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Nelson's academic work has in many waysmirrored her activism. She began as a Governmentconcentrator, moved into History, and Literature,and this year transferred into the Afro-AmericanStudies Department where, she says, "everythinghas come together." A tutorial with Phillip BrianHarper, assistant professor of English andAmerican literature and language and Afro-Americanstudies, a course with visiting Professor PatriciaJ. Williams, and a course with visiting LecturerSpike Lee have convinced Nelson that sheeventually wants to go to graduate school...
...years ago the Afro-American Studies Department Was in shambles. This year, DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates Jr. started putting the pieces together...
...first year at Harvard, Gates says, his immediate goal was "to see Afro-American Studies move from the margin to the center of intellectual life at Harvard...
Appiah, who serves as a professor of Afro-American Studies and the department's head tutor, attempted to develop a more cohesive program this year, altering the tutorial system and creating a survey course open to all undergraduates...
Professor of Sociology Orlando Patterson, who at times has been critical of the Afro-Am Department, says he thinks that Gates fulfilled much of the promise he brought to the University last fall...