Tammy A. Smith
Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, Women and Public Policy Program
Contact:
Email: tammyannsmith@gmail.com
Experience
Tammy Smith was a joint fellow with the Belfer Center's International Security Program and the Kennedy School's Women and Public Policy Program. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology at Columbia University in 2006. Her research interests include the impact of war and displacement on social trust, historical narratives, gender inequalities, and the development of new formal institutions. Her scholarly work benefits from a decade of experience in the field of international development and human rights in the Balkans and Central Eastern Europe. While at the Belfer Center, her research project examined the impact of international organizations’ programs and personnel on trafficking of women in conflict and post-conflict zones.
In September 2007, Tammy Smith will become Assistant Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
February 2007
"Narrative Boundaries and the Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict and Conciliation"
Journal Article, Poetics, issue 1, volume 35
By Tammy A. Smith, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, Women and Public Policy Program
Fiercely competing identity narratives provide the foundation for what often appear to be intractable ethnic conflicts.
September 2006
"Why Social Capital Subverts Institution Building in Risky Settings"
Journal Article, Qualitative Sociology, Special Issue on Politics under the Microscope, issue 3, volume 29
By Tammy A. Smith, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, Women and Public Policy Program
This article considers the problem of fostering confidence in institutions in a post-war context.
