Word: afro-am
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...hasn't all been fun and games. Rosovsky came under fire from Afro-Am protesters this fall, when no appointments had been made and only one tenured professor remained in that department...
After a series of rejections last spring, this semester spelled rebound for the Afro-Am Department. In addition to Gates, two more senior appointments in the department are likely to be made...
...University made 22 senior appointments this year, including several in Afro-American Studies and History, which have been lacking faculty in recent years. In particular, Rosovsky helped engineer the appointment of preeminent scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who will become the chair of Afro-Am in the fall...
...Still, Afro-Am concentrators don't give Rosovsky high ratings. Jeanne F. Theoharis '91, an Afro-Am concentrator and one of the students who protested the dearth of faculty hiring this fall, calls Rosovsky a "paradox...
Although publicly Rosovsky said he is supportive of Afro-Am, Theoharis says that the dean was not truly committed to the department. Indeed, Theoharis says that the administration should not claim credit for Afro-Am's turnaround...