Daniel L SmithDaniel L. Smith, PhD, is Associate Dean for the Social Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences and Associate Professor in the Biden School at the University of Delaware. His research focuses on state government budgeting and finanial management and appears in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Budgeting & Finance, and Public Choice, among others. In addition, he has been coeditor of JPART and has served on PAR's editorial board. Dr. Smith is a past chair of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management and a former member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council. He is a current member of the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA). He earned his doctorate in public administration in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia.