Isaac Smith
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Policy Research Intern
American Historical Association
05.2025 - 07.2025
- Drafted, revised, and presented an internal memorandum detailing the actions of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the supervision of the AHA's director of Communications and Public Affairs.
- Compiled a comparative survey of advocacy approaches across American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) member societies and presented research findings to the AHA's Department of Engagement.
- Assisted with organizing AHA Congressional Briefings on the history of tariffs and the history of the U.S. Senate at the Rayburn House and Dirksen Senate Office Buildings.
Researcher and Blog Writer
Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, Villanova University
08.2024 - 05.2025
- Drafted, revised, and published historically focused research articles for the Lepage Center’s online blog publication.
- Worked directly with the assistant director of the center to assemble scholarly panels which featured regional, national, and international public policy experts.
Policy Debater and Adjudicator
Morehouse College Forensics
05.2019 - 06.2024
- Researched diverse issues pertaining to government affairs, economic theory, and education and corporate structure. Participated in and adjudicated national and international policy debate tournaments.
- Engaged in rigorous research on K-12 school desegregation policy and delivered a counter-thesis to an expert panel chaired by Berkeley economist Dr. Rucker Johnson.
- Conducted research on cooperative labor strategies and defended a thesis on worker cooperatives to an expert panel chaired by CUNY political scientist Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard.
Education
MA - History
Villanova University
Villanova, PA05.2025
BA - History
Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA05.2023
Timeline
Policy Research Intern
American Historical Association
05.2025 - 07.2025
Researcher and Blog Writer
Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, Villanova University
08.2024 - 05.2025
Policy Debater and Adjudicator
Morehouse College Forensics
05.2019 - 06.2024
BA - History
Morehouse College
MA - History
Villanova University
Research Awards
As a History Researcher at Villanova University
- Environmental history essay, "More Than the Peanut: George Washington Carver and the Natural Environment," selected for publishing in Villanova's interdisciplinary academic journal, Concept. (Villanova, 2025).
- Selected as a graduate research presenter at the Annual James A. Barnes Conference at Temple University (Philadelphia, 2025).
- Awarded a full-tuition scholarship from the Villanova History Department and appointed to the Department's Albert Lepage Fellowship program. (Villanova, 2024).
As a Policy Adjudicator and Debater at Morehouse College
As an Adjudicator:
- Adjudicator and Trainer for the First International Policy Debate Tournament at the University of Dar es Salaam in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Dar es Salaam, 2024).
- Chair Adjudicator at the Civic Social Justice Debates at the University of Rochester (Rochester, 2024).
- Final Round Adjudicator at the Civic Social Justice Debates at Rutgers University-Newark (Newark, 2024).
As a Debater:
- Eight time national tournament finalist and five time national tournament champion.
- Elected Pi Kappa Delta Team President (2021), elected Team Captain (2022), and appointed Team Captain Emeritus by Director Kenneth A. Newby, Esq. (2023).
- Selected to participate at the Yale University British Parliamentary VI Tournament (New Haven, 2023).
- Champion of the Civic Social Justice Debates National Championship Tournament (Atlanta, 2023).
- Top Breaking Seed at the Oceans Aquaculture Policy Debate Tournament at the University of Miami (Miami, 2023).
- Top Breaking Seed, Third Speaker, and Champion at the Winter Social Justice Debates at the University of Rochester (Rochester, 2022).
- Third Novice Speaker at the Annual British Parliamentary Tournament at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, 2020).
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