Thursday, December 15, 2022

Harvard names Claudine Gay 30th president. Politically correctness to the highest level!

Her announcement does not say she is the first black woman president and immigrant. She appears to be bilingual (French/English).

Looks like they found a social justice warrior to be the next president! She also believes in the "climate crisis". Wonderful!

In Drew Gilpin Faust (Harvard President from 2007-2018) Harvard U. already had a first female president.

How impressive is Claudine Gay's scientific publishing record in terms of articles? Not too impressive. She has apparently no profile with Google Scholar. Her Wikipedia entry also lists some of her works.
Semantic Scholar lists two authors by the name of Claudine Gay (here, here). Taken together, she may have published at least 30 papers so far in her career (PhD in 1998), which is not a whole lot. Highest number of citations for any of her works: 256 (this is a very low number). Some of her works are clearly African American subjects. Perhaps, she is a better manager and leader than a paper authoring scientist.

"... Gay received her bachelor’s degree in 1992 from Stanford, where she majored in economics ... She was also appointed a professor of African and African American Studies in 2007 [at Harvard U.]. ...
Known for her broad intellectual curiosity and interdisciplinary outlook, Gay is recognized as a highly influential expert on American political participation. Her research and teaching explore how various social and economic factors shape political views and voting behavior. She is the founding chair of Harvard’s Inequality in America Initiative ... inequities in STEM education ... and American inequality in a global context. ...
She also served as a member of the American Association of Universities advisory board on racial equity in higher education. ...
Gay noted that “fighting the climate crisis requires engagement by the full breadth of academic disciplines.” ..."

Harvard names Claudine Gay 30th president – Harvard Gazette Social scientist and dean of largest University faculty excited to seize ‘moment of possibility’



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