Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Faculty

Harvard faculty members are an integral part of the Radcliffe Institute’s dynamic, multidisciplinary community.

Radcliffe Institute Professors

Professorships at the Radcliffe Institute are offered in conjunction with tenured positions at the University and help attract leading scholars to the Harvard faculty. Radcliffe Institute Professors spend four semesters as fellows at the Institute during their first five years at the University. This opportunity to spend a total of two years pursuing independent research has helped attract stellar faculty to a range of schools at Harvard.

  • Joanna Aizenberg, [Photo by Tony Rinaldo]

    Joanna Aizenberg

    Director of the science program, Academic Ventures at the Radcliffe Institute, the Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, a director of the Kavli Institute for Bionanoscience, a founding core faculty member at the Wyss Institute

  • Annette Gordon Reed, [Photo courtesy of Annette Gordon-Reed]

    Annette Gordon-Reed

    Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute, professor at Harvard Law School, and professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

  • Nancy Hill, [Photo by Stephanie Mitchell]

    Nancy E. Hill

    Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute and professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Academic Ventures Faculty Associates

Our faculty associates in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences design Academic Ventures initiatives, including conferences and programs that engage leading thinkers and the general public in innovative ideas.

  • Joanna Aizenberg, [Photo by Tony Rinaldo]

    Joanna Aizenberg

    Director of the science program, Academic Ventures at the Radcliffe Institute, the Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, a director of the Kavli Institute for Bionanoscience, a founding core faculty member at the Wyss Institute

  • Ann Blair, [Photo by Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer]

    Ann Blair

    Senior advisor to the humanities program, Academic Ventures at the Radcliffe Institute and Harvard College Professor and Henry Charles Lea Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

  • Leah Price, [Photo by Tony Rinaldo]

    Leah Price

    Senior advisor to the humanities program, Academic Ventures at the Radcliffe Institute and professor of English in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

  • Robert J. Sampson, [Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer]

    Robert J. Sampson

    Director of the social sciences program, Academic Ventures at the Radcliffe Institute and Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Our dean and director of the Schlesinger Library are members of the Harvard faculty. In addition, Harvard faculty members from across the University are involved with us in the following ways:

  • Harvard tenure and tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply for and lead Exploratory Seminars. These opportunities for intensive and focused work help Harvard faculty members accelerate discussion and research by convening both University and international participants.
  • Since our founding in 1999, a number of Harvard faculty members have participated in the Fellowship Program and pursued individual projects within the multidisciplinary and international community of fellows.
  • Harvard faculty members partner with Radcliffe Institute program leaders to develop annual conferences and symposia and help design our events that bring together an array of experts for illuminating and timely discussions.