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...Afro-American Studies’ star professors, Former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 and former Carswell Professor of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah, both left Harvard for Princeton University last year—with West’s move coming in the aftermath of a highly publicized disagreement with University President Lawrence H. Summers...
Building on last year’s appointments of Michael C. Dawson in government and Afro-American studies and Evelynn Hammonds in Afro-American studies and history of science, Gates has set a goal of adding five new professors to the department’s ranks...
...such appointment has already been made, said Tishman and Diker Professor of Sociology and of Afro-American Studies Lawrence D. Bobo, who will serve as acting chair in Gates’ absence according to information posted on the registrar’s website last night...
...Some of the hires haven’t been going as well as expected, partly because some of the senior people we’ve been trying to get are settled where they are,” said Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies Glenda R. Carpio. “But we’re committed to rebuilding. It’s framed as a chance to do something wonderful, rather than as a consolation...
Colleagues in Afro-American Studies suggested IAS’ close proximity to Appiah and West may have been a major factor in Gates’ decision to spend a year there...