Jeff Smith represents the 4th District, which lies in St. Louis City.

Jeff teaches political science as an adjunct professor at Washington University. He has also taught at Dartmouth College and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Jeff - who teaches courses covering Congress, public policy, race in American politics, urban education, and election campaigns - received the Washington University Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence.

Improving urban education is Jeff's passion. In 2001, he co-founded the Confluence Academies, a group of urban public charter schools on whose board he serves. Jeff also serves on the Missouri Charter Public School Association's board of directors.

Jeff has also worked in the St. Louis Public Schools as an evaluator, taught ACT prep courses for disadvantaged students, and consulted for the Vashon Compact, a nonprofit focused on improving ten struggling St. Louis schools.

If urban education is Jeff's passion, then youth sports are his pastime. He has coached basketball teams at Matthews-Dickey Boys' & Girls' Club, and coached camps for ten summers, in addition to coaching youth soccer and baseball. Jeff serves on the board of directors of St. Louis Scores, a nonprofit bringing soccer and creative writing to inner-city youth. Jeff's signature annual event is a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and community fair.

Recently named a rising star by St. Louis Magazine, Alive Magazine, and the Riverfront Times, Jeff was a member of the 2006-07 class of Leadership St. Louis.

Jeff was a National Merit Scholar at the University of North Carolina, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in African-American Studies and Political Science. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Washington University.

Jeff has received a number of legislative awards, including:

Jeff is the son of Stephen and Phyllis Smith, and has an older brother, Andy.