Michele M. Moody-Adams - Revision history

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	[[File:Columbia v. college.jpg\|thumb\|This flowchart made for the website [[IvyGate]] was used to summarize the administrative changes that may have contributed to Moody-Adams' decision to leave the deanship<ref>http://www.ivygateblog.com/2011/08/columbia-college-dean-moody-adams-resigns-in-protest-over-columbia-administration/#more-15534</ref>]]		[[File:Columbia v. college.jpg\|thumb\|This flowchart made for the website [[IvyGate]] was used to summarize the administrative changes that may have contributed to Moody-Adams' decision to leave the deanship<ref>http://www.ivygateblog.com/2011/08/columbia-college-dean-moody-adams-resigns-in-protest-over-columbia-administration/#more-15534</ref>]]

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−	{{succession\|office=Dean of Columbia College\|years=[[2009]]-[[2011]]\|preceded=[[Austin Quigley]]\|succeeded=[[James Valentini]] ~~(Acting)~~}}	+	{{succession\|office=Dean of Columbia College\|years=[[2009]]-[[2011]]\|preceded=[[Austin Quigley]]\|succeeded=[[James Valentini]]}}

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 The morning of August 22, the [[Office of Public Affairs]] confirmed that Moody-Adams was resigning.  However, they said that it had been decided that her resignation would be effective immediately, stating "it is in the best interests of the College and the University that she step down immediately so that we can have an Interim Dean in place at the beginning of the new academic year."<ref>http://bwog.com/2011/08/22/breaking-moody-adams-resignation-effective-immediately/</ref>
-Moody-Adams' resignation followed on the heels of that of Provost [[Claude Steele]], raising suspicion that structural changes were creating broader waves of dissension and discontent among senior administrators.
+Moody-Adams' resignation followed on the heels of that of Provost [[Claude Steele]], raising suspicion that structural changes were creating broader waves of dissension and discontent among senior administrators. Some Columbia faculty, notably political scientist [[Frederick C. Harris]] and [[Journalism School]] professor [[June Cross]], insinuated to the ''[[New York Times]]'' that the resignations showed signs of racial bias lurked in the upper echelons of the Columbia administration,<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/nyregion/columbia-resignations-shake-faith-of-some-in-lee-bollinger.html</ref> but these ideas were met with extreme skepticism by most readers.<ref>http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/nyregion/columbia-resignations-shake-faith-of-some-in-lee-bollinger.html</ref>
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−	{{succession\|office=Dean of Columbia College\|years=[[2009]]-[[2011]]\|preceded=[[Austin Quigley]]\|succeeded=~~'''Incumbent'''~~}}	+	{{succession\|office=Dean of Columbia College\|years=[[2009]]-[[2011]]\|preceded=[[Austin Quigley]]\|succeeded=[[James Valenti]] (Acting)}}

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 [[Image:Mma.jpg|thumb|Michele M. Moody-Adams]]
-'''Michele M. Moody-Adams''' (sometimes simply known as '''MMA''' or '''MiMoo''' on [[Bwog]]) was the 15th [[Dean of Columbia College]], having succeeded [[Austin Quigley]] on July 1, 2009. She was the first woman and first African-American to hold the post.  She announced her resignation on August 21, [[2011]], citing structural changes to the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] which would have reportedly marginalized the decision-making power of the College deanship, with which she strongly disagreed.
+'''Michele M. Moody-Adams''' (sometimes simply known as '''MMA''' or '''MiMoo''' on [[Bwog]]) was the 15th [[Dean of Columbia College]], having succeeded [[Austin Quigley]] on July 1, [[2009]]. She was the first woman and first African-American to hold the post.  She announced her resignation on August 21, [[2011]], citing structural changes to the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] which would have reportedly marginalized the decision-making power of the College deanship, with which she strongly disagreed. Moody-Adams continues to hold a post in the [[Philosophy Department]].
-Moody-Adams continues to hold a post in the [[Philosophy Department]], as the Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory. Moody-Adams is accompanied to Columbia by her husband, [[James Eli Adams]], a Victorianist who will teach in the [[English Department]].
+==Education==
 She is said to be a strong supporter of the [[Core Curriculum]].
 Prior to her accepting the deanship, Moody-Adams was the Hutchinson Professor and Director of the Program on Ethics and Public Life at the Sage School of Philosophy at [[Cornell]], where she was also the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.
 ==Resignation==

