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Jason Smart is the current Resident Program Officer to the Moscow, Russia Office of the International Republican Institute.

Background and Personal Life

Jason Smart attended George Mason University, where he has received degrees in Russian Studies and Government & International Politics. Smart was a recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship and was also a David Boren Scholar.[1][2][3]

In mid-2009, Smart married Adriana Rivera, the former host and producer of the Ecuadorian television program Nueva Imagen. They currently reside in Moscow, Russia.

Academic Career

Smart served as a Research Assistant to Dr Andrey Rezaev at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies[4] and co-authored a study titled "Transnational Migrants in St. Petersburg and Washington, D.C.: A Comparative Analysis of the City's Educational Policies and Practices of Social Inclusion and Exclusion." After collaborating with him, Dr Andrey Rezaev - a Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution [5] - appointed Smart as the first American Research Assistant at the Saint Petersburg State University Department of Comparative Sociology. Smart's writing have appeared in dozens of newspapers and academic journals, including: The Russian government's financed Russia Beyond the Headlines, Novaya Gazeta and Voice of America [6]. Smart has been interviewed as an expert on topics as diverse as American politics and Cold War history.

Smart has also worked with Dr Eric Shiraev[7] on other publications, including a primer on Russian politics.

Political Involvement

Notably, Smart served for two terms with the Virginia House Appropriations Committee as a Legislative Assistant to Vince_Callahan.[8][9]. This marked a first for a George Mason University Alum to serve as the Legislative Aide to the foremost member of the House Appropriations Committee [10], Additionally, Jason Smart managed multiple political races in Virginia and was the Field Director in Chesapeake and McLean, Virginia for the John McCain 2008 campaign[11].

Boards and Other Charitable Work

Smart currently serves as the Chairman of the Moscow Chapter of the Cold War Museum.[12]

Jason Smart founded the now defunct US - Russian Youth Cooperative Organization.

Smart has been a continuing contributor to the construction of the English version of the second most popular site in Russia[13], vkontakte.[14]

Smart Co-Chairs the GMU-SPbGU Diplomacy and Education Exchange Board.

References

  1. ^ http://www.americancouncils.org/documents/1017ac032307155735.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.americancouncils.org/documents/1017ac032307155735.pdf
  3. ^ http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/8363
  4. ^ http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/Annual%20Report%2007-08%20FINAL.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=359159
  6. ^ http://publishing.yudu.com/A7p3s/rbth-26-03-08/resources/4.htm
  7. ^ http://www.ericshiraev.com
  8. ^ http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/a7b082ef6ed01eac85256c0d00515644/5ca521ab435f2d5e85256f7e00694fb5?OpenDocument&Click=
  9. ^ http://www.mwcog.org/uploads/pub-documents/8FheWA20070330100405.pdf
  10. ^ https://docushare.gmu.edu/.../APDUCC%20Agenda%20March%2025,%202009.doc
  11. ^ http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/mccain/mccaingenva.html
  12. ^ http://russia.coldwar.org/index.html
  13. ^ http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vkontakte.ru?p=tgraph&r=home_home
  14. ^ http://langmestir.ru/381607/1/For-native-speakers-ONLY

External links

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