EDUCATION

PhD Anthropology-University of Utah, Salt Lake City (1966)

MA Geography-University of California, Los Angeles (1950)

BA Geography-University of California, Los Angeles (1946)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Named, Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, California State University, Chico (2010)

Founding Chair, IUAES Commission on Tourism (1998)

Chair, Working Group on the Anthropology of Tourism, International Commission of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences (1993-2005)

Founding Member, International Academy for the Study of Tourism (IAST), United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Madrid, Spain (1988)

US Delegate to the Tourism Commission, International Geographical Union (1986-1992)

Outstanding Educator, Soroptimist International of the Americas (1983)

Outstanding Professor, California State Colleges and Universities
(1981-82)

Chancellors’ Leave for Creative Activity (1969-70)

Fulbright Professor, University of Peshawar, Pakistan (1953-54)

EMPLOYMENT

Professor, Earth Sciences, Los Angeles City College (1947-67)

Professor, Anthropology, California State University, Chico (1967- 98)

Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, California State University (1998)


COMMUNITY SERVICE

Founding President, Chico Museum Association

Charter Member, Enloe Hospital Foundation Board of Directors (1986)

ATHENA Award for Community Service US Chamber of Commerce (1988)

California State University Foundation, Board of Governors (2001-10)

LISTED

American Men and Women in Science

Who’s Who in America

2000 Women of the 20th Century

Consultancies | Major Symposia Organized | Travel Industry Experience

 

PUBLICATIONS

Smith, Valene L., Editor
HOSTS AND GUESTS: The Anthropology of Tourism. 1977.
Second Edition, 1989. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa.

Smith, Valene L., and Brent, Maryann, Editors
HOSTS AND GUESTS REVISITED: Tourism Issues of the 21st Century. 2001. Cognizant Communication Corp., Putnam Valley, NY.

Smith, Valene L., Senior Editor
TOURISM DYNAMICS SERIES. 1997-2010.
17 Volumes (see www.cognizantcommunication.com)

Other Publications