Smedley, Audrey
SMEDLEY, Audrey
SMEDLEY, Audrey. American. Genres: Social sciences, Anthropology/ Ethnology. Career: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, assistant professor of anthropology, 1964-69; Oakland University, Pontiac, MI, associate professor of anthropology, 1969-71; Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, MA, fellow, 1971-73; State University of New York at Binghamton, associate professor, 1973-95; Virginia Commonwealth University, professor of anthropology, 1995-. Tufts University, visiting associate professor, 1972-73. Museum of Afro-American History (Detroit), co-founder; consultant to Smithsonian Institution. Publications: Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a World View, 1993, 2nd ed., 1999. Author of articles and booklets. Address: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 312 Shafer St., PO Box 842040, Richmond, VA 23284, U.S.A. Online address: asmedley@saturn.vcu.edu