The Program in African American Studies deeply mourns the death of our friend and colleague Lindon Barrett. A leading literary critic and cultural theorist, Professor Barrett enriched the school of Humanities as a member of the Critical Theory Institute and as a faculty member in the Departments of Comparative Literature and English. He was among the founding faculty of the Program in African American Studies in 1994 and served as Director from 2004-2007. The dynamism with which Professor Barrett infused the Program and other departments in the School reflected his scholarship, including his (continued)
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