Christen Smith

Christen A. Smith is an associate professor of anthropology and African and African diaspora studies at Yale University. Previously, she was an associate professor of anthropology and African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and the director of the university's Center for Women's and Gender Studies, where she played a vital role in the founding of the Department of Women's and Gender's Studies. She is also the founder of Cite Black Women.