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Valerie Smith (academic)

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Valerie Smith (born February 19, 1956) is an American academic administrator, professor, and scholar of African American literature and culture. [1]

48 relations: African-American literature, African-American studies, American City Business Journals, Bates College, Brooklyn, Brown University, Charleston, South Carolina, Class discrimination, Climate change mitigation, Emory Elliott, Financial endowment, Fossil fuel, Fundraising, History of Princeton University, Hong Kong Baptist University, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Keynote, Latin honors, Letter to the editor, List of Bates College people, List of Swarthmore College people, List of University of Virginia people, Long Island University, Margaret Doody, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, National Endowment for the Humanities, New York (state), Op-ed, Phi Beta Kappa, Postdoctoral researcher, Princeton University, ProQuest, Rebecca Chopp, Rhetorical question, Ruth Simmons, Sandra Gilbert, Student financial aid (United States), Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, The New York Times, Thomas McFarland, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Oxford, University of Virginia, Urban area, Washington Monthly, Woodrow Wilson, Youth incarceration in the United States.

African-American literature

African-American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent.

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African-American studies

African-American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans.

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American City Business Journals

"." Houston Business Journal.

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Bates College

Bates College (Bates; officially the President and Trustees of Bates College) is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Class discrimination

Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class.

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Climate change mitigation

Climate change mitigation consists of actions to limit the magnitude or rate of long-term climate change.

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Emory Elliott

Emory Elliott (October 30, 1942 – March 31, 2009) was a professor of American literature at UC Riverside.

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Financial endowment

A financial endowment is a donation of money or property to a nonprofit organization for the ongoing support of that organization.

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Fossil fuel

A fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ancient photosynthesis.

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Fundraising

Fundraising or fund raising (also known as "development") is the process of gathering voluntary contributions of money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies (see also crowd funding).

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History of Princeton University

The history of Princeton University spans years since it was founded in 1746.

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Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary institution with a Christian education heritage.

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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Olga and Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died on April 26, 1922.

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Keynote

A keynote in public speaking is a talk that establishes a main underlying theme.

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Latin honors

Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned.

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Letter to the editor

A letter to the editor (sometimes abbreviated LTTE or LTE) is a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern from its readers.

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List of Bates College people

This list is of notable people associated with Bates College includes matriculating students, alumni, faculty, trustees and honorary degree recipients of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

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List of Swarthmore College people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Swarthmore College, a private, independent, liberal arts college located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

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List of University of Virginia people

University of Virginia is one of only two institutions of higher learning in the United States which was founded by a U.S. President, the other being the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Long Island University

Long Island University (LIU) is a private, non-profit, nonsectarian institution of higher education with locations and programs spanning the New York metropolitan area, overseas, and online.

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Margaret Doody

Margaret Anne Doody (born September 21, 1939) is a Canadian author of historical detective fiction and feminist literary critic.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Op-ed

An op-ed (originally short for "opposite the editorial page" although often taken to stand for "opinion editorial") is a written prose piece typically published by a newspaper or magazine which expresses the opinion of a named author usually not affiliated with the publication's editorial board.

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Phi Beta Kappa

The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States.

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Postdoctoral researcher

A postdoctoral researcher or postdoc is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD).

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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ProQuest

ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as University Microfilms by Eugene B. Power.

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Rebecca Chopp

Rebecca S. Chopp is the 18th chancellor of the University of Denver, and the first female chancellor in the institution's history.

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Rhetorical question

A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer.

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Ruth Simmons

Ruth Simmons (born Ruth Jean Stubblefield; July 3, 1945) is the current President of Prairie View A&M University.

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Sandra Gilbert

Sandra M. Gilbert (born December 27, 1936), Professor Emerita of English at the University of California, Davis, is an American literary critic and poet who has published in the fields of feminist literary criticism, feminist theory, and psychoanalytic criticism.

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Student financial aid (United States)

Student financial aid in the United States is funding that is available exclusively to students attending a post-secondary educational institution in the United States.

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Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, southwest of Philadelphia.

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Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Swarthmore is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thomas McFarland

Professor Thomas McFarland (1927-2011) was a literary critic who specialised in the literature of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.

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Washington Monthly

Washington Monthly is a bimonthly nonprofit magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C. The magazine is known for its annual ranking of American colleges and universities, which serve as an alternative to the Forbes and U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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Youth incarceration in the United States

The United States incarcerates more of its youth than any other country in the world through the juvenile courts and the adult criminal justice system, which reflects the larger trends in incarceration practices in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Smith_(academic)

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