john a. powell To Lead Ohio State's
Race and Ethnicity Institute

Provost Ray has recommended to the president the appointment of john a. powell as director of Ohio State's new Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the Americas, effective January 15, 2003, through June 30, 2006. Ray also recommended that powell be appointed the Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Moritz College of Law. President Kirwan will ask the university's Board of Trustees to approve the appointments at its April 5 meeting.

powell, who does not capitalize his name, currently serves as executive director of the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota and as Earl R. Larson Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the university's law school. "Professor powell is a nationally known scholar whose work explores such important issues as the intersections of race and poverty, race and housing policy, and the use of racial categories," Ray said. "Professor powell founded the Institute of Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. Under his leadership, the institute has studied and published reports on racial profiling, housing discrimination, and the relationship among housing, education, and segregation. We are very pleased that Professor powell will join us next year to lead our new institute. The institute will be unique and an exceptional addition to Ohio State's academic programs, and it will benefit enormously from the leadership of john powell."

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