Steven Rathgeb Smith

Steven Rathgeb Smith is an adjunct professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Previously, he was the executive director of the American Political Science Association from 2013-2024. He has also taught at several universities including the University of Washington where he was the Nancy Bell Evans Professor at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance and director of the Nancy Bell Evans Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy. He is a past president of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and formerly editor of the association’s journal, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. He is also a past president of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR). He is the author of several books including Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting (with Michael Lipsky) and The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships: Advancing the Field(s). with co-author Kirsten A. Gronbjerg (Cambridge University Press, 2021).