Student Information
Graduate Student
Political Science
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
Matthew Smoldt is a PhD candidate in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His areas of emphasis are international relations and comparative politics with a focus on migration and immigration policy. He has written on the rights of immigrants as well as the causes and consequences of migrants' remittances. His dissertation focuses on the determinants and effects of immigration policy enforcement.
Education
PhD Political Science, Arizona State University exp. 2024
MA Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2019
BBA Finance, Southern Methodist University 2015
Research Interests
Migration, Immigration Policy, International and Comparative Political Economy
Courses
2024 Spring
2023 Fall
Honors / Awards
SPGS Teaching Assistant of the Year
Stephen G. Walker Graduate Support Fellowship
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse Outside Fellow 2021
ASU Global Human Rights Hub Fellow 2020