Dr. Smailes began his teaching career as an Assistant Professor at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts in 1992; he was awarded promotion to Associate Professor and tenure there in 1996 and served as department chair until 2006. From 2006 until 2017 he began as an Assistant Professor at Westfield State University, was awarded promotion to Associate Professor and tenure there in 2010, and served as department chair for several terms. At Westfield State, Dr. Smailes also served as the Director of the Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program, and was named one of several Outstanding Teaching Award recipients each year between 2007 and 2010. He left Westfield State to begin teaching as an Associate Professor with tenure at Framingham State in 2017, where he has also served as MPA director from 2019-2021 and the director of the Civic Engagement Center on campus since 2021.
