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Debra Smith Author & Editor

Debra Smith is an associate professor of Africana studies at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. She earned her doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and her master's degree from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Her research and teaching interests include African Americans in communication and popular culture, minority images in the media, and developing teaching strategies that incorporate popular culture, language, and power.