Dorothy E. Smith

Dorothy Edith Smith, a prominent American Sociologist, was born in Great Britain in 1926. She has immensely influenced sociology and many other disciplines such as women's studies, psychology, and educational studies, as well as sub-fields of sociology including feminist theory, family studies , and methodology.

Prominent works

• Writing the Social: Critique, Theory, and Investigations (1999)
• The Conceptual Practices of Power: A Feminist Sociology of Knowledge (1990)
• Texts, Facts, and Femininity: Exploring the Relations of Ruling (1990)
• The Everyday World is Problematic: A Feminist Sociology (1987)
• Feminism and Marxism: A Place to Begin, A Way to Go (1977)

Professional recognition

In recognition of her contributions in "transformation of sociology", and for extending boundaries of "feminist standpoint theory" to "include race, class, and gender", Dr. Smith received numerous awards from American Sociological Association, including the American Sociological Association's Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award (1999) and the Jessie Bernard Award for Feminist Sociology (1993). In recognizition of her scholarship, she also received two awards from the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association : the Outstanding Contribution Award (1990) and the John Porter Award for The Everyday is Problematic (1990).