Politics:  Readings from Judicature ed. Elliot Slotnick. 
Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2005, pp. 122-130.
       Smith, Christopher E., "The New Supreme Court and the Politics of Racial Equality." 
The Western Journal of Black Studies 15 (1991):  8-15.
Reprinted in Theodore Rueter, ed., The Politics of Race: African Americans and
the Political System.  New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1995.
       Smith, Christopher E. and Linda Fry, "Vigilance or Accommodation:  The Changing
Supreme Court and Religious Freedom."   Syracuse Law Review 42 (1991):  893-944.
       Smith, Christopher E., "The Supreme Court in Transition:  Assessing the Legitimacy
of the Leading Legal Institution."  Kentucky Law Journal 79 (1990-91): 317-346.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Educating the Public About Courts and Law."  Judicature
75 (1991):  109-113.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Justice Antonin Scalia and the Institutions of American
Government."  Wake Forest Law Review 25 (1990):  783-809.
       Smith, Christopher E., "The Supreme Court's Emerging Majority:  Restraining the
High Court or Transforming Its Role?."  Akron Law Review  24 (1990): 393-421.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Police Professionalism and the Rights of Criminal Defendants."
Criminal Law Bulletin 26 (1990): 155-166.
       Smith, Christopher E., "The Supreme Court and Ethnicity."  Oregon Law Review 
69 (1990): 797-845.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Polarization and Change in the Federal Courts: 
En Banc Decisions in the U.S. Courts of Appeals."  Judicature 74 (1990): 133-137.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Former United States Magistrates as District Judges: 
The Possibilities and Consequences of Promotion Within the Federal Judiciary."
Judicature 73 (1990): 268-272.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Jurist Irritant."  Akron Magazine 5 (1990): 42-44 (Fall issue).
       Smith, Christopher E., "'What If....':  Critical Junctures on the Road to (In)Equality."
Thurgood Marshall Law Review  15 (1989-90): 1-25.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Jurisprudential Politics and the Manipulation of History." 
The Western Journal of Black Studies 13 (1989):  156-161.
       Smith, Christopher E., "The Development of a Judicial Office:  United States
Magistrates and the Struggle for Status."  The Journal of the Legal Profession
(University of Alabama School of Law) 14 (1989): 175-197.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Bright-Line Rules and the Supreme Court:  The Tension
Between Clarity in Legal Doctrine and Justices' Policy Preferences."  Ohio Northern
University Law Review 16 (1989):  119-137.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Federal Judicial Salaries:  A Critical Appraisal." 
Temple Law Review 62 (1989): 849-873.
       Smith, Christopher E. and Scott P. Johnson, "Presidential Pardons and Accountability
in the Executive Branch."  Wayne Law Review 35 (1989): 1113-1131.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Alternative Dispute Resolution:  Warnings from the Ivory Tower." 
Akron Bar Association Examiner 30 (1989):  10-12 (November issue).
       Smith, Christopher E., "Assessing the Consequences of Judicial Innovation:
U.S. Magistrates' Trials and Related Tribulations."  Wake Forest Law Review
23 (1988): 455-490.
       Smith, Christopher E., "United States Magistrates and the Processing of
Prisoner Litigation."  Federal Probation 52 (1988): 13-18 (December issue).
Smith, Christopher E., "Notes on Observational Research in the Judiciary."
American Political Science Association's Law, Courts, and Judicial Process Section
Newsletter 6 (Fall 1988): 1-8.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Improving the Use of Prison Law Libraries:  A Modest Proposal."
Law Library Journal  79 (1987): 227-240.
Reprinted as:  "Improving the Use of Prison Law Libraries," in Library Lit. 18 - The Best
of 1987, ed. Bill Katz.  Metuchen: N.J.:  Scarecrow Press, 1988, pp. 74-87.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Examining the Boundaries of Bounds:  Prison Law Libraries
and Access to the Courts."  Howard Law Journal 30 (1987): 27-44.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Merit Selection Committees and the Politics of Appointing
United States Magistrates."  The Justice System Journal 12 (1987): 210-231.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Legal Education in Prisons:  Special Problems and Opportunities
for Correctional Education."  The Journal of Correctional Education 38 (1987): 132-136.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Who Are the U.S. Magistrates?"  Judicature 71 (1987): 143-150.
Reprinted as:  "Who Are the U.S. Magistrates?," in  Judicial Politics:  Readings from
JUDICATURE.  ed. E. Slotnick.  Chicago:  American Judicature Society, 1st ed. 1992, 127-136;
and "Who Are the U.S. Magistrates?," in Connecticut Trial Lawyers' Association Forum 
6 (May 1988): 7-14.
       Smith, Christopher E., "Federal Judges' Role in Prisoner Litigation:  What's Necessary?
What's Proper?"  Judicature 70 (1986): 144-150.
Reprinted as:  "Court Supervision of Prisons is Necessary," in Criminal Justice Sources,
vol.2.  St. Paul, Minn.:  Greenhaven Press, 1987, pp. 381-387.
 
