Anya Bernstein Bassett is the Director of Studies in Social Studies and a Senior Lecturer.

Anya received her B.A. from Barnard College in 1990 and

Professor Beckert researches and teaches the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, with a particular emphasis on the history of capitalism

Eric Beerbohm is Professor of Government at Harvard University and Director of Graduate Fellowships at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. His

Lawrence D. Bobo holds appointments in the Department of Sociology and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. 

Lizabeth Cohen is the Howard Mumford Jones Professor American Studies and Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.  She is the author

Frank Dobbin received his BA from Oberlin College in 1980 and his PhD from Stanford University in 1987. Dobbin studies organizations, inequality, economic

Diana Eck's work on the United States focuses especially on the challenges of religious pluralism in a multireligious society. Since 1991, she has

Ryan Enos is an Associate Professor of Government and Faculty Associate in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science specializing in American Politics,

Richard B. Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University. He is currently serving as Faculty co-Director of the Labor and

Claudine Gay is the Dean of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Wilbur A.Cowett Professor of Government, and Professor of African and

Claudia Goldin is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of the NBER’s Development of the American Economy program. 

Jennifer Hochschild is the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Harvard

Christopher Sandy Jencks is the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy. He has taught at Harvard, Northwestern, the University of Chicago, and the

Lawrence Katz is the Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy. An historian by training, he has specialized in the explanation of

David C. King is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at The Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Chair of the Masters in Public Administration programs.

Jane Mansbridge, Charles Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, is the author of Beyond Adversary Democracy, an empirical and

Harvey C. Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government, studies and teaches political philosophy. He has written on Edmund Burke and the nature

Lisa McGirr specializes in the history of the 20th century United States. Her research and teaching interests bridge the fields of social and political

Eric Nelson is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Government at Harvard University. His research focuses on the history of political thought in early-modern

Thomas E. Patterson is Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press. He is author of the book Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism,

Paul Peterson is the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government in the Department of Government at Harvard University. He directs the Harvard Program

Robert D. Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard, where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. Professor

Nancy L. Rosenblum is the Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government. Her field of research is historical and contemporary

Robert J. Sampson is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and Director of the Boston Area Research Initiative. He served as

Theda Skocpol (PhD, Harvard, 1975) is the Victor S.Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University.  At Harvard, she has served as

Professor Snyder's primary research and teaching interests are in American politics. He has written on elections, campaign finance, legislative behavior and

Professor Verba is The Carl H.Pforzheimer University Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Government as Harvard University, where he taught for