Education:

• B.A., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1985
• M.A., University of North Carolina - Charlotte, 1997
• Ph.D., University of North Carolina Greensboro, 2004

Areas of Interest:

• Black Images in the Media

Bio:

• Mrs. Smith is currently a candidate for a Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations at UNC-Greensboro. Her primary interest and research examines the stereotypical images of blacks in film and television from the 1900s to the present. She also researches blacks' treatment in society based upon their access to formal English language. She teaches African-American Culture and African-American history in African American and African Studies Department. She also serves as adjunct faculty in the Department of Communication Studies where she teaches introductory journalism classes and news editing. Smith was recognized in 1998 and in 2001 as Student Support Services' Professor of the Year. She is a department adviser and a member of the Arts and Sciences Faculty Council. Her master's thesis, The Words Unspoken which deals with language as power for African-Americans, is currently in the process of being published as part of an anthology