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Michael Smith

Michael Smith

Professor, School of Human Evoiution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

mesmith9@asu.edu

480-727-9520

School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
PO Box 872402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402

Titles

  • Professor, School of Human Evoiution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Education

  • BA, Anthropology, Brandeis University, 1974
  • PhD, Anthropology, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  • MA, Anthropology, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Journal Articles

2021

Lobo, J., M. Alberti, M. Allen-Dumas, L. M. Bettencourt, A. Beukes, L. A. Bojorquez, W. Chen, A. Dodge, Z. Neal, A. Perreira, D. Pfeiffer, A. Revi, E. Stokes, D. Roberts, C. Rozenblat, S. T. Shutters, M. E. Smith, D. Strumsky and J. Wu. 2021. A convergence research perspective on graduate education for sustainable urban systems science. npj Ubran Sustainability 1:Art. 39. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-021-00044-8. (link )

2016

Dennehy, T., B. W. Stanley and M. E. Smith. 2016. Social inequality and access to services in premodern cities. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 27(1):143-160. DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12079. (link )

Smith, M. E., T. Dennehy, A. Kamp-Whittaker, B. W. Stanley, B. L. Stark and A. M. York. 2016. Conceptual approaches to service provision in cities throughout history. Urban Studies 53(8):1874-1590. DOI: 10.1177/0042098015577915. (link )

Smith, M. E., B. L. Stark, W. Chuang, T. J. Dennehy, S. L. Harlan, A. Kamp-Whittaker, B. W. Stanley and A. M. York. 2016. Comparative methods for premodern cities: Coding for governance and class mobility. Cross-Cultural Research 50(5):415-451. DOI: 10.1177/1069397116665824. (link )

Stanley, B. W., T. J. Dennehy, M. E. Smith, B. L. Stark, A. M. York, G. L. Cowgill, J. Novic and J. Ek. 2016. Service access in premodern cities: An exploratory comparison of spatial equity. Journal of Urban History 42(1):121-144. DOI: 10.1177/0096144214566969. (link )

2012

Stanley, B. W., B. L. Stark, K. L. Johnston and M. E. Smith. 2012. Urban open spaces in historical perspective: A transdisciplinary typology and analysis. Urban Geography 33(8):1089-1117. DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.8.1089. (link )

2011

York, A. M., M. E. Smith, B. W. Stanley, B. L. Stark, J. Novic, S. L. Harlan, G. L. Cowgill and C. G. Boone. 2011. Ethnic and class-based clusering through the ages: A transdisciplinary approach to urban social patterns. Urban Studies 48(11):2399-2415.

Reports

2020

Lobo, J., M. Alberti, M. Allen-Dumas, E. Arcaute, M. Barthelemy, L. A. Bojorquez-Tapia, S. Brail, L. M. Bettencourt, A. Beukes, W. Chen, R. Florida, M. Gonzalez, N. Grimm, M. Hamilton, C. Kempes, C. E. Kontokosta, C. Mellander, Z. Neal, S. Ortman, D. Pfeiffer, M. Price, A. Revi, C. Rozenblat, D. Rybski, M. Siemiatycki, S. T. Shutters, M. E. Smith, E. Stokes, D. Strumsky, G. B. West, D. White, J. Wu, V. C. Yang, A. York and H. Youn. 2020. Urban science: Integrated theory from the first cities to sustainable metropolises. Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation. Report submitted to the NSF on the Present State and Future of Urban Science Research Paper Series. (link )

2019

Lobo, J., M. Alberti, M. Allen-Dumas, L. Bettencourt, A. Beukes, Z. P. Neal, D. Pfeiffer, S. T. Shutters, M. E. Smith, E. Stokes, D. Strumsky and J. Wu. 2019. Graduate Education for a New Sustainable Urban Systems Science: Designing a New PhD Curriculum Integrating Sustainability Science and Urban Science. Morrinson Institute for Urban Innovation. Research Paper 14. (link )

Lobo, J., M. Allen-Dumas, L. M. Bettencourt, A. Beukes, Z. Neal, D. Pfeiffer, M. E. Smith, E. Stokes, D. Strumsky and J. Wu. 2019. Graduate Education for a New Sustainable Urban Systems Science: Designing a New PhD Curriculum Integrating Sustainability Science and Urban Science. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Conference Report (link )