Wendy Smooth, PhD
Dr. Wendy G. Smooth is a professor in Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Political Science, and the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University. A scholar of intersectionality, her scholarship centers the experiences of women of color as political actors from voters to elective office and she is one of the foremost voices writing on the experiences of women of color as law makers in political institutions and women of color issues in public policy. Dr Wendy Smooth also serves as senior vice provost for inclusive excellence at The Ohio State University. She is a member of the board of directors for the non-profit organization, Beautifully Flawed and the advisory board for the Columbus Commission on Black Girls and is a member of the Alpha Sigma Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.