Encyclopedia Articles
 
Two articles in Great Lives from History:  The Twentieth  Century.  Pasadena, Calif.:
Salem Press, 2009. 
1.William O. Douglas
2.Clarence Thomas
 
“Justice Frank Murphy” in The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States.
D. Tanenhaus, ed.  Belmont, Calif.:  Thomson, 2009.
 
Three forthcoming articles in The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution.  D. Schultz, ed. New York: Facts-on-File, 2009.
1.  Prisoners’ Rights
2.  Weeks v. United States
3.  Stanford v. Kentucky
 
“Supreme Court Restricts Abortion Rights:  Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992),” in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000.  R.F. Gorman, ed., Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 2008, pp. 2665-2667.
 
“The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Criminal Procedure” in Federalism in America, J. Marbach, E. Katz & T. Smith, eds. (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2005).
 
Two articles in Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, D. Schultz, ed.
(New York: Facts-on-File, 2003).
1.  J. Edgar Hoover, pp. 221-222.
2.  United States v. National Treasury Employees Union, pp. 443-444.
 
“Clarence Thomas” in Encyclopedia of American Law, D. Schultz, ed. (New York: Facts-on-File, 2002), pp. 434-435.
 
“Clarence Thomas” in Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, L. Levy, K. Karst, & A. Winkler, eds. (New York: Macmillan Reference, 2000), 2695-2696.
 
Three articles in Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court, eds. Thomas T. Lewis and Richard L. Wilson (Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 2000).
1.  “U.S. Constitution,” pp. 217-221.
2.  “Fourteenth Amendment,” pp. 383-386.
3.  “Sixth Amendment,” pp. 869-871.
 
Two articles in Biographical Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century World Leaders, ed. John Powell.  Tarrytown, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish (2000).
1.  “William O. Douglas,” pp. 423-424.
2.  “Sandra Day O’Connor,” pp. 1168-1170.
 
Twelve articles  in Magill's Legal Guide. ed. Timothy L. Hall.  Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, (1999).
1.  “Trials,” pp. 873-876;
2.  “Prosecutor,” pp. 725-728;
3.  “Types of Attorneys,” pp. 79-82;
4.  “Court-appointed Attorneys,” pp. 82-85;
5.  “Race and the Law,” pp. 742-745;
6.  “State Judicial Systems,” pp. 817-818
7.  “District Attorneys,” pp. 271-272;
8.  “Bribery,” pp. 115-117
9.  “Public Accommodations,” pp. 731-733;
Additional brief entries
10.  “Jury Sequestration”
11.  “Mistrial”
12.  “Defendant”
 
“Criminal Justice System,” in Racial and Ethnic Relations in America.  ed.  Carl L. Bankston. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press (1999), pp. 277-281.
 
"Supreme Court of the United States" in Encyclopedia of Social Issues.  ed. John K. Roth.
New York:  Marshall Cavendish (1997), pp. 1537-1540.
 
Fourteen articles in Ready Reference: American Justice.  ed. Joseph Bessette.  Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press (1996).
1. "Criminal Procedure," pp. 232-235;
2. "Prosecutor," pp. 637-640;
3. "Corporal Punishment," pp. 210-211;
4. "Right to Counsel," pp. 211-213;
5. "Public Defender," pp. 642-644.
6. "Search and Seizure," pp. 705-707. 
7. "Police Use of Deadly Force," pp. 245-246;
8. "Plea Bargaining," pp. 594-595
Additional brief entries
9.  "Colegrove v. Green"
10. "Elrod v. Burns"
11. "Solem v. Helm"
12. "Olmstead v. U.S."
13. "Palko v. Connecticut"
14. "Tison v. Arizona"
 
"Civil Liberties Protection," in Survey of Social Science:  Government & Politics.  ed. F. N. Magill. Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press (1995), pp. 291-297.
 
Three articles in The Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. ed. S. Auerbach. New York: Marshall Cavendish (1994):
1.  "Judges," pp.  994-1000.
2.  "Ku Klux Klan," pp. 1022-1026.
3.  "Supreme Court Rulings on Discrimination and Minority Status," pp. 1577-1586.
 
