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Three months after Harvard launched a major push for Afro-Am faculty hiring, seven departments have identified short lists for untenured positions in that field...
Although some faculties are further along than others, all of the departments slated to hire junior scholars in Afro-American Studies for next year have narrowed their application pool to between three and five top contenders, said Afro-Am Chair Barbara E. Johnson in an interview yesterday...
...Barbara Johnson are all encouraged about the amount of work the departments are putting in and what looks like the amount of possibilities that have been identified," said Bok, who has called the Afro-Am searches one of his top priorities for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Although Afro-Am is authorized to make unilateral appointments, no offers have been extended at this time. Some preliminary discussions are under way, but the chair said she expects clear candidates will not emerge until early next year...
...identifying the scholars who would fill tenured positions in Afro-Am, Johnson said she is looking for individuals who are prepared to invest energy in rebuilding the department. "Anybody coming knows the depart- ment needs a time commitment," Johnson said.And yet, she added, "that may lose some people...