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...Carolivia Herron, assistant professor of comparative language and literature and Afro-American studies, awaits her own peer review and promotion decision, she says she applauds the Supreme Court's recent opinion...
...Afro-Am has consistently had difficulty retaining junior faculty. Should it suprise anyone that promising young professors like David W. Blight, who departed for Amherst College last year, leave the department as soon as they get a promising offer from somewhere else? If you were Carolivia Herron, would you jump at the tenure offers from other schools, or wait for the Harvard offer that will probably never come...
...Herron, the public scrutiny of tenure cases challenges the academic community to hold itself to the standards of free speech and free discourse they ask of the outside world--something which secrecy and back room discussions have not insured...
Many share Herron's assessment, but few are willing to criticize entrenched institutional practices so willingly. Herron herself might not speak so freely if she did not already have multiple job offers from other schools, making her less dependent on Harvard's decision...
...There are people who are afraid to stand up for their opinions, but epic is my thing," says Herron, who teaches Literature and Arts A-54, "Epic Fiction International." "I think you should be a hero...