Professor Doris “Wendy” Greene is a trailblazing U.S. anti-discrimination law scholar, teacher,
and advocate who has devoted her professional life’s work to advancing racial, color, and gender
equity in the workplace and beyond. Professor Greene is the first tenured African American woman
law professor at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and the Director of the law
school’s Center for Law, Policy, and Social Action. Her work is both celebrated and recognized on an
international level. The 11th Circuit and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals endorsed Professor Greene’s
published definition of race as a legal authority on the social construction of race and as a practicable
definition for constitutional decision making respectively. A native of Columbia, South Carolina,
Professor Greene is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana; Tulane University School of Law;
and the George Washington School of Law.
Professor Doris “Wendy” Greene
