Who is Clde Gay married to? Personal life explored as Harvard Universy appots first Black Print

New Print-elect Clde Gay is troduced to Harvard muny. * claudine gay *

Speakg after her electn, Gay said, “I am humbled by the nfince that the erng boards have placed me and by the prospect of succeedg Print Baw leadg this remarkable stutn. Gay was elected to the princy today by the Harvard Corporatn, the Universy’s prcipal erng board, wh the nsent of the Universy’s Board of Overseers.

A member of the Amerin Amy of Arts and Scienc, Gay has pursued her scholarship as a fellow at the Public Policy Instute of California, the Center for Advanced Study the Behavral Scienc, and the Radcliffe Instute for Advanced Study at Harvard. “Clde Gay b one person many of the attribut that will be required of Harvard’s new print, ” said Shirley Tilghman, who served as print of Prceton Universy om 2001 to 2013, is profsor emera of molecular blogy and public affairs at Prceton, and serv on the Harvard Corporatn.

Reactg to Gay’s appotment, Ruth Simmons, print of Prairie View A&M Universy and print emera of Brown Universy, said, “In selectg Clde Gay as the next print, Harvard’s erng boards have monstrated a mment to ensurg that Harvard remas not only the preement universy the world but also the universy that leads wh creasg relevance to the world today. In addn, Gay has been engaged a range of amic and programmatic iativ, cludg as a leadg voice wh both the Amic Council and the Provost’s Council, the two prcipal Universy-wi foms for chartg stutnal prri and plans. Gay also has a ep mment to amic eedom, llg “the touchstone for everythg we are tryg to achieve, ” and has been a strong advote for clive excellence throughout her reer, cludg durg her anship.

MEET CLDE GAY’S HBAND DR CHRISTOPHER AFENDULIS

Clde Gay, the an of the Faculty of Arts and Scienc, will be the universy’s first Black lear, and the send woman. She will take office jt as the universy fac a Supreme Court cisn on affirmative actn. * claudine gay *

“I uldn’t be more pleased by the selectn of Clde Gay as the next Harvard print, ” said Hopi Hoekstra, Alexanr Agassiz Profsor of Zoology at Harvard Universy. Seekg to enable a strong, creative, and tellectually vibrant FAS for the long term, Gay iated a faculty-led, multiyear strategic planng effort the fall of 2021.

“Dean Gay very clearly tablished the fundamental prcipl that guid how FAS addrsed the many challeng posed by the panmic, ” said Christopher Stubbs, the Samuel C. “Dean Gay’s abily to lead om prciple and valu, alongsi a natural stct to brg people together om across discipl and areas of expertise to addrs big challeng, will serve Harvard well the years to e, ” said Stubbs. “Clde Gay has monstrated visn to advance rearch and tn, ep mment to Harvard’s missn, temperament to listen and learn om the many rich sourc of expertise our faculty, and fortu to make difficult cisns.

