Hey Dr. Smith
you still have a few minutes to talk yeah sure
awesome what did you get at the coffee shop
a large black coffee is there a famous
person you want to share that cup with
any one of the living presidents
how about a historical figure you would like to have coffee with
Theodore Roosevelt now what's your
favorite place
on campus my office
why don't we go have a seat, oh great, what three
words would you use to describe St.
Edwards
personal global and underrated
what's your favorite class to teach I
love teaching political research and
statistics
why because I have 15 weeks to try to
convince kids that math is not scary they can
do it
and when they get in the real world they'll actually use it fair enough
now how do you dress to impress I wear a
suit and tie
bowtie or straight tie straight tie now how
about South Park
or family guy mmm South Park What about
football
or hockey football what topic would you
own in jeopardy The Godfather movies
nice
now what country would you most like to
visit: I'd love to go to Cuba someday
unorthodox what would be your  favorite
vacation destination
anywhere in the world but I have to take my family who is
your favorite musical artist
Frank Sinatra why don't we go inside its getting chilly and  I have students to meet
sure speaking of students what is one thing
about you that your students probably
don't know
when I was an undergrad I was in a
fraternity
that wasn't one of the smart kind but
one of the real fun kind
perfect all right now are you a
republican or a Democrat neither it's my
job as a political scientist to make
sure that both sides
are presented fairly good answer now
what's the hardest thing about teaching
political science
that you have to stay on top of the news
that everything's always changing
and
and every semester means a new challenge
speaking of challenges
it you can learn any other language
which would it be I would love to be
able to speak Mandarin
okay so books paper or pixels
paper what's your favorite thing to cook
canned ravioli if you're on a one-way trip
to Mars
what would you bring with you a lot a
coffee and
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gotta
have that coffee
now take a second to describe your
perfect day
Mopac is moving at eighty miles an hour
I get to sleep for 12 hours and I spend it
with my family
great now what's your best way to
decompress
watching spongebob square pants with my
kids what's the best thing about teaching at St.
Edwards
the people what do you look forward to
at the start of each semester
just that excitement that nervous
excitement when you enter the classroom
for the first time on the first day
very cool alright last thing sure what
are your words to live by
be able to distinguish between what's
important in life and what isn't and
have a lot of fun
along the way but I have to go meet some
students thank you so much we appreciate
your time
see you around bye
