Faculty
In First, Four Harvard Schools to be Led by Black Women
Come Aug. 15, for the first time in Harvard’s history, four of the University’s schools will be led by African-American women.
Claudine Gay
Claudine Gay is the first woman and the first person of color to serve as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Decorated Economist Raj Chetty Returns to Harvard
Chetty, a recipient of a 2012 MacArthur “genius grant” and the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal, will return to Harvard this summer after three years at Stanford University.
Martha Minow Named University Professor
Minow, who served as Law School Dean from 2009 to 2017, will begin her appointment on July 1. She succeeds Laurel T. Ulrich, who is retiring on June 30, as 300th Anniversary University Professor.
Christopher W. Stubbs
Dean of Science Christopher W. Stubbs said in a Friday interview that he is planning to hire two new junior faculty members.
Christopher Stubbs Appointed Interim Dean of Science in FAS
Stubbs will be the second ever administrator in the role. His predecessor, Geophysics professor Jeremy Bloxham, became the inaugural holder of the position in 2007.
Christopher Stubbs
Physics and Astronomy Professor Christopher W. Stubbs has been appointed dean of science for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Margo Seltzer, the 'Soul' of SEAS, Leaves Legacy
In addition to setting firsts herself, Seltzer advocated for other women in the field and worked to improve the confidence of and retention rates for female students in Computer Science.
No Room For New Blood: Harvard’s Aging Faculty
While older professors bring years of experience to the classroom and are often sought out as mentors, when hiring budgets are tight, they can also preclude younger academics from finding a foothold at the University.
Breaking With 'Tradition,' Harvard Faculty Avoid Trump Administration
The distaste is mutual. Harvard faculty don’t want to work for Trump—and the administration likely doesn’t want to elevate academic elites.
The Age of the Corporation
As the aftershocks of the Corporation’s decision continue to reverberate through campus, and as a former Corporation member prepares to take Harvard’s top job, some wonder whether the University is entering a new era: the age of the Corporation.
A Tale of Two Larrys
But for all of Bacow’s and Summers’s differences and similarities, one element will likely remain as constant for the second Larry as it did for the first: an attentive Faculty eager to push the boundaries of its governing power.
Star Economics Prof Fryer Facing Harvard and State-Level Investigations, Barred from Lab He Heads
Economics Professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr. is being investigated separately by Harvard and the state of Massachusetts and has been barred by University officials from setting foot in the research lab he heads.
Rebuilding African and African American Studies
Over the course of the nineties, Harvard’s Afro-American Studies department put itself on the map primarily by increasing faculty recruitment.
In Short Supply: Women in the Economics Department
Many graduate students and faculty applaud these efforts for adding needed diversity to the department and improving departmental climate, some female department affiliates say it remains a challenge to constitute a minority in their field.
Harvey Mansfield
Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, who has worked at Harvard for over 50 years, poses outside of his home.
Sarah Lewis
Sarah Lewis is an Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies at Harvard.
‘A Leader of Growing Stature in the Art World’: Sarah Lewis Makes Her Mark
Lewis holds a joint assistant professorship in the Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Department of African and African American Studies.
University to Require Faculty and Staff to Complete Title IX Online Training
Faculty and staff across Harvard will be required to complete an online training on the University’s sexual and gender-based harassment policy starting in the fall.
Nearly Half of Surveyed Faculty Ambivalent About Bacow
Roughly 45 percent of surveyed Harvard faculty reported feeling neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the choice of Lawrence S. Bacow as Harvard’s next president.