<p>and what department is each one in?</p>
<p>The big name ones aren’t necessarily the good ones</p>
<p>In African and African-American Studies, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (chair).</p>
<p>Thomas Forrest Kelly in Music; Howard Zinn in History.</p>
<p>I’m not sure why it’s important to learn who the big name profs are… a lot of time they are so absorbed in their research that they barely interact with students. just b/c they’re well-known in their field doesn’t mean they’re committed to teaching undergrads. for instance, alexander wolszczan, an astro prof @ psu, was the first to discover a planet outside of the solar system (is on a stamp in his native poland and everything, in a series that includes copernicus), but I’ve heard bad things about his teaching.</p>
<p>Howard Zinn is a professor emeritus at Boston University…alot of people have the misconception he’s from Harvard</p>
<p>Robert Levin in music</p>
<p>But really be open-minded when you get there. This should definitely not affect your course selections. . . .</p>
<p>Thanks, Wham-BAM.</p>
<p>Howard Zinn… brings back bad memories from my last year’s history class!</p>
<p>was he on the daily show recently?</p>
<p>He’s an important historian, but he can be sloppy with facts. I found a substantial untruth about Nixon (totally unsubstantiated in the text, too) in the People’s History of the US. It troubles me enough that I think I’m going to write him a letter.</p>
<p>Here’s an interesting question: Where did the big name professors at Harvard do their undergradute work?</p>
<p>Often at not-so-well-known places, where they stand out and hone their research skills under the guidance of amazing scholars. Great state univ.'s are common, ie Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, Mass-Amherst, Iowa, Washington.</p>
<p>Any link to support that claim, fiddlefrog?</p>
<p>in English, Homi K. Bhaba and Stephen Greenblatt </p>
<p>It’s true that a lot studied at non- Ivys and non big name schools. Here’s the english faculty list:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~english/people/facultyprofiles.html[/url]”>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~english/people/facultyprofiles.html</a></p>
<p>a lot did go to ivys, but there’s a fair amount who didn’t… people who went to Iowa, michigan, virginia…</p>
<p>Michigan is an excellent school, littlelouise. it is ivy-caliber in several disciplines, it is ivy-caliber or better.</p>
<p>Mankiw is at Harvard.</p>
<p>Mankiw is the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Shudders when he hears his name.</p>
<p>Btw, Joseph Nye, was the ex-dean of the Kennedy School of Government. Too bad he is on leave now. But he has written some amazing books on hard and soft power.</p>
<p>Mankiw is my hero!</p>
<p>too bad his trickle down Reagonimics failed</p>