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PRZKER ’81, THE SENR FELLOW OF THE HARVARD CORPORATN, ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THAT GAY — WHO HAS SERVED AS AN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENC SCE 2018 — WOULD SUCCEED PRINT LAWRENCE S. BAW JULY.GAY WILL BE HARVARD’S SEND FEMALE PRINT AFTER FORMER PRINT DREW G. FST, WHO LED THE UNIVERSY OM 2007 TO 2018.BUT GAY IS NO STRANGER TO BREAKG BARRIERS. HER APPOTMENT AS FAS AN BY BAW, LS THAN A MONTH TO HIS TENURE AS PRINT, MA HER THE FIRST WOMAN AND PERSON OF LOR TO LEAD HARVARD’S FLAGSHIP FACULTY.GAY, WHO RECEIVED A PH.D. GOVERNMENT OM HARVARD 1998, FIRST JOED THE FACULTY AS A GOVERNMENT PROFSOR 2006 AND ROSE TO THE ROLE OF AN OF THE SOCIAL SCIENC DIVISN 2015.DURG REMARKS AT A THURSDAY RECEPTN THE SMH CAMP CENTER, GAY — THE DGHTER OF TWO HAIAN IMMIGRANTS — CREDED HER PARENTS WH STILLG HER AN APPRECIATN FOR TN.“THEY ME TO THE U.S. WH VERY LTLE AND PUT THEMSELV THROUGH LLEGE WHILE RAISG OUR FAY,” GAY SAID. “COLLEGE WAS ALWAYS THE EXPECTATN FOR ME. 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AT HARVARD — EARNG THE TOPPAN PRIZE FOR BT DISSERTATN POLIL SCIENCE — SHE RETURNED TO STANFORD AS A POLIL SCIENCE PROFSOR OM 2000 TO 2006 BEFORE REJOG HARVARD’S GOVERNMENT PARTMENT, NOW AS A PROFSOR.ON THURSDAY, SHE SAID HARVARD WAS “WHERE I FOUND MY TELLECTUAL HOME.”“WH EACH LEARSHIP ROLE I’VE TAKEN ON AT HARVARD — OM AN OF SOCIAL SCIENCE TO AN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENC — I’VE BEEN NNECTED TO A WIR WORLD, TO NEW QUTNS AND NEW POSSIBILI FOR HOW THROUGH REARCH, THROUGH TEACHG, THE WORLD N BE BETTER THAN IS TODAY,” GAY SAID.GAY, WHOSE OWN AMIC WORK CENTERS ON POLIL PARTICIPATN AND THE POLICS OF RACE, TABLISHED THE INEQUALY AMERI INIATIVE 2017 — A FLAGSHIP PROGRAM OM HER TIME AS AN OF SOCIAL SCIENC.THE IATIVE, WH OVER 70 AFFILIATED PROFSORS, FUNDS AND NDUCTS MULTIDISCIPLARY REARCH TO SOCIAL AND ENOMIC EQUALY AND CLUS A POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM.AS FAS AN, GAY HAS MA STRIS THE SEARCH FOR ETHNIC STUDI SCHOLARS AT HARVARD. IN 2022, SHE HIRED THREE ETHNIC STUDI PROFSORS FOLLOWG S OF LLS FOR THE VELOPMENT OF AN ETHNIC STUDI PARTMENT. EARLIER THIS YEAR, SHE ALSO ANNOUNCED AN EXPANSN OF THE INEQUALY AMERI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP OM TWO TO FOUR SCHOLARS.INCREASED SCTY OF THE UNIVERSY’S TENURE SYSTEM HAS ALSO BEEN A FEATURE OF HER TIME AS FAS AN. AFTER THE NIAL OF TENURE FOR FORMER ROMANCE LANGUAG AND LERATURE PROFSOR LIA GARCíA PEñA FUELED BACKLASH AMONG STUNTS, FACULTY, AND SCHOLARS, GAY LNCHED A REVIEW OF THE TENURE PROMOTN PROCS, WHICH NCLUD LAST YEAR. CONTROVERSY SURROUNDG THE TENURE PROCS RURFACED EARLY 2021 WHEN FORMER PROFSOR CORNEL R. WT ’74 PARTED HARVARD AFTER CLAIMG THE UNIVERSY REJECTED HIS REQUT TO BE NSIRED FOR A TENURED POSN.ADVERTISEMENTDURG GAY’S TENURE, HARVARD WAS ROILED BY PUBLIC ACCATNS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND MISNDUCT AGAST HIGH-PROFILE PROFSORS. THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUTN REPORTED EARLY 2018 THAT FORMER GOVERNMENT PROFSOR JE I. DOMGUEZ FACED SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATNS OM AT LEAST 18 WOMEN OVER NEARLY FOUR S WHILE RISG THROUGH THE UNIVERSY’S RANKS. GAY STRIPPED DOMGUEZ OF HIS EMER STAT DURG HER FIRST YEAR AS AN.MONTHS LATER, SHE PLACED ENOMICS PROFSOR ROLAND G. FRYER JR. ON ADMISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER HARVARD FOUND HE VLATED S SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICI, AND 2020, ACCATNS AROSE AGAST ANTHROPOLOGY PROFSORS GARY URTON AND JOHN L. COMAROFF.GAY STRIPPED URTON OF HIS EMER STAT AND BANNED HIM OM THE FAS MP AND SHE PLACED COMAROFF ON UNPAID ADMISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER SEPARATE TERNAL VTIGATNS FOUND THE TWO MEN BREACHED HARVARD SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICI. THIS YEAR, THREE GRADUATE STUNTS SUED HARVARD FOR ALLEGEDLY IGNORG AND MISHANDLG REPORTS OF COMAROFF’S BEHAVR.COMAROFF AND FRYER HAVE SCE RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM.ON THURSDAY, GAY SAID SHE WAS “GRATEFUL BEYOND WORDS” TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS PRINT.“AS I START MY TENURE, THERE’S SO MUCH MORE FOR ME TO DISVER ABOUT THE STUTN THAT I LOVE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOG ALL OF THAT WH OUR WHOLE MUNY,” SHE SAID.—STAFF WRER NIA L. ORAKWUE N BE REACHED AT —STAFF WRER ELIAS J. 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Clde Gay will serve as Harvard’s 30th print, the Universy announced Thursday. * claudine gay *

After the news was announced, Clde Gay gave her acceptance speech and advoted for creased llaboratn between the var schools at the prtig universy.

