Sidonie Smith is the Lorna G. Goodison Distinguished University Professor Emerita of English and Women's and Gender Studies at the

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. She is known for her work on autobiography studies, narrative and human rights, feminist theories, and women’s studies in literature.

Education

Smith earned her undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in April 1966 and her master’s degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in December 1966. In 1971, she received her doctorate in English Literature from

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Career

Smith taught at the

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from 1973 until 1983. From 1983-1996 she worked at

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, where she served as interim dean from 1987 until 1990. Smith moved to the University of Michigan in 1996 where she was a full professor in the women's studies program. In 2017 she was named the Lorna G. Goodison Distinguished University Professor of English and Women’s Studies. Smith served as president for the

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from 2010 to 2011.

Selected publications

* * * Smith, Sidonie (1993). Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. * * Reviews of ''Human Rights and Narrated Lives'' * * * * * * *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Sidonie Living people University of Michigan alumni Case Western Reserve University alumni University of Michigan faculty British academics of women's studies Gender studies academics English academics Year of birth missing (living people)