Dr. Smith received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Binghamton. She has been a faculty member in the Psychology Department at the University of New Mexico for over 37 years. Dr. Smith does research primarily in the eating disorders and substance use treatment areas, with much of it devoted to health disparities. For example, she was the PI on NIAAA-funded R01s with diverse unhoused populations, and the Co-I on two NIDA grants that were adapting scientifically supported treatments for individuals with substance use problems into culturally sensitive programs for an American Indian population. Recently she has examined factors associated with premature treatment dropout among underrepresented minority (URM) populations and has highlighted problems associated with using self-report instruments for URM samples that were normed on non-URM samples. Dr. Smith has over 120 publications, including 8 books. Dr. Smith was the first female to be tenured in the Psychology Department, to become the Director of Clinical Training, and to become the Chair of the Department; she went on to serve as Chair for 12 years. During this period, she established a strong record of support for URM faculty. These efforts resulted in the hiring, promotion, and/or retention of multiple ethnic/racial minority faculty, and the hiring and/or promotion of additional faculty from “disadvantaged backgrounds”. She also played a significant role in introducing faculty success and inclusive excellence departmental policies, and in promoting several inclusive excellence initiatives, such as the creation of the department’s Faculty Diversity Committee. Dr. Smith was the Principal Investigator on a $5 million award from the National Institutes of Health that created the Psychology Clinical Neuroscience Center. She was responsible for implementing a fully-online bachelor’s degree program in Psychology, and she finalized the introduction of the Basics in Addiction Counseling (BAC) concentration; a program that offers undergraduate courses in substance use treatment and arranges internships at local agencies. At the college-level, Dr. Smith has served on numerous committees, such as Strategic Planning (chaired for 3 years), Tenure/Promotion, College Curriculum, and Space Allocation. She is currently a member of the Internal Advisory Boards for Advance at UNM, the Global & National Security Policy Institute, the Community Safety & Human Security Certificate, and CASAA (Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions). In recognition of Dr. Smith’s commitment to teaching, she was awarded the Presidential Teaching Fellowship (2007-2009).