His former students founded theroot.com. After completing a doctorate at Cambridge, he published the seminal Signifying Monkey, which established his mix of new literary theory and contemporary folklore as a means of understanding literature, while a professor at Yale.  A 2006 PBS miniseries hosted by him discussed his ancestors, including an Irish King and the Yoruba people.  Unlike Anthony Appiah and Cornel West, he stayed at his current instit
His former students founded theroot.com. After completing a doctorate at Cambridge, he published the seminal Signifying Monkey, which established his mix of new literary theory and contemporary folklore as a means of understanding literature, while a professor at Yale.  A 2006 PBS miniseries hosted by him discussed his ancestors, including an Irish King and the Yoruba people.  Unlike Anthony Appiah and Cornel West, he stayed at his current institution following a departmental dispute with Lawrence Summers. For 10 points, name this current Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, one of the best known scholars in African-American studies.
His former students founded theroot.com. After completing a doctorate at Cambridge, he published the seminal Signifying Monkey, which established his mix of new literary theory and contemporary folklore as a means of understanding literature, while a professor at Yale.  
Henry Louis {Gates}, Jr.