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Portrait of Dr. Chad Leighton Smith

Dr. Chad Leighton Smith

  • Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Graduate College Master’s Exit Survey Advisory Board. 2023 - Present.
  • Graduate Advisor, Graduate Director, Sustainability Studies. 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, Sustainability Studies Advisory Council. 2022 - Present.
  • Personnel Committee. 2011 - Present.
  • Graduate Faculty. 2005 - Present.
  • Graduate Studies/Steering Committee. 2005 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Agriculture and Resource Economics Review. 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Sociological Review. 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nature Communication. 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. 2025.
  • Organizer, TRACS Summit. 2024 - 2025.

2024

  • Chair, Search Committee (Assistant Prof of Instruction for Introduction to Sociology). 2024.
  • Chair, Search Committee (Assistant Prof of Instruction for Statistics). 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Armed Forces and Society. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nature Communication. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. 2024.
  • Organizer, Sustainability Studies Speaker Event (Mose Buchele). 2023 - 2024.

2023

  • Member, Faculty Review Committee (FRC). 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Safer Communities. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley. 2023.

2022

  • Member, Search Committee, AA III. 2022.
  • Member, Search Committee, Graduate Programs Specialist. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Sociological Review. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociology of Development. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Renewable Energy. 2022.

2021

  • Member, Continuity of Education Work Group. 2020 - 2021.
  • Member, Learning Management System Steering Committee. 2019 - 2021.
  • Member, Field of Study Advisory Committee, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. 2018 - 2021.
  • Member, Sustainability Studies Advisory Council. 2016 - 2021.
  • Chair, Systems Support Specialist Search Committee. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nature & Culture. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociology of Development. 2021.
  • Member, CoLA Support Systems Committee. 2020 - 2021.
  • Member, Nontenure Line Career Path Sub-Committee. 2020 - 2021.
  • Chair, Student Learning Outcomes Sub-Committee. 2020 - 2021.
  • Chair, Workload Policy Committee. 2020 - 2021.
  • Co-Editor, Department Newsletter. 2017 - 2021.
  • Chair, Department Chair. 2015 - 2021.
  • Member, College Review Group (COLA). November 2015 - 2021.
  • Member, Teaching Theaters Subcommittee. September 2015 - 2021.
  • Learning Outcomes Committee. 2006 - 2021.
  • Portfolio Assessment Team. 2005 - 2021.
  • Web/Technology Committee. 2005 - 2021.

2020

  • Participant, College Review Group - College of Health Professions. 2019 - 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Forces. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociology of Development. 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Forces. 2019.
  • Panelist, Texas State Sociology Club. 2019.
  • Member, Learning Management System Transition and Migration Working Group. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Environmental Sociology. 2019.
  • External Program Review, Oregon State University, Dept. of Sociology. 2019.
  • Member, Learning Management System Software Evaluation/Lab Sub-Group. 2018 - 2019.
  • Member, Learning Management System Advisory Committee. 2017 - 2019.

2018

  • Member, Council on Inclusive Excellence. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Theory and Society. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Open Educational Resources Grant Program, The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. 2018.
  • Member, Equity and Access Diversity Award Sub-Committee. 2017 - 2018.
  • Member, Equity and Access Committee. 2016 - 2018.
  • Participant, College Review Group - College of Engineering and Science. September 2017 - May 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Community Development. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. 2017.

2016

  • External Reviewer for Candidates for Tenure and/or Promotion, University of Mary Washington. 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, Environmental Sociology. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Perspectives. 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sustainability Science. 2015.
  • Academic Computing Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Sociology Dept. Representative, TK20 Pilot Program. 2013 - 2015.
  • Sociology Dept. Representative, Faculty Senate Liaison. 2013 - 2015.
  • Associate Chair. 2013 - 2015.
  • Member, MSIS/MAIS in Sustainability Advisory Board. 2010 - 2015.
  • CSI Research Center Oversight Committee. 2010 - 2015.
  • Ph.D. Preplanning Committee. 2007 - 2015.

2014

  • Chair, Search Committee, Quantitative Tenure-Track Position. 2014.
  • Search Committee, Administrative Assistant III. 2014.
  • Search Committee, Administrative Assistant II. 2014.
  • Faculty Review Committee. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of World-Systems Research. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Perspectives. 2014.

2013

  • Soc. Dept. Representative, Liberal Arts College Curriculum Committee. 2013.
  • Soc. Dept. Representative, Liberal Arts Faculty Advisory Council. 2013.
  • Chair, Search Committee, Applied Soc Position. 2013.
  • Presidential Upper-Level Scholarship Committee. 2010 - 2013.
  • Representative for Sociology, Scholars Day. 2009 - 2013.
  • Awards Committee. 2009 - 2013.

2012

  • Search Committee, Director of Office of Disability Services. 2012.
  • Faculty Review Committee. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Sociological Review. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Rural Sociology. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Perspectives. 2012.

2011

  • BSAS Internship Site Supervisor. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Organization & Environment. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Quarterly. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociology Compass. 2011.
  • Common Experience Planning Committee: Sustainability. 2009 - 2011.

2010

  • Reviewer / Referee, Cities. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Environmental Politics. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Organization & Environment. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Rural Sociology. 2010.
  • Search Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Social Research Center Committee. 2006 - 2010.

2009

  • Faculty Review Committee. 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Sociology. 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Organization & Environment. 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Forum. 2009.

2008

  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Sociology. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Environmental Management. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Organization & Environment. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. 2008.

2007

  • Reviewer / Referee, Routledge. 2007.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Crime & Delinquency. 2007.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management. 2007.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Organization & Environment. 2007.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. 2007.
  • Chair, 2.25 Committee. 2006 - 2007.

2006

  • Faculty Review Committee. 2006.
  • Search Committee. 2006.
  • Internship Committee. 2006.
  • Course Learning Goals Committee. 2006.
  • BSAS Internship Site Supervisor. 2006.
  • Department Admission Committee. 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Pine Forge/Sage. 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Review of Comparative Sociology. 2006.
  • Faculty Sponsor, Environmental Community Organization. 2005 - 2006.
  • Chair, Teaching Evaluation Review Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Graduate Studies Recruitment Committee. 2005 - 2006.

2005

  • Reviewer / Referee, GeoForum. 2005.

2004

  • Reviewer / Referee, McGraw-Hill. 2004.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Sociological Review. 2004.