July 25, 2003

Harvard's Black-Studies Department Grows; Columnist Gets Another Gig, at Georgetown U.

By THOMAS BARTLETT and SHARON WALSH

LET THE HEALING BEGIN: After more than a year of controversy and upheaval -- including the defections of two marquee names -- Harvard University's department of Afro-American studies is back on track, according to its chairman, Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr.

The department hired four faculty members this month and announced it was changing its name to African and African-American studies. The new moniker is part of a plan to add a major in African studies and to broaden the

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