title: Doing science while black.
authors.affiliation: Edward J. Smith is a professor of comparative genomics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg. Send your story to SciCareerEditor@aaas.org.
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002321:Career Choice; D023281:Genomics; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D012807:Sierra Leone; D014481:United States; D001741:Black or African American