A DA M B E N JA M I N S M I T H

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
WALTHAM, MASSACHUSSETTS
765-201-2739 ASMITH@BRANDEIS.EDU
ADAMBENSMITH.COM

E D U C AT I O N

Brandeis University Waltham, MA

PhD Candidate, Politics PhD expected, May 2017
Dissertation: Democratic Medicine
Committee: Bernard Yack, Marion Smiley, Peter Conrad
Fields: Political Theory; American Politics
Institute for Christian Studies Toronto, ON
M.A., Philosophy February 2006
Thesis: Discourse and the Common Good
Committee: Simone Chambers, Jonathan Chaplin, Lambert Zuidervaart
Field: Political Theory
Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL
B.A., Political Science May 2003

R E S E A RC H I N T E R E S T S

Politics of health and medicine; liberalism and religious or cultural pluralism; theories
of recognition; bioethics; democratic theory; virtue ethics; American political thought

S C H O L A R L Y P U B L I C AT I O N S

“The Turn to Acknowledgment in Recognition Theory.” Forthcoming in

Constellations.

“Truthfulness, Democracy, and the Problem of Pluralism.” In Truth Matters: Knowledge,

Politics, Ethics, Religion. Edited by Lambert Zuidervaart. McGill-Queen’s University
Press, 2013.

O T H E R P U B L I C AT I O N S

“The Zombie Threat to Democracy.” Braaaiiinnns: From Academics to Zombies. Edited by

Robert Smith. University of Ottowa Press, 2011.

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C O N F E R E N C E P R E S E N TAT I O N S

Medicalization and Recognition P h i l a d e l p h i a , PA

A m e r i c a n Po l i t i c a l S c i e n c e A s s o c i a t i o n scheduled for Sep 3, 2016

Drapetomania, Medicalization, and Recognition Newport, RI

N e w E n g l a n d Po l i t i c a l S c i e n c e A s s o c i a t i o n April 22, 2016

Medicalization and Recognition Chicago, IL

M i d w e s t Po l i t i c a l S c i e n c e A s s o c i a t i o n April 17, 2015
S o l v i n g P r o bl e m s w i t h We n d e l l B e r r y Wo o d s t o c k , V T
N e w E n g l a n d Po l i t i c a l S c i e n c e A s s o c i a t i o n April 26, 2014
To l e r a n c e a n d Tr u t h f u l n e s s Boston, MA
I n t e r n a t i o n a l S o c i a l P h i l o s o p hy A s s o c i a t i o n Ju l y 2 7 , 2 0 1 2
Tr a n s f o r m a t i v e Fo r m s o f A c c o m m o d a t i o n Po r t s m o u t h , N H
N e w E n g l a n d Po l i t i c a l S c i e n c e A s s o c i a t i o n April 27, 2012
Tr u t h f u l n e s s a n d D e m o c r a c y To r o n t o , O N
Tr u t h M a t t e r s I n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e August 19, 2010
Fa i t h , M a c I n t y r e , a n d t h e A c a d e m y C h a rl o t t e t o w n , P E I
Fa i t h , Fr e e d o m , a n d t h e A c a d e m y C o n f e r e n c e October 2, 2004

W O R K I N G PA P E R S

“The Art of Recognition in the Modern Public Sphere.”

“Recognition as a Virtue.”
“Wendell Berry and the American Critique of Rationalism.”

T E AC H I N G E X P E R I E N C E a s c o u rs e i n s t r u c t o r

Suffolk University Boston, MA

Ancient and Medieval Political Theory (undergraduate lecture) Fall 2015
Brandeis University
Political Theories of Medicine (undergraduate seminar) Spring 2016
Political Science Internship (undergraduate seminar) Spring 2016
Politics and the Novel (undergraduate lecture) Spring 2014
Media, Politics, & Society (undergraduate practicum) Fall 2013-Spring 2014

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Harvard Summerfuel Program Cambridge, MA
Persuasive Writing (college prep course) Summer 2013
Ethics (college prep course) Summer 2012
Debate (college prep course) Summer 2012
Concorde College Portland, OR
Critical Thinking (undergraduate lecture) 2010-2011
YBM Institute Seoul, South Korea
English as a Second Language (adult education) 2008-2009
Korea Nazarene University Cheonan, South Korea
English as a Second Language (undergraduate lecture) 2006-2008

T E AC H I N G E X P E R I E N C E a s c o u rs e a s s i s t a n t

Brandeis University
Democracy in America, for Peter Woll Spring 2015
Constitutional Law, for Peter Woll Fall 2014
Elections in America, for Mingus Mapps Spring 2014
Intro to Political Theory, for Jeffrey Lenowitz Spring 2014
Intro to American Government, for Jill Greenlee Fall 2013
Intro to American Government, for Peter Woll Spring 2013
Intro to Political Theory, for Bernard Yack Fall 2012
Topics in Law and Political Theory, for Tim McCarty Spring 2012
Intro to Political Theory, for Tim McCarty Fall 2011

A WA R D S A N D F E L L O W S H I P S

Brandeis University
Mellon Dissertation Year Fellowship 2016-2017
University Prize Instructorship Spring 2016
Outstanding Teaching Fellow, Politics Department Spring 2014
Jane Greenbaum Eskind Fellowship in Democracy & Public Policy 2012-2016
Roche-Slapin Fellowship 2011-2016
Summer Research Fellowships 2012-2016
Institute for Christian Studies
Bernard Zylstra Award for Political Theory Spring 2005
Full Tuition Scholarship 2003-2005
Research Assistantship 2004
Olivet Nazarene University
Snowbarger Award for Excellence in Political Science Spring 2003
Teaching Assistantship, Department of Political Science 2002-2003
Public Relations Team Scholarship 1999-2002

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Foundations Scholarship 1999-2003
Music Scholarship 2001-2003

O T H E R P RO F E S S I O N A L S E RV I C E & E X P E R I E N C E

Invited Workshop Participant Medford, MA

Summer Institute for Civic Studies, Tufts University June 2016
Peer Reviewer
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
Research Assistant Waltham, MA
Dan Kryder, Politics Department, Brandeis Summer 2015
Evaluator for Curriculum Review Process Waltham, MA
Politics Department, Brandeis 2015, 2016
Chair & Discussant, Rousseau, Feminist Thought, Justice Boston, MA
Chair, Democracy, Fragility is Thy Name November 17, 2012
Northeastern Political Science Association
Discussant, Legitimacy of the State Portsmouth, NH
New England Political Science Association April 27, 2012

L A N G UAG E S

French (reading knowledge)

Spanish (reading knowledge)

P RO F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I AT I O N S

American Political Science Association; Midwest Political Science Association;

Association for Political Theory

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