He teaches courses in Race & Ethnic Relations, Law & Society, Criminology, and the Sociology of Genocide. Dr. Smith’s research interests include political corruption, political asylum, mandatory deportation of aliens for criminal offenses, constitutional law, and he is currently co-authoring a book on wrongful convictions. Since 1993, Dr. Smith has practiced immigration, civil rights and criminal defense law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prior to his legal studies, he taught undergradute and graduate school for the University of Maryland-European Division and Boston University’s Overseas program from 1981-1990. During this same period, Dr. Smith was a Clinical Sociologist and International Management Consultant while living in Italy and West Germany.