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Inclusive Scholarship: Developing Black Studies in the United States 181 should ensure the fiscal well-being of the unit generally and of the fellows programs specifically. The curriculum continues to expand as well. Indeed, a proposal for a Ph.D. in the field has been generated and might soon lead to a new degree program in the department. Reviewers’ Recommendations There is cause for concern on a number of fronts. Should the aforementioned proposal for a degree program be approved, the already strained faculty resources in Afro-American Studies would be burdened even further. Given the relatively small size of the department, the departure of one or two faculty members could have a disproportionately negative impact. In terms of junior faculty, the recent tenuring of Professor J. Lorand “Randy” Matory, an anthropologist, is a positive development. However, the pattern for building departments at Harvard continues to involve primarily hiring at the top. This strategy has apparently worked thus far in the case of Afro- American Studies; however, only time will prove the long-term viability of this approach. What is clear is that few other universities in the country can afford to follow Harvard’s lead in this regard. As to the representation of women among the senior faculty of Afro- American Studies (as among the faculty at Harvard generally), with historian Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham the only African American female, the matter deserves aggressive attention. Afro-American Studies had sought to make Lani Guinier’s appointment to the Law School a joint one; however, the Law School policy of maintaining full control over this FTE blocked this attempt. Guinier does serve, however, on the Advisory Board of the Du Bois Institute. Finally, as is the case at most of the other institutions under review, one confronts the inevitable dilemma of leadership. When Professor Gates steps down from one or both of his administrative positions with Afro- American Studies and the Du Bois Institute, will there be faculty members ready to come forward and carry on the ambitious program that he and his colleagues have put into motion? In sum, regardless of the direction that African American Studies as a field takes at Harvard, the current status and visibility of the department and the Du Bois Institute are unquestioned.
182 Inclusive Scholarship: Developing Black Studies in the United States Indiana University The Project For its Ford-funded project the Department of Afro-American Studies at Indiana University (Bloomington) proposed an undergraduate seminar in 1995: “An Invitation to the Ford Foundation to Make a Grant in Support of Indiana University’s Afro-American Studies Summer Seminar Program (1996–1998).” The three-year Black Atlantic Seminar (1996, 1997, and 1998, with a theme for each year) was funded by the Foundation. The Seminar focused on the arts in 1996, followed by “Population Movement and Migrations” in 1997 and “Black Atlantic: Religion and Political Systems” in 1998. The department had previously been awarded a grant for thirty-eight months beginning in May 1990 for faculty and course development. The department designed the seminars “to expand the discussion of issues facing African American Studies units beyond local boundaries ... and to focus on the concept of the African Diaspora as a dynamic network of associations and expressions.” 9 The seminars were staffed by faculty from the Department of Afro-American Studies, African Studies, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Seminars A careful review of the teaching samplers for each year of the seminar showed distinct progression from 1996 through 1998.One cautionary point must be made: because each Teaching Sampler was completed after the seminar was finished,itisdifficulttoknowexactlywhatthestudentsreceivedasasyllabus. The samplers vary considerably, in volume and content: thirty-four pages in 1996,thirty-seven in 1997,and twenty in 1998.The sampler for the first summer (1996) is somewhat idiosyncratic without consistent types of material for each lecturer. The second summer sampler’s content is also somewhat varied, but each presenter includes commentary on his/her lecture topic; most include assigned readings,and some specify writing requirements.The third is most consistent in format with topics,commentary,and readings for
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