May 14, 1999

Superstar Academic Couple at Yale Looks to Move On; Sparks Fly Over Search for Head of U. of Texas Asian-American-Studies Program

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN and JASON HUGHES

Word is out that Hazel Carby, an influential scholar in cultural studies, is looking for a change from Yale University.

She has given "job talks" recently at New York University, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California.

Ms. Carby, who came to Yale in 1989, directs the African-American-studies program and teaches in the American-studies program. Scholars say