And he's been impressing people for quite a while. After graduating from Harvard magna cum laude in only three years in 1973, the Sacramento native launched himself headfirst into academia, earning his PhD in philosophy from Princeton University in 1980, then teaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. In 1987, he returned to Princeton as a professor of religion and head of the department of African-American studies. bostonphoenix
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Who is Cornel West? Harvard professor Cornel West has been involved in a dispute with university president Lawrence Summers. www.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/01/10/west.harvard.ap/
...The 1980s By Cornell West, from Newsweek 1-3-94 The 1980s WERE NOT simply a decade of glitz and greed. More important, they ushered in a new era of American history-the ... www.myemospace.com/80s.html
Cornel West , Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University, is one of Americas most gifted, provocative, and important public intellectuals. www.pragmatism.org/library/west/
Unfortunately, West does himself no great service with an introduction that is pompous, ponderous, and parodically self-satisfied. www.booknotes.org/Program/?ProgramID=1555