Nancy Bell Evans Professorship Installation

Steven Rathgeb Smith was installed as the Nancy Bell Evans Professor of Public Affairs on June 5, 2008. Smith is an internationally recognized scholar of nonprofit organizations, public and nonprofit management, and the changing roles of nonprofit organizations and government in civil society. A prolific author, his many books and articles include Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting, Adjusting the Balance: Federal Policy and Victim Services, and Public Policy for Democracy.

Smith serves as the director of the Evans School's Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and the Electronic Hallway and served as associate dean of the Evans School from 2005-2007. He is currently president of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), and was editor of ARNOVA's journal, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, from 1998-2004.

Congratulations, Professor Smith!