Brent L. Smith

University of Arkansas

Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Director, Terrorism Research Center (TRC) in Fulbright College

(479) 575-3401

Ph.D. in Sociology from Purdue University, 1979

Brent L. Smith received the Ph.D. in Sociology from Purdue University in 1979, began his affiliation with UAB in 1981, and retired in 2003. During his 22 years in the Department of Justice Sciences, he served as Director of the MSCJ Program and Chair of the Department. Dr. Smith is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Arkansas where he continues his ground-breaking research on social movements -- primarily terrorism. He is the author of Terrorism in America: Pipe Bombs and Pipe Dreams (1994) and is one of only a few scholars who has studied domestic terrorism for over a decade. He has testified regarding terrorism on several occasions before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, as well as the National Research Council. His publications on terrorism have appeared in numerous publications including Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Terrorism: An International Journal, and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.