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Cornel West is threatening to leave Harvard

John Fea   |  February 19, 2021

Harvard offered the 67-year-old public intellectual an endowed chair, a ten year contract, and a pay raise, but Cornel West is holding out for tenure. I can’t read the Boston Globe story because I don’t have subscription, but here is...

Susan VanZanten is the New Dean of Christ College at Valparaiso University

John Fea   |  January 24, 2018

An excellent choice.  Congratulations Susan! From the Christ College Facebook page: Congratulations to Susan VanZanten Ph.D, Christ College’s next, and first female, Dean! Professor VanZanten previously served as professor of English and interim co-chair of the languages, cultures, and linguistics...

Chair in Quaker Studies at Haverford College

John Fea   |  November 3, 2014

This looks like a nice gig for a scholar of Quakerism.  –JF Douglas and Dorothy Steere Professorship in Quaker Studies (open rank) Haverford College, founded in 1833 by Quakers, invites applications for the newly endowed Douglas and Dorothy Steere Professorship...

Thomas Kidd Assumes Associate Director Post at Baylor’s ISR

John Fea   |  August 26, 2014

Congrats to Tommy Kidd.  Here is the press release regarding his new post at Baylor.  Waco, Texas (Aug. 25, 2014) — Thomas Kidd, Ph.D., one of the nation’s most respected historians of religion, has accepted a post as associate director of...

Kathleen Flake is First Richard Bushman Chair in Mormon Studies at U of Virginia

John Fea   |  September 10, 2013

Kathleen Flake University of Virginia is the first major public university to establish a Mormon studies chair.  You may recall that we did a post on the creation of this endowed chair in December 2012. We can now announce that...

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