Dyson Leaving Penn for Georgetown

According to an article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Michael Eric Dyson is leaving the University of Pennsylvania for Georgetown University, where he’ll be a University professor starting this fall. Apparently, though, some officials at Penn (including the person who originally recruited the well-known African-American scholar) were unaware of Dyson’s departure, the reporter, Jamal Watson, writes:

“The conversation that I am having with you is the most extensive conversation that I’ve had with anyone about Michael,” said Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, the director of Penn’s Center for Africana Studies, commenting to a reporter after he was told that Dyson had accepted a position at Georgetown. “I don’t talk to him very much.”

Minutes later, Zuberi logged onto Dyson’s Web site to find out that Dyson—who was scheduled to teach a class at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall— had already changed his bio, replacing the University of Pennsylvania with Georgetown University as his place of employment.

“This is news to me,” said Zuberi, who has been at Penn for 19 years. [...]I wish him all the best in his endeavors at Georgetown University.”