Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, professor of French and chair of Africana studies, was named as a "rising superstar" among black intellectuals in a Chicago Sun-Times article (Aug. 27, 2002) by Michael Eric Dyson. Dyson calls Sharpley-Whiting "one of the country's most brilliant and prolific racial theorists." He said, "In an era when interdisciplinarity is lauded, Sharpley-Whiting's immense intellect and huge curiosity make her an ideal example."
Michael Eric Dyson, the author of the article, is the Avalon Professor of Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania.
