# People ## Harvard Academy Senior Scholars For a complete list of Harvard Academy Senior Scholars, visit the [Organization](/about/organization "Organization") page. Sort & Filters close ## Filters People expand\_more - Harvard Academy Scholars (13) - Harvard Academy Senior Scholars (17) - Administration (3) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 32 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Last Name A-ZLast Name Z-A sort list grid\_view ## 32 results [### David R. Armitage ](/people/david-r-armitage-0) Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Department of History; Chair, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University. **Research interests:** History of international law and international relations theory; colonialism and political theory; oceanic history; civil war; and treaties. ![Headshot of David R. Armitage.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/armitage_david_1_0_0.jpg?itok=6XK7lfQI) [### Lydia Assouad ](/people/lydia-assouad-0) Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (spring 2026). Assistant Professor, Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science. **Research interests:** Political economy of development; social cohesion; inequality; culture and institutions; and the Middle East. **Pronouns:** she/her/hers ![Headshot of Lydia Assouad.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/assouad_lydia.jpg?itok=vFOG1UsT) [### Luis Bosshart ](/people/luis-bosshart) Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. PhD, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science. **Research interests:** Political economy; development; institutional change; and Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Germany. ![Headshot of Luis Bosshart.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/bosshart-luis.jpeg?h=7bb4e9ef&itok=XMzMOyJE) [### Emily Breza ](/people/emily-breza-0) Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University. **Research interests:** Development economics, with a focus on financial markets, labor markets, and social networks. ![Headshot of Emily Breza.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/breza_emily.jpg?itok=gyrGnIW8) [### Melani Cammett ](/people/melani-cammett-0) Center Director; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar (on leave 2025–2026). Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University. **Research Interests:** Conflict; religion and ethnicity; development; and Middle East politics. **Pronouns:** she/her/hers ![Headshot of Melani Cammett.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/cammett_melani_1.jpg?itok=ytoMseQj) [### Timothy J. Colton ](/people/timothy-j-colton-0) Chair, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Faculty Associate. Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University. **Research interests:** Political change in Russia and Eurasia; conflict and security dilemmas in the region; and comparative regionalism, with special emphasis on the subjective component. ![Headshot of Timothy J. Colton.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/colton_tim.jpg?itok=x6qgUObU) [### Melissa Dell ](/people/melissa-dell-0) Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University. **Research interests:** Development economics; and political economy. ![Headshot of Melissa Dell](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/dell_melissa_250.jpg?itok=7Iy_6ee6) [### Sarah Dryden-Peterson ](/people/sarah-dryden-peterson-0) [sarah\_dryden-peterson@gse.harvard.edu](mailto:sarah_dryden-peterson@gse.harvard.edu)Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Director, REACH; Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. **Research interests:** Comparative education; community development; education in armed conflict, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa; migration; and transnationalism. **Pronouns:** she/her ![Headshot of Sarah Dryden-Peterson.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/dryden_peterson_sarah.jpeg?itok=uP4fEyB0) [### Grzegorz Ekiert ](/people/grzegorz-ekiert-0) Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Department of Government; Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University. **Research interests:** Civil society development in new democracies in Central Europe and East Asia; and patterns of transformations in the post-Communist world. ![Headshot of Grzegorz Ekiert.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/ekiert_grzegorz_5_0.jpg?itok=ay0-cHNj) [### Rema Hanna ](/people/rema-hanna-0) [rema\_hanna@hks.harvard.edu](mailto:rema_hanna@hks.harvard.edu)Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School. **Research interests:** Development and environmental economics; and discrimination influences in public-service provisions and education. ![Headshot of Rema Hanna.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/hanna_rema.jpg?h=5caece3d&itok=mfwhD0BG) [### Nicholas Harkness ](/people/nicholas-harkness-0) Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University. **Research interests:** Language, music, and semiotics; urban anthropology; anthropology of religion; and South Korea. ![Headshot of Nicholas Harkness.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/harkness_nicholas_1_0.jpg?itok=gbHcX5ks) [### Zahra Hayat ](/people/zahra-hayat-0) Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia. **Research interests:** Intellectual property; medical anthropology; law; pharmaceutical political economies; and South Asia. **Pronouns:** she/her ![Headshot of Zahra Hayat.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/academy/files/hayat_zahra.jpg?itok=OvtPhMon) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")