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	The morning of August 22, the [[Office of Public Affairs]] confirmed that Moody-Adams was resigning. However, they said that it had been decided that her resignation would be effective immediately, stating "it is in the best interests of the College and the University that she step down immediately so that we can have an Interim Dean in place at the beginning of the new academic year."<ref>http://bwog.com/2011/08/22/breaking-moody-adams-resignation-effective-immediately/</ref>		The morning of August 22, the [[Office of Public Affairs]] confirmed that Moody-Adams was resigning. However, they said that it had been decided that her resignation would be effective immediately, stating "it is in the best interests of the College and the University that she step down immediately so that we can have an Interim Dean in place at the beginning of the new academic year."<ref>http://bwog.com/2011/08/22/breaking-moody-adams-resignation-effective-immediately/</ref>
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		+	Moody-Adams' resignation followed on the heels of that of Provost [[Claude Steele]], raising suspicion that structural changes were creating broader waves of dissension and discontent among senior administrators.

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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		+	[[File:Columbia v. college.jpg\|thumb\|This flowchart made for the website [[IvyGate]] was used to summarize the administrative changes that may have contributed to Moody-Adams' decision to leave the deanship<ref>http://www.ivygateblog.com/2011/08/columbia-college-dean-moody-adams-resigns-in-protest-over-columbia-administration/#more-15534</ref>]]
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	On August 21, 2011, the following email was leaked to [[Bwog]] and ''[[Spectator]]'' from an anonymous alumni tipster. The email is reportedly from Dean Moody-Adams to an undisclosed list of alumni announcing her resignation from the post of dean:		On August 21, 2011, the following email was leaked to [[Bwog]] and ''[[Spectator]]'' from an anonymous alumni tipster. The email is reportedly from Dean Moody-Adams to an undisclosed list of alumni announcing her resignation from the post of dean:

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 [[Image:Mma.jpg|thumb|Michele M. Moody-Adams]]
-'''Michele M. Moody-Adams''' (sometimes simply known as '''MMA''' or '''MiMoo''' on [[Bwog]]) was the 15th [[Dean of Columbia College]], having succeeded [[Austin Quigley]] on July 1, 2009. She was the first woman and first African-American to hold the post.  She resigned on August 22, 2011, citing structural changes to the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], with which she strongly disagreed.
+'''Michele M. Moody-Adams''' (sometimes simply known as '''MMA''' or '''MiMoo''' on [[Bwog]]) was the 15th [[Dean of Columbia College]], having succeeded [[Austin Quigley]] on July 1, 2009. She was the first woman and first African-American to hold the post.  She announced her resignation on August 21, [[2011]], citing structural changes to the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] which would have reportedly marginalized the decision-making power of the College deanship, with which she strongly disagreed.
-Moody-Adams also holds a post in the [[Philosophy Department]], as the Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory. Moody-Adams is accompanied to Columbia by her husband, [[James Eli Adams]], a Victorianist who will teach in the [[English Department]].
+Moody-Adams continues to hold a post in the [[Philosophy Department]], as the Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory. Moody-Adams is accompanied to Columbia by her husband, [[James Eli Adams]], a Victorianist who will teach in the [[English Department]].
 She is said to be a strong supporter of the [[Core Curriculum]].
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 ==Resignation==
-On August 21, 2011, the following email was leaked to Bwog and Spectator from an anonymous alumni tipster.  The email is reportedly from Dean Moody-Adams to an undisclosed list of alumni announcing her resignation from the post of dean:
+On August 21, 2011, the following email was leaked to [[Bwog]] and ''[[Spectator]]'' from an anonymous alumni tipster.  The email is reportedly from Dean Moody-Adams to an undisclosed list of alumni announcing her resignation from the post of dean:
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-The morning of August 22, the [[Office of Public Affairs]] confirmed that Moody-Adams was resigning.  However, they said that it had been decided that her resignation would be immediate, stating "it is in the best interests of the College and the University that she step down immediately so that we can have an Interim Dean in place at the beginning of the new academic year."<ref>http://bwog.com/2011/08/22/breaking-moody-adams-resignation-effective-immediately/</ref>
+The morning of August 22, the [[Office of Public Affairs]] confirmed that Moody-Adams was resigning.  However, they said that it had been decided that her resignation would be effective immediately, stating "it is in the best interests of the College and the University that she step down immediately so that we can have an Interim Dean in place at the beginning of the new academic year."<ref>http://bwog.com/2011/08/22/breaking-moody-adams-resignation-effective-immediately/</ref>
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