Leadership and Staff
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Raymond A. Smith, Ph.D. Director of Communications Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University and New York University |
EDUCATION
| Drew University, Madison, NJ | B.A. | 1989 | Russian Studies, Political Science, and History |
| Yale University, New Haven, CT | M.A. | 1991 | International Relations |
| Columbia University, New York, NY | Ph.D. | 1999 | Political Science |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1994-1998 | Editor-in-Chief, The Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the Epidemic. Fitzroy Dearborn, New York, NY | |
| 1994-1995 | Project Coordinator, Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Study, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY | |
| 1996-1997 | Alternate member, AIDS Prevention Planning Group, New York City Department of Health | |
| 1996-1999 | Project Director, Group Intervention for Male Couples of Mixed HIV Status, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY | |
| 1998-1999 | Project Co-Director, New York City Site, The Healthy Living Project, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY | |
| 1999-2000 | Director of Research and Principal Investigator of the STATUS Project, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), Washington DC | |
| 1999-2003 | Columnist, A&U: America's AIDS Magazine | |
| 1999-2005 | Series Editor, Political Participation in America, (multivolume political science reference book series), ABC-CLIO Publishers, Santa Barbara CA | |
| 2000-2006 | Editor, Body Positive Magazine, Body Positive, Inc., New York, NY | |
| 2001-present | Adjunct Assistant Professor of Politics, New York University, New York, NY | |
| 2002-present | Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| 2006-present | Director of Communications, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York | |
| 2007-present | Investigator, Global Community Core and Development Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York | |
| 2007-present | Associate Program Director, MAC AIDS Fund Leadership Initiative at Columbia University and UCLA | |
| 2008-present | Series Editor, New Trends and Ideas in American Politics, (multivolume political science book series), Praeger Publishers, Westport, Connecticut | |
| 2011-present | Member, Editorial Advisory Board in American Government, ABC-CLIO Publishers | |
| 2011-present | Editor, Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy and Activism: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Issues (3 volume book set), Praeger Publishers, forthcoming in 2013. |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 1989 | B.A.
summa cum laude with departmental
honors, Drew University Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha (political science honor society) |
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| 1989-1991 | Fellow of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University | |
| 1992-1999 | President's Fellow, Columbia University | |
| 1999 | Best Reference Work Awards for Encyclopedia of AIDS, New York Public Library and American Library Association's "Reference Books Bulletin" |
Raymond A. Smith, Ph.D.
Director of Communications
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University and New York University
TEL: 212-543-5196
FAX: 212-543-6003
ras33@columbia.edu
Contact
Director of Communications
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University and New York University
TEL: 212-543-5196
FAX: 212-543-6003
ras33@columbia.edu
Contact
Meeting the challenges of global HIV/AIDS at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and mental health



