Jackie Smith (born April 3, 1968) is an American sociologist.
She specializes in Political economy and Transnational organization social movements.
Smith currently serves as editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research, an official journal of the American Sociological Association and published by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.
[1] She is a leading advocate for building the Human Rights City worldwide movement.
In 2005, she became an Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a faculty member at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.