Word: appiah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lecturer on English and American Literature and Language Patricia Powell, Elizabeth McCracken, A. Kingsley Porter University Professor Helen Vendler, W.E.B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. '60, Alphonse Flethcer Jr. University Professor Cornel West '74, Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of Afro-American Studies Werner Sollors and many others. And I didn't even begin to touch Harvard's vast resources...
...Appiah says he sees no gap between West'sintellectual and daily life...
...There isn't a gap between his private andpublic self," Appiah says. "He's not just doing ajob when he reads and writes, it's what he mostloves to do and he hasn't stopped doing...
...Appiah says he feels this sense of mutualrespect extends beyond intellectuals and membersof the academy. According to Appiah, West isuniquely tuned to his audience members during hisspeeches and listens intently to their questions...
...attends to what they're saying, andresponds to what they're saying as best he can,"Appiah says. "A lot of intellectuals don'tmanifest a real respect for everyone, but [West]is always thoughtful and humane...