Word: guinier
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Aaron A. Estis '80, an Afro-Am concentrator, said the appointment was "one step forward for two steps backward" since Ewart Guinier, the only professor tenured solely in Afro-Am, retired last semester, and K. Onwuka Dike, the only tenured professor specializing in African history, will return to Nigeria next year...
Another problem Huggins may have to face is a shortage of faculty within the department. In addition to Guinier's retirement, Chidi Ikonne and Selwyn Cudjoe, assistant professors of Afro-Am. will be taking leaves of absence next year. Both men taught sizeable course loads this year...
...Ewart Guinier '33, the only full professor tenured solely in the department, said yesterday the administration has deliberately held up appointments of qualified professors...
...What the administration has done in the Afro-American Department is what they did with Harberger. They have tried to maintain control over the department, instead of letting the people who were qualified to choose make tenure decisions," Guinier added...
...Ewart Guinier '33, the only professor at Harvard tenured solely in Afro-Am. told the crowd that both President Bok and Dean Rosovsky want to "destroy the department...