Dorothy E. Smith

Dorothy E. Smith CM
Born	Dorothy Edith Place (1926-07-06)6 July 1926 Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	3 June 2022(2022-06-03) (aged 95) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Academic background
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley London School of Economics
Academic work
Main interests	Feminist studies, sociology, educational studies, social anthropology, psychology, ethnography
Notable works	Institutional Ethnography: A Sociology for People The Conceptual Practices of Power: A Feminist Sociology of Knowledge The Everyday World as Problematic: A Feminist Sociology
Notable ideas	Institutional ethnography, ruling relations, feminist standpoint theory, bifurcation of consciousness

Dorothy Edith Smith CM (née Place; 6 July 1926 – 3 June 2022) was a British-born Canadian ethnographer, feminist studies scholar, sociologist, and writer with research interests in a variety of disciplines. These include women's studies, feminist theory, psychology, and educational studies. Smith was also involved in certain subfields of sociology, such as the sociology of knowledge, family studies, and methodology. She founded the sociological sub-disciplines of feminist standpoint theory and institutional ethnography.