{"id":41,"date":"2018-01-17T06:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T06:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/steeringcommittee\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T12:27:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:27:58","slug":"steeringcommittee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/about\/steeringcommittee\/","title":{"rendered":"Steering Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Interdepartmental Program in African Studies is overseen by a coordinator (rotating every two to three years) and a steering committee. Students are advised in their concentration by a steering committee member of their choice. The coordinator 1) interfaces with the college administration, faculty and inquiring students on behalf of the program; 2) keeps track of the total number of concentrations and ensures that requirements are being fulfilled; 3) leads occasional steering committee meetings; and 4) maintains the program\u2019s webpage and catalog description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Director:<\/em> Jessica Pearson (History)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>African Studies Steering Committee:<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/politicalscience\/facultystaff\/davidblaney\/\">David Blaney<\/a> (Political Science) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/cgh\/facultystaff\/christyhanson\/\">Christy Hanson<\/a> (International Studies)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/sociology\/facultystaff\/eriklarson\/\">Erik Larson<\/a> (Sociology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/facultystaff\/sowahmensah\/\">Sowah Mensah<\/a> (Music)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/internationalstudies\/facultystaff\/davidmoore\/\">David Chioni Moore<\/a> (International Studies and English)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geography\/facultystaff\/billmoseley\/\">William Moseley<\/a> (Geography)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/politicalscience\/facultystaff\/lisamueller\/\">Lisa Mueller<\/a> (Political Science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/facultystaff\/jessicapearsonpatel\/\">Jessica Pearson-Patel<\/a> (History)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/internationalstudies\/facultystaff\/ahmedsamatar\/\">Ahmed Samatar<\/a> (International Studies)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/anthropology\/facultystaff\/diannashandy\/\">Dianna Shandy<\/a> (Anthropology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/facultystaff\/lindasturtz\/\">Linda Sturtz<\/a> (History)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/french\/facultystaff\/joellevitiello\/\">J\u00f6elle Vitiello<\/a> (French)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/facultystaff\/karlwirth\/\">Karl Wirth<\/a> (Geology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Student Representatives: Jessica Yost &#8217;18<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Interdepartmental Program in African Studies is overseen by a coordinator (rotating every two to three years) and a steering committee. Students are advised in their concentration by a steering committee member of their choice. The coordinator 1) interfaces with the college administration, faculty and inquiring students on behalf of the program; 2) keeps track [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/155"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}