Word: terada
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Dates: during 1991-1991
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...Terada's limited appointment at Harvard has not prevented her from speaking out in support of a strong Afro-Am department here. Terada says that student protests, such as last semester's 23-hour sit-in at University Hall, are necessary to draw attention to the plight of the department...
...Terada says the University is making a genuine and thorough effort to revitalize the Afro-Am department, but acknowledges that there are difficult hurdles to be crossed...
...attitudes within the department differ," says Terada. "Afro-American studies is doing a good job but there are some difficulties coordinating searches...
...Terada says that efforts to appoint senior faculty have thus far been unsuccessful because no scholar is willing to come to Harvard and build a department from scratch. But Terada says she thinks that situation could change if Duke Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. accepts a recent tenure offer from Harvard...
...think [Gates] would not only be an original scholar but he will be able to bring other people into the department," Terada says...