Word: eileen
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Wright said the committee has routinely granted such extensions upon request, adding that her research, sponsored by a $77,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, would be "imperiled" if she did not receive the extension. Eileen Southern, professor of Afro-American Studies and Music, who served as the department's chairman before Huggins came to Harvard last fall, said last December it would be a simple matter to allow Wright to stay on another year. Southern, who worked with Wright on her research, added that the department routinely grants extensions, often "for less important reasons" than Wright...
...administrative politics and academics are like oil and vinegar. They don't mix well, but one usually accompanies the other. Huggins's main task involves finding qualified faculty to teach courses in the department. He and Eileen Southern. Professor of Afro-American Studies and Music, are its only fulltime, tenured professors. Huggins says his current search efforts will result in Dean Rosovsky's offering tenured positions in the department to two scholars early this fall. If the trend of the past decade continues, however, it is doubtful that the two offers will result in appointments to the Harvard faculty. Huggins...
...still spills across powdery white beaches, and the scent of lei still perfumes the air. Yet amid its travel-brochure lushness, Hawaii is struggling to cope with a surge in crime, a slump in tourism and the social strains caused by two decades of rapid growth. Laments Honolulu Mayor Eileen Anderson: "We've lost the feeling of 'Aloha' for one another...
Under the grievance procedure guidelines. Wright may choose one member to the three-member hoc committee that will hear her complaint. Dean Rosvsky and Nathan Huggins, chairman of the Afro-Am department. select the other two committee members. But the committee rejected as "inappropriate" Wright's choice of Eileen Southern, professor of Afro-American Studies, and asked Wright to select someone else...
...Atlantic. In London, James Shepherd surveyed the booming business in royal curios and souvenirs, Arthur White interviewed Elizabeth and David Emanuel, who are designing Diana's wedding gown. Boston Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand researched the American roots of Lady Diana's family, and in Washington, Correspondent Eileen Shields interviewed Journalist and Biographer Anthony Holden. This week's story was edited by Stephen Smith and written by Jay Cocks, who was fascinated by what he calls Lady Diana's "dazzling star quality." Says Cocks: "We've all been told the sun's been setting...