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After what Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds called a “nationwide search” by the College administration, Interim Director of the Harvard College Writing Program Thomas R. Jehn has been named the program’s permanent director, Hammonds announced in an e-mail to students yesterday...
...Staff writer Evan T. R. Rosenman can be reached at erosenm@fas.harvard.edu
...professors stressed the importance of implementing an ethnic studies curriculum in a discussion at Sever Hall yesterday evening. Seventeen students gathered to hear Glenda R. Carpio—an associate professor of African and African-American Studies—and Jigna Desai—a visiting associate professor in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Department—praise a newly-proposed ethnic studies program, which they said would allow students to discuss questions of racial and ethnic identity in an academic setting. “People end up talking in dorm rooms or over this kind of food, which...
With an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University under her belt and the release of her debut novel “Atlas of Unknowns” less than a week away, it seems ironic that at one point, Tania R. James ’03 dismissed writing as a viable career option. Even from a very early age, James was drawn to writing. “I guess I was always writing, you know, in the way little kids do, with complete freedom and deep seriousness,” said James. Although she continued writing in high school, James...
...term decision-making process and have passed a “position paper” requesting that the College implement broad requirements for evaluating which students will be permitted to stay on campus during the month-long recess. Smith fielded questions from UC President Andrea R. Flores ’10 about the level of student involvement in determining where budget cuts are to be made at the College, and from Parliamentarian Eric N. Hysen ’11, who asked for specific details about how the administration would handle the logistics of the J-term. Citing safety concerns, Smith...