It’s been a big year for musicians in academe. First Steve Miller takes a job at the University of Southern California. Then Todd Rundgren gets a guest gig at Indiana University.
 Wyclef Jean (right) meets Bryan Maina, a Brown U. sophomore. (Mike Cohea/Brown U.) |
Now comes word that the hip-hop star and recently rejected candidate for the Haitian presidency, Wyclef Jean, is joining Brown University as a visiting fellow in Africana studies in 2010-2011. His appointment is part of Brown’s recently announced Haitian Initiative.
Mr. Jean, a Haitian native who was raised in northern New Jersey, “will attend various campus Haitian Initiative events, including lectures, faculty conversations, classes and other offerings,” according to a press release from Brown.
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3 Responses to His Presidential Bid Thwarted, Wyclef Jean Accepts Brown U. Fellowship
vaneblucas - October 7, 2010 at 9:29 am
And his qualifications for this position are….?Of Irish decent and born in North Carolina, I guess I could get a fellowship in, Oh…let’s say European Studies. At leaset I have an MBA, 40% of my DBA completed and i have actually lived in Europe.Or is it just that The Chronicle did a poor job of reperting this hip hop artisit’s credentials?KML
vaneblucas - October 7, 2010 at 9:30 am
Sorry for typos.I…reporting…Sent from iPhone
jizbetty - October 19, 2010 at 3:37 pm
This is very interesting. Does Wyclef Jean qualify for this position. How did the university make this choice to accept him? However, I think the students will be enlightened by his presentation of the curriculum and the narratives of his life. Maybe his presence in the higher education area will encourage other minority males to think about teaching as a profession.
B Sanders