Bradley F. Smith was named Dean of Huxley College of Environmental Studies at Western Washington University in September 1994. Prior to his appointment as Dean, Dr. Smith had served for 3 years as the first Director of the Office of Environmental Education for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and as a Special Assistant to the administrator of the EPA. He also served as an acting Associate Administrator of the EPA and Acting President of the National Environmental Education and Training foundation.
From 1975 to 1990, Dr. Smith was a professor of political science and biology, and concurrently was executive director of Michigan's Tobico Marsh National Refuge from 1982 to 1990. During this time, he also served as adjunct faculty at the Air Force Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment.
Dr. Smith has considerable international experience. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Great Britain and worked as a research fellow for Environment Canada and the Canadian Fish and Wildlife Service. He is a frequent speaker on environmental issues worldwide and serves on the International Scholars Program for the U.S. Information Agency. He also served as a U.S. representative on the Tri-Lateral Commission on environmental education with Canada and Mexico. In 1996 he was awarded a NATO Environmental Fellowship.
Currently, Dr. Smith serves on numerous boards and commissions including the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN), The Annapolis Center for Environmental Quality and the President's Council for Sustainable Development (Education Task Force). He has written extensively on environmental issues and policy. His most recent publications include co-author of Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships, seventh edition 2000, and Environmental Science Field Guide and Laboratory Manual, seventh edition 2000.
Dr. Smith holds a B.A. and M.A. in political science and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment.
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