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Korde Named Brooks Chair
Stephen C. Ainlay, dean of the College, has announced that
Professor Shirish Korde of the music department has been
selected as the Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., Chair in the Humanities.
The position is a three-year term. Korde succeeds Professor
William A. Green
of the history department.
Korde, who has studied at the Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory
of Music and Brown University, has taught at Holy Cross since 1976. Among his
most recent compositions are
the works Time Grids and Drowned Woman of the Sky. As Brooks Chair,
Korde hopes to teach several new courses in world music, African-American music,
and
contemporary music.
Waters Appointed Assistant Director of CISS
Professor Kristin
Waters has recently been appointed to serve as assistant
director of the Center for Interdisciplinary
Studies. Waters has been a lecturer in CISS since 1991 and
last year served as acting assistant director. Founded in
1971, CISS promotes interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship
and offers academic concentrations in areas such as African
American Studies, International Studies, Peace and Conflict
Studies, and Women's Studies.
Waters received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Connecticut.
She has edited and contributed essays to Political Theorists Across the
Table: Men and Women Writers of the 18th and 19th Centuries, scheduled
to be published in 1999. She has been an active member of the Women's Studies
faculty committee and recently co-chaired the conference, (Re)Searching
Ourselves: Women's Studies at Holy Cross.
Ni Named Director of Multicultural Education
Jacqueline Peterson, vice president for student affairs,
has announced that Professor Mary Ni has been named director
of multicultural education for the division of student affairs.
Previously, Ni was an assistant professor in the department
of developmental studies and counseling at Boston University
and had served as assistant dean of students at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Ni received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Springfield College,
a master's degree in counseling psychology from Boston College and her Ed.D
from Harvard University.
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