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Ewart Guinier, a visiting professor, is the department's first chairman. He will teach Afro-American Studies 20, which explores the current role of the black community in organized labor and polities, and will coordinate AAS 95, a colloquium required of all concentrators.
Nwafor graduated from Harvard and received a Ph. D. in political science from the University of Michigan. He will be teaching AAS 13, a full course dealing with the significance and consequences of "the emergence of Africa as an independent actor in International Polities. "
Three new courses-a survey of African history(AAS 10), the history of slavery(AAS 11), and an introduction to Ethiopian history and religion(AAS 12)-will be taught by Ephraim Isaac, lecturer here for two years and former director of the National Literacy Campaign in Ethiopia.
AAS 14: Caribbean Social Structure, taught by Orlando Patterson, currently a lecturer at the University of the West Indies with a Ph. D. in sociology from the London School of Economics.
He emphasized that all final decisions on curriculum will rest with the permanent AAS Executive Committee, which will replace the Standing Committee when the first four Faculty appointments have been made.