“I think this is a big step forward for Georgetown,” said Hayes, who has never met Dyson but is curious about why he wanted to come to Georgetown. “I hope that he is willing to sit down and meet with faculty members.”
Currently, Georgetown has several University Professors, a rank that enables the professor to teach across several disciplines. Deborah Tannen, the high-profile linguist, is included among this distinguished cohort.
Scholars like Raymond A. Winbush, who directs the Institute for Urban Affairs at Morgan State University, a historically Black college in Baltimore, does not fault Dyson and other Black intellectuals who regularly move between colleges and universities. He only wishes that scholars like Dyson would bring their celebrity status to one of the nation’s HBCUs.
“I’m happy for Mike. I just think we have to invest as much as we can in our black colleges,” said Winbush. “I truly believe that good scholarship can be expressed at any institution.”
--Jamal Watson
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