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...Appiah To Leave Harvard?...
Caswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah is just the sort of professor that one hopes to encounter when one comes to Harvard as a bright-eyed first-year. He is wise, cosmopolitan and incisive, and he makes you think that you can be so too. In office hour discussions, he never looks at his watch. He chats thoughtfully and patiently, never trying to impress you, never making you feel like you’re failing to impress. The fact that he gets along with everyone is not reflective of a wariness to take...
...Harvard community should take a moment to reflect with gratitude on all the good work that he has done during his decade here. Appiah has enriched the students and faculty at Harvard for more than 10 years, and as he heads off for Princeton, it is thankfulness, rather than loss, which should be foremost in our hearts and minds...
Dawson’s appointment became public on the heels of Friday’s announcement by Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies K. Anthony Appiah that he will leave for Princeton next fall...
...Though Appiah cited personal reasons for his departure, his exit follows a much-publicized spat between University President Lawrence H. Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 that has led to speculation that West and other members of the Afro-American studies department were considering leaving Harvard...