Organization

The leadership of The Harvard Academy responds to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and includes a Chair and a committee of Senior Scholars. The latter are senior Harvard faculty representing several social science disciplines (anthropology, economics, history, political science, and sociology) and multiple world regions. They mentor Academy Scholars in residence, participate in Harvard Academy events, and serve on the selection committee for the Academy Scholars Program.

Current Senior Scholars

  • David R. Armitage, Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History and Chair, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Emily Breza, Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs and Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Timothy J. Colton, Chair, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Melissa Dell, Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics (on leave 2024–2025), Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Grzegorz Ekiert, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government (on leave spring 2025), Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Rema Hanna, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Nicholas Harkness, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology and Director, Korea Institute, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Eliana La Ferrara, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Mary D. Lewis, Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government (on leave 2024-2025), Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Jocelyn Viterna, Professor of Sociology and Chair, Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Former Senior Scholars

  • Henry Rosovsky, Chairman, Harvard Academy, 1986–1996 and Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Emeritus (deceased)
  • Samuel P. Huntington, Chairman, Harvard Academy, 1996–2004 and Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Emeritus (deceased)
  • Jorge I. Domínguez, Chair, Harvard Academy, 2004–2018 and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico (retired)
  • Sunil Amrith, Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History, Yale University
  • Robert H. Bates, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies, Emeritus
  • Steven Caton, Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies, Emeritus
  • John H. Coatsworth, Professor of International and Public Affairs and of History, Columbia University
  • Henrietta Harrison, Professor of Chinese History and Stanley Ho Tutorial Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Oxford
  • Engseng Ho, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University
  • Elisabeth Köll, Professor of History and William Payden Collegiate Chair, Notre Dame University
  • Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Emeritus (deceased)
  • Ian J. Miller, Professor of History and Faculty Dean of Cabot House
  • Sally Falk Moore, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology, Emerita (deceased)
  • Roy Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Emeritus (deceased)
  • Nathan Nunn, Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, The University of British Columbia
  • Edward Roger Owen, A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus (deceased)
  • Dwight H. Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus
  • Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Emerita
  • James A. Robinson, Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor, The University of Chicago
  • Nadav Safran, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Emeritus (deceased)
  • Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor
  • Mary M. Steedly, Professor of Anthropology, Emerita (deceased)
  • Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and of Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies, City University of New York
  • Adam Ulam, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, Emeritus (deceased)
  • Ezra F. Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus (deceased)
  • Odd Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History, Yale University
  • John Womack, Jr., Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin-American History and Economics, Emeritus

Current Administration

  • George Soroka, Executive Officer
  • Kathleen Hoover, Program Coordinator

Former Administration

  • Chester D. Haskell, Executive Secretary, 1986–2000
  • James Clem, Executive Officer, 2001–2006
  • Laurence Winnie, Executive Officer, 2007–2014
  • Bruce V. Jackan, Executive Officer, 2014–2021
  • Kaori Urayama, Executive Officer, 2021–2023