CLDE GAY NAMED HARVARD’S FIRST BLACK PRINT — HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HER

History has been ma at Harvard Universy, as Clde Gay be the first person of lor – and send woman – to be named print of the school. * claudine gay *

Clde has served as Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Scienc (FAS) sce 2018 and prevly was profsor of Ain and Ain-Amerin to know Clde Gay’s hbandChristopher C. Przker ’81, the senr fellow of the Harvard Corporatn, announced Thursday that Gay — who has served as an of the Faculty of Arts and Scienc sce 2018 — would succeed Print Lawrence S.

Government om Harvard 1998, first joed the faculty as a Government profsor 2006 and rose to the role of an of the Social Scienc divisn remarks at a Thursday receptn the Smh Camp Center, Gay — the dghter of two Haian immigrants — creded her parents wh stillg her an appreciatn for tn. She now liv Cambridge wh her hband and graduatg 1988 om Phillips Exeter Amy, a private New Hampshire boardg school where she still serv as a tstee, Gay matriculated at Stanford and received a bachelor’s gree enomics 1992, wng a prize for her senr then returned to the East Coast as a graduate stunt Harvard’s Government partment, “full of excement. ”“I n’t help but thk of a much younger versn of myself, a first-year graduate stunt movg to Hasks Hall, luggg the thgs that seemed most sential to my succs at the time: a futon, a Mac Classic II, and a st iron skillet for yg plantas, ” Gay said Thursday.

HARVARD UNIVERSY APPOTS CLDE GAY AS SCHOOL’S FIRST BLACK PRINT

“That Clde uld not possibly have imaged that her path would lead here, but I rry forward both her excement and her belief the fe possibily of Harvard, ” Gay Gay pleted her Ph.

”“Wh each learship role I’ve taken on at Harvard — om an of Social Science to an of the Faculty of Arts and Scienc — I’ve been nnected to a wir world, to new qutns and new possibili for how through rearch, through teachg, the world n be better than is today, ” Gay, whose own amic work centers on polil participatn and the polics of race, tablished the Inequaly Ameri Iniative 2017 — a flagship program om her time as an of Social iative, wh over 70 affiliated profsors, funds and nducts multidisciplary rearch to social and enomic equaly and clus a postdoctoral FAS an, Gay has ma stris the search for ethnic studi scholars at Harvard. After the nial of tenure for former Romance Languag and Lerature profsor Lia García Peña fueled backlash among stunts, faculty, and scholars, Gay lnched a review of the tenure promotn procs, which nclud last year.

CLDE GAY

Wt ’74 parted Harvard after claimg the Universy rejected his requt to be nsired for a tenured Gay’s tenure, Harvard was roiled by public accatns of sexual harassment and misnduct agast high-profile profsors. Harvard Universy named Clde Gay as s 30th print an announcement Thursday, followg Lawrence Baw’s earlier cisn to step down om the posn, makg her the school’s first Black print s nearly 400-year history.

Penny Przker, a fellow at the universy and lead for s printial search mtee, said Gay will be an “spirg print for all of Harvard” after she prevly tght urs focg on racial and ethnic polics the U.

Gay is a leadg scholar of polil behavr, specifilly her rearch to how the electn of mory officeholrs affects public perceptn of ernment and how hog mobily programs affect polil participatn for the poor, acrdg to the universy. Controversy arose after Gay placed profsor John Comaroff on amic leave as he faced sexual harassment allegatns, which were disputed by some faculty members a letter to Gay Febary, though some retracted their support of Comaroff after three women filed lawsus agast him, acrdg to the Harvard Crimson (Comaroff has sce publicly nied the allegatns).

‘QUIET STRENGTH’ AT THE TOP: IN CLDE GAY, HARVARD TURNS TO OL, UNFLAPPABLE LEARSHIP AT A TIME OF HIGHER TN TURMOIL

Gay’s appotment amid an ongog Supreme Court review of the universy’s nsiratn of race s admissns procs, which uld le jeopardize affirmative actn at the school, among others, acrdg to the New York Tim.

Clde Gay, Harvard's new print: thoughtful and unflappable

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