New Appointment for Tulane Faculty

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>Here's an announcement about an exciting new faculty appointment</p>

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High-Profile Black Political Scientist to Lead New Center on Race, Gender and Politics in the South: Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry, the witty Black political scientist who has developed a loyal following as a television pundit on MSNBC and a columnist for The Nation, has decided to leave her teaching post at Princeton University to join the faculty at Tulane University, where she will head up a new center focused on race, gender and politics in the South.</p>

<p>The 37-year-old Harris-Perry held a joint appointment in Princeton’s political science and African-American studies departments and will begin at Tulane in the fall. Her chief responsibility will be to develop a center to critically examine the role of progressive politics and the intersection of race, religion and gender in the South.

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<a href="http://diversityteam.blogspot.com/2011/01/high-profile-black-political-scientist.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://diversityteam.blogspot.com/2011/01/high-profile-black-political-scientist.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>In another article I read, it said she would also be involved at the Newcomb Institute.</p>

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<p>good for tulane.</p>

<p>dr. harris-perry sounds like she will be a wonderful addition to tulane’s faculty.</p>

<p>be well</p>

<p>dad of daughters</p>

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<p>Really good news!</p>

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<p>This is wonderful!! And a lot more impressive, IMO, than the recent appointment at Rice. Thisis no joke [Rapper</a> Bun B. Survives First Day As Professor Trill At Rice University - Milwaukee Hip-Hop Scene | Examiner.com](<a href=“http://www.examiner.com/hip-hop-scene-in-milwaukee/rapper-bun-b-survives-first-day-as-professor-trill-at-rice-university?render=print]Rapper”>http://www.examiner.com/hip-hop-scene-in-milwaukee/rapper-bun-b-survives-first-day-as-professor-trill-at-rice-university?render=print)</p>

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<p>jym - OK, that article about the rapper at Rice is just…bizarre. Interesting, but bizarre. I would be really curious how this even came to be.</p>

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<p>Agreed, fc. I forgot to ask my older S about it when we saw him last night, so I have emailed him for his perspective. There is a thread about this in the Rice forum. It is for real.</p>

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<p>Someone in the Rice forum posted this to help explain the course [Rice</a> University | News & Media](<a href=“http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=15267]Rice”>http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=15267)</p>

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<p>OK, that makes WAYYY more sense now. Whew! I thought Rice had really gone off the tracks there!</p>