Berry to lead task force on African studies
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Summary
- The Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on a task force formed to develop African and African-American studies at Hopkins.
- The paper reported that Dean Daniel Weiss appointed history professor Sara Berry to lead the faculty-and-student task force, which met for the first time the previous week.
- According to the article, JHUnity members met with Weiss in March, after which he said, "I found that there was a lot of interest. The task force is the first step,"
- The reporter writes that the group divided into subcommittees, with an immediate goal of creating an intellectual statement and later goals including a curriculum, instructors, and an undergraduate major and minor.
- The article adds that the group plans events, including a spring conference to seek new hires, and that Robinson said faculty with relevant expertise had already been contacted.
- The News-Letter reported that the planned center would work with the existing CAC program; Berry said, "CAC is well-established and will continue but we will be working closely with it."
- The paper reported that Weiss expected an outline in the fall so the center could be in place for the spring term, and that the task force planned to meet again the following week.