Andrew Price Smith

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Name Andrew Price-Smith

Education University of Western Ontario, Queen's University, University of Toronto

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Dr. Andrew Price-Smith (born 1968, Toronto, Canada) is a Professor of Political Science, and academic writer, best known for his work on 'health security' and 'environmental security.' An expert on the effects of Pandemic Influenza, and government efforts to contain it, his consilient works analyze the complex linkages between environmental change, infectious disease, history, economics and security. He has held prior appointments at Columbia University, and the University of South Florida. In 2005, he moved to Colorado College to join the faculty of Political Science there. Price-Smith was also the first to empirically model an index for State Capacity variables. Although Price-Smith's findings are often espoused by the Human Security community, his work suggests that he is a National Security (IR) theoretician who invokes elements of republican theory (see Daniel Deudney), coupled with facets of political psychology (perception, cognition, and affect) see Robert Jervis.

Influences

Price-Smith's influences include William McNeill, Alfred Crosby, E.O. Wilson, John Ikenberry, Joseph Nye, Robert Jervis, Daniel Deudney, Stephen Jay Gould, David Hendrickson, and Sir Francis Bacon.

Academic background

Price-Smith earned a BA (Honours) in Political Science from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1992. His Master's in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario in 1994 focused upon Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990–1991), and the conflict between the US-led coalition forces and Iraq. He completed his Ph.D in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 1999. His doctoral dissertation was entitled The Health of Nations and formed the core of his subsequent book of the same name, published by MIT, and shortlisted for the Grawemeyer Award in 2002.

At the University of Toronto, Price-Smith initially studied under Thomas Homer-Dixon, but completed his doctorate under David A. Welch where he completed the dissertation that was published by MIT as The Health of Nations. Upon graduation Price-Smith accepted a post-doctoral position at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, and concurrently taught at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Following that, he taught at the University of South Florida for several years where he began to develop his interests in the nexus of energy/environment and health. He moved to Colorado College in the summer of 2005 to take a position in the Department of Political Science.

Price-Smith was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure in 2010, and tapped to be Chair of the Department of Political Science at Colorado College in the Spring of 2013.

Teaching career

Price-Smith is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science (2010–present), and Chair of the Department of Political Science (June 2013 -). He served as acting Chair of the Environmental Science Program, at The Colorado College, during 2010.

Books

Oil, Illiberalism and War: Analysis of Energy and US Foreign Policy, MIT Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-262-02906-3

Rising Threats, Enduring Challenges, Readings in US Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-989763-6

Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization'', MIT Press, 2009 ISBN 978-0-262-16248-7, now available

The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change, and Their Effects on National Security and Development. MIT Press. 2002. ISBN 0-262-16203-2.

Plagues and Politics : Infectious Disease and International Policy. Palgrave/Macmillan Press. 2001. ISBN 0-333-80066-4.

Downward Spiral: HIV/AIDS, State Capacity and Political Violence in Zimbabwe. US Institute of Peace Press. 2004.

Price-Smith's book, Contagion and Chaos, won a Choice Magazine Award for Best Academic Book of 2009, and Health of Nations was short listed for the Grawemeyer Award in 2002.. Price-Smith's work has been used in The Atlantic Monthly, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and the Denver Post. He has lectured at the University of Oxford, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, UCLA, and in Canada, UK, France, Norway, and Switzerland, and spoken on Voice of America. He has been an influential voice in Washington policy circles. His address to the House Science and Technology Committee was detailed in the front page article of the Washington Post, entitled: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Over the years he has occasionally acted as consultant for the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, the United States Institute of Peace, the US Department of Energy, and the US Department of Homeland Security (among other institutions).

References

Andrew Price-Smith Wikipedia

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