"The U.S. Constitution," in Ready Reference:  Ethics.
ed. J.K. Roth. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press (1994), pp. 194-196.
Six articles in Great Events from History II:  Human Rights.  ed. Frank N. Magill.  Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press (1992): 
1.  "Discrimination in Accommodations Is Forbidden by the U.S. Supreme Court," pp. 1262-1266.
2.  "Marshall Becomes First Black Justice of the Supreme Court," pp. 1381-1385.
3.  "Congress Enacts the Age Discrimination in Employment Act," pp. 1397-1401;
4.  "Supreme Court Endorses Busing As a Means to End Segregation," pp. 1628-1632;
5.  "Congress Responds to Demands of Persons With Disabilities," pp. 1731-1735;
6.  "Southern Schools Are Found to Be the Least Racially Segregated," pp. 1786-1790.
 
Book Reviews
 
The Ghost of Jim Crow:  How Southern Moderates Used Brown v. Board of Education to Stall Civil Rights by Anders Walker in Law and Politics Book Review 20 (2010):  15-18.
 
Wretched Sisters:  Examining Gender and Capital Punishment by Mary Welek Atwell in Law and Politics Book Review 18 (2008): 177-179.
 
History and the Constitution:  Collected Essays by G. Edward White in Law and Politics Book Review 17 (2007): 477-480.
 
Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything edited by Gene Healy in Law and Politics Book Review 15 (2005): 242-245.
 
Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes by Frederick Schauer in Law and Politics Book Review
14 (February 2004). http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/
 
Prison Sex: Practice and Policy, edited by Christopher Hensley in Criminal Justice Review
28 (2003): 420-421.
 
Penal Reform in Overcrowded Times, edited by Michael Tonry in Law and Politics Book Review
12 (2002): 217-219.
 
Getting Away with Murder: How Politics Is Destroying the Criminal Justice System by Susan Estrich in Contemporary Justice Review 5 (2002): 89-91.
 
The Judicial Role in Criminal Proceedings edited by Sean Doran and John Jackson in The Law and Politics Book Review 11 (2001): 275-277.
 
Pursuit of Justices: Presidential Politics and the Selection of Supreme Court Nominees by David Alistair Yalof in Criminal Justice Review 25 (2000): 139-140.
 
Crime, Public Opinion, and Civil Liberties by Shmuel Lock in Judicature 83 (2000): 270-272.
 
Covering the Courts: Free Press, Fair Trials, and Journalistic Performance, edited by Robert Giles and Robert W. Snyder in Criminal Justice Review 24 (1999): 204-205.
 
The Whole Truth?  A Case of Murder on the Appalachian Trail by H.L. Pohlman in The Law and Politics Book Review 9 (1999): 578-580.
 
Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America’s Prisons by Malcolm Feeley and Edward Rubin in Judicature 82 (1999): 186-187, 193.
 
Jury Trial Innovations, edited by G. Thomas Munsterman, Paula L. Hannaford & G. Marc Whitehead in The Law and Politics Book Review 8 (1998): 133-134.
 
Against Capital Punishment:  The Anti-Death Penalty Movement in America, 1972-1994 by Herbert H. Haines in American Journal of Legal History 61 (1997): 471-473.
 
Counties in Court:  Jail Overcrowding and Court-Ordered Reform by Wayne N. Welsh in Contemporary Sociology 26 (1997):  87-88.
 
Decisions and Images:  The Supreme Court and the Press by Richard Davis in The Law and Politics Book Review 5 (1995):  183-185.
 
A Justice for All:  William J. Brennan and the Decisions that Transformed America by Kim Issac Eisler in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 538 (1995):  217-218.
 
Conscience and the Constitution:  History, Theory, and Law of the Reconstruction Amendments by David A.J. Richards and The Constitution Besieged:  The Rise and Demise of Lochner Era Police Powers Jurisprudence by Howard Gillman in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 537 (1995):  192-193.
 
Politics and Plea Bargaining:  Victims' Rights in California by Candace McCoy in Legal Studies Forum 17 (1993): 325-328.
 
The Supreme Court and Legal Change:  Abortion and the Death Penalty by Lee Epstein and Joseph F. Kobylka in Judicature 77 (1993):  116-117.
 
The Burger Court:  Political and Judicial Profiles, eds. Charles M. Lamb and Stephen C. Halpern in Criminal Justice Review 18 (1993): 143-145.
 
American Lawyers and Their Communities: Ethics in the Legal Profession by Thomas L. Shaffer and Mary L. Shaffer in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 526 (1993): 224-225.
 
