James. M. Smith is President of Eastern Michigan University (EMU). Before coming to EMU, Smith served as president of Northern State University (NSU) in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and vice president for economic development at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Smith has also served as an elementary and middle school teacher; an elementary school principal; a teaching fellow and assistant professor at Miami University; director of the Experiential Program for Preparing School Principals at Butler University; and director of the Educational Leadership Program and coordinator of doctoral studies at West Texas A&M University.
He earned a B.S. in Elementary Education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, a Master of Education in Educational Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership from Miami University.
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