Harry J. Elam Jr.
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Harry J. Elam Jr. is an American theater scholar and academic leader who became the first Black president of Occidental College.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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theater scholar ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Kennell Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brown University
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Occidental College
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American theater
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performance studies ⓘ theater studies ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | theater criticism ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
humanities
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theater and performance studies ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | African American ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership in liberal arts education
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scholarship on August Wilson ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Occidental College administration
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Stanford University faculty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first Black president of Occidental College
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leadership in higher education ⓘ scholarship on African American theater ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson
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Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads in Global Performance and Popular Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic administrator
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professor ⓘ theater scholar ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Olive H. Palmer Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University
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president of Occidental College ⓘ professor of theater and performance studies at Stanford University ⓘ senior vice provost for education at Stanford University ⓘ vice president for the arts at Stanford University ⓘ vice provost for undergraduate education at Stanford University ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles
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Stanford, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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