Practicing Law in Frontier California by Gordon Morris Bakken and A Different Frontier:  Alaska Criminal Justice, 1935-1965 by K.S. Kynell in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 522 (1992):  170-171.
 
The Hollow Hope:  Can Courts Bring About Social Change? by Gerald Rosenberg in Judicature 76 (1992): 45-47.
 
The Appeal of Civil Law:  A Political-Economic Analysis of Civil Law by Wayne McIntosh and Country Lawyers:  The Impact of Context on Professional Practice by Donald Landon in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 515 (1991): 202-203.
 
Rationalizing Justice:  The Political Economy of Federal District Courts by Wolf Heydebrand and Carroll Seron in Judicature 74 (1990): 166-167.
 
SCHOLARLY CONFERENCE PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 2005, 2001, 1999, 1994, 1992 
American Political Science Association2002, 1994, 1993, 1992
American Society of Criminology  2006, 2005, 2002(2),1999,1998,1996
Canadian Law & Society Association   1998, 1996
Law & Society Association   1999, 1995, 1993
Michigan Conference of Political Scientists   2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2000
Midwest Political Science Association  2007, 2004, 2002, 1997(2),1995,1993,1991,
1989, 1987
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association       1996, 1995, 1994, 1990, 1988
New England Political Science Association    1986
Ohio Assn. of Economists & Political Scientists 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
American Judicature Society  
American Political Science Association
American Society of Criminology
Law & Society Association
 
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Funded Participant:
Socio-Legal Studies Institute, Law & Society Association, Amherst College, July 1992.
 
Workshop on Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research for Law-Related Topics, American Bar Association and Law & Society Association, Washington, D.C., June 1987.
 
Funded Research:
National Institute of Justice, CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2000 Project, 1999-2000: “The Governance of Corrections: Implications of the Changing Interface of Courts and Corrections.” ($5,000)
 
University of Akron Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, 1992: “Critical Judicial Nominations and Political Change.” ($5,000)
 
American Political Science Association Research Grant Program, 1989-90: “En Banc Decisions in the U.S. Courts of Appeals.”  ($700)
 
Consulted by media and interest groups for advice or commentary [selected examples]: 
Akron Beacon Journal; Boston Globe; Chicago Tribune; Cincinnati Enquirer; CNN; Detroit Free Press; Detroit News; Ft. Worth Star-Telegram; Grand Rapids Press; Inside Litigation; Lansing State Journal; Legal Times; Notre Dame Magazine; Time; U.S. News & World Report;Washington Post; WOOD-TV;  WILX-TV; radio stations WAKR, WKSU, WKDD, WSLR; National Public Radio-Boston; Center for Public Resources; NAACP Legal Defense Fund; U.S. Congress, House Judiciary Committee; U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office.
 
Other Activities
Presented testimony before the Committee on Regulatory Reform, Michigan House of Representatives concerning proposed constitutional amendment to introduce capital punishment in Michigan, March 16, 2004.
 
Organizer, ad hoc committee on math curriculum reform, Okemos (MI) Public Schools, 2000 (interviewed and featured in Mark Clayton, “If This Is Math, Then We’re At War,” Christian Science Monitor, special series reprint: “The Math Meltdown,” May 16, 23, and 30, 2000, pp. 2,3, 7; Marybeth Hart, “Concerns Over Math Bring Added Homework,” Lansing State Journal, January 3, 2001, p. 4D).
 
Member, Advisory Committee on Corporal Punishment, Kent (OH) Public Schools, 1994.
I
nvited Observer, Annual Training Session for United States Magistrate Judges from the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Federal Judicial Circuits, sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 1987.
 
OTHER EXPERIENCE
 
Program Officer-Intern (Summer 1983), W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI.
 
Volunteer Instructor (academic year 1982-83) [part-time], Prisoner Counseling & Education Project, Washington State Prison, Monroe, WA. [program sponsored by Monroe Black Prisoners’ Caucus and the University of Washington School of Law]
 
Law Clerk (Summer 1982), Morgan Associates, Chartered (Law Firm), Washington, DC.
 
Intern (Summer 1980), Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Seattle, WA.
 
Transit Planner/Administrative Intern (Summer 1979), Metro Transit Department, City of Kalamazoo, MI.
 
Intake Volunteer (academic year 1978-79), Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.
 
Intern (Summer 1978), American Civil Liberties Union, Legislative Office, Washington, DC.
 
Volunteer Tutor (academic years 1976-77; 1977-78), Roxbury High School, Boston, MA.
(Harvard/Roxbury School program in conjunction with court-ordered desegregation plan).
 
PERSONAL DATA 
Born: 1958; Married; Two adult children.