2017

Sunil Amrith

Sunil Amrith

Director, Center for History and Economics; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate.
Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Department of History, Harvard University

Research interests: Transregional movement of people, ideas, and institutions; history of public health and poverty; the history of migration; environmental history; and South and Southeast Asia.

1 Bow Street, 3rd floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 496-5697
Jason Beckfield

Jason Beckfield

Faculty Associate. Robert G. Stone, Jr. Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Research interests: Impact of European integration on economic inequality and the welfare state; the evolution of the network structure of international organizations; and the social determinants of health inequalities.

WJH 550
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-3895

David Coletti

Kenneth I. Juster Fellow. Committee on Degrees in History and Literature, Harvard College.

Research interests: The influence of international tourism and capitalism on the LGBT Community in São Paulo.

Jessica Margaret Dorfmann

Undergraduate Associate; Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard College.

Research interests: Indigenous history education for new immigrants in New Zealand and Australia.

Theodore J. Gilman

Theodore J. Gilman

Executive Director; Executive Committee.
Research interests: Comparative and international politics of Japan and East Asia; urban politics and revitalization; and disaster preparedness and recovery.
1737 Cambridge Street
Room K233
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-2125
Melda  Ayse  Gurakar

Melda Ayse Gurakar

Undergraduate Associate; Frank M. Boas Fellow. Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard College.

Research interests: Understanding human rights and justice in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey.

Kais Khimji

Kais Khimji

Undergraduate Associate; Canada Program Undergraduate Fellow. Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard College.

Research interests: Canada and the Ismaili Imamate: The relationship between His Highness the Aga Khan IV and the Canadian federal government.

Michèle Lamont

Michèle Lamont

Center Director; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies,
Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

Research interests: Culture, inequality, and boundaries; racism, race, and immigration; definitions of excellence in higher education; comparative sociology; and contemporary sociological theory.

1737 Cambridge Street
Room K218A, Mailbox #36
Cambridge, MA 02138
f: (617) 495-8292
p: (617) 495-5689
Erez Manela

Erez Manela

Director, Graduate Student Programs; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

Research interests: International history; evolution of international society; US foreign relations; modern Middle East; modern East Asia; and international and global health.

Robinson Hall 220
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 496-6467
Doménica Merino

Doménica Merino

Undergraduate Associate; Simmons Family Research Fellow; Undergraduate Research Fellow, Weatherhead Initiative on Gender Inequality. Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard College.

Research interests: Gender inequality and reproductive rights in Latin America, with a focus on Ecuador; the effects of laws on medical work environments; and physicians' perceived duty to their patients and the state.

Sarah  Nyangweso Michieka

Sarah Nyangweso Michieka

Undergraduate Associate; Rogers Family Research Fellow. Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard College.

Research interests: Kenyan political processes and how they are translating to the diaspora in the light of the recent expansion of the diaspora vote.

Allyson Rose Perez

Allyson Rose Perez

Undergraduate Associate; Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard College.

Research interests: Demystifying and identifying opportunities for US-Cuba agricultural relations.

Clare Putnam

Clare Putnam

Coordinator, Student Programs and Fellowships.
1737 Cambridge Street
Room K221, Mailbox #38
Cambridge, MA 02138
f: (617) 495-8292
p: (617) 495-9899