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...single biggest problem is geographic dispersion,” says Frieden. “Less than one-third of the faculty have offices in the same building. I rarely see the colleagues that are not in my building.” Blackbourn is sympathetic to the government department??s space dilemma. While the history department??s headquarters in Robinson Hall, professors have office space in Coolidge and CES as well. Blackbourn calls the history department a “friendly place to work,” but acknowledges that the geographic reality limits the ability...
...junior faculty is uncertain,” Buell says. “If you’re senior faculty, you’re an oligarch. Junior faculty can’t know how invested to get in the department.” Regardless, Buell still claims that the English department??s junior faculty is an “upbeat group” respected by senior faculty. Kiely agrees that “the Harvard tenure system makes being junior faculty difficult,” though he says little personal tension occurs as a result of this difficulty...
Take the government department??s annual Halloween party. The room is full of political scientists exercising their Harvard-groomed competitive streaks in an attempt to win the most creative costume contest. In the corner stand a couple of familiar looking TFs dressed as the gender gap, each one with stereotypical male or female complaints taped to every corner of their matching outfits. Professor Mansfield is chatting it up in the corner dressed, as he put it, in “a robe, Renaissance style hat and an evil-looking smile.” (He’s Machiavelli...
...research institutions, with one crucial—and controversial—difference. After an extensive review process, ultimate hiring power rests solely with the president of the University. Goodman decries this as out of fashion, but Benedict H. Gross, the chair of the math department, is enthusiastic about his department??s track record and the process in general. “It’s essential that one person who has an idea of how the Faculty is moving forward oversees the process,” he says. “I’ve been extremely impressed...
This move comes as part of the Justice Department??s effort to interview 5,000 Middle Eastern men across the nation as it pieces together information about the Sept. 11 attacks...