Valerie Smith
Biography
Valerie Smith (born February 19, 1956) is an American academic administrator and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She is the 15th and current president of Swarthmore College. She taught at Princeton University from 1980 to 1989 and at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1989 to 2000. In 2000, Smith returned to Princeton as the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and director of the program in African American Studies. From 2006 to 2009, Smith served as the founding director of Princeton's interdisciplinary Center for African American Studies. After being the dean of the university's college, Smith became the president of Swarthmore College in July 2015.
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Discography
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Credited work
9 releases · 5 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 9
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Decca Tollington Park Studios · Morgan Studios