At the State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research, she was director of research in the Middle East and South Asia division (2001-2007) and director of the European division (1992-2001). Smeltz conducted over a hundred surveys in these regions and briefed senior government officials on key research findings. Her experience includes mass public and elite surveys, as well as qualitative research. Her writing includes reports on the post-1989 political transitions in Central and Eastern Europe, and European attitudes toward a wide range foreign policy issues including globalization, European integration, immigration, NATO, and European security. She has unique experience dealing with post-conflict situations (informally referred to as a “combat pollster”) in Bosnia, Kosovo, Cyprus, Israel-Palestinian Territories, and in Iraq (2003-2005). For a number of years she also consulted for NGOs on women’s development in Afghanistan, civil society in Egypt, and evaluating voter education efforts in Iraq. Smeltz has an MA from the University of Michigan and a BS from Pennsylvania State University.
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