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But she may have also fallen short of expectations in some respects. Other than the Black Students Association, which has met with Hammonds multiple times this year, minority student groups say they have had limited, if any, direct outreach from Hammonds’ office.
Despite the student-held image of Hammonds as a disconnected bureaucrat, College administrators say that Hammonds has been a fierce advocate of College interests.
Kidd says that the Dean is “a very strong proponent of the College and holds her own in meetings with FAS.” And though students criticized the timing of budget-cut announcements, which came during Reading Period, McLoughlin says that Hammonds had actually convinced other...
While administrators who work directly under her say that Hammonds has the best interests of students in mind, others acknowledge that a limited understanding of undergraduate life has undermined her ability to effectively represent student interests.
As “a Black, lesbian, feminist, writer, scientist, historian of science, and activist”—a series of words Hammonds used to describe herself in a 2004 article in “The Black Studies Reader”—the Dean has made...