Valerie Smith: podcast appearances and interviews

Valerie Smith is an American academic administrator and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She is the 15th and current president of Swarthmore College, a position she assumed in July 2015. Her academic career includes teaching positions at Princeton University from 1980 to 1989 and at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1989 to 2000. In 2000, she returned to Princeton as the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and director of the program in African American Studies. She also served as the founding director of Princeton's Center for African American Studies from 2006 to 2009. In addition to her university roles, Valerie Smith hosts Valerie's R.E.A.L. Talk Podcast, where she shares insights and engages in conversations related to her interests.