Dorothy Inez Adams

Dorothy Inez Adams (1904-1967) was an American anthropologist. She was an instructor in the anthropology department at Fisk University and a professor of anthropology at Brooklyn College in New York City, New York. Her field notes detail her work in race relations.

Early life
Dorothy Inez Adams, known as Inez Adams, was born on May 7, 1904, in Santa Barbara, California to Williams and Dorothy Adams. She earned a master's degree in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1928. Adams then earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University in 1950.

Career
Inez Adams was invited to work at Fisk University by Bonita Valien. She was employed from 1949 until the anthropology department was removed in 1951. She would become an anthropology professor at Brooklyn College in New York City, New York. She studied race relations, spending time in Trinidad, Nigeria, and the American South.