Degrees:
Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago
M.A., Univ. of Chicago
B.A., Syracuse Univ.
Professor Smith worked at the State Department and as a Portfolio Manager before turning to teaching. He was a speech writer in both Reagan-Bush campaigns and the first Bush-Quayle campaign, and worked on various senatorial campaigns and the McCain presidential bid. Professor Smith previously taught at Carleton College and the Universities of Chicago, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and his recreational activities include golf, skiing and sailing.
Professor of Political Science, he is also affiliated with the Philosophy Department.
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Political philosophy, especially ancient Greek and 19th and 20 century continental philosophy
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History of philosophy
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Constitutional law
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American political thought
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POLS-219
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The History of Political Thought I
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POLS-220
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History of Political Thought II
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POLS-334
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Origins of Western Political Philosophy
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POLS-338
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Liberalism and Its Critics
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POLS-339
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Contemporary and Post-Modern Thought
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POLS-406
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Senior Seminar: Why Political Philosophy?
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Nietzsche and Heidegger
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Plato
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Research and the Political and Philosophical implications of contemporary Physical and Cosmological Theory and contemporary Biological theory
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- Smith, Gregory. Nietzsche, Heidegger and the Transition to Postmodernity. University of Chicago Press.
- Smith, Gregory. Martin Heidegger: Paths Taken, Paths Opened. Rowman and Littlefield.
- Smith, Gregory. Between Eternities: On the Tradition of Political Philosophy, Two Volumes, Rowman and Littlefield.
- Dozens of articles and reviews in journals and multiple op-ed pieces
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