Swanee Hunt

Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy
HKS Adjunct Faculty
Office Address
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Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 100
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-520-2266
Email: swanee_hunt@Harvard.Edu
Swanee Hunt

Profile

Swanee Hunt, Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy, was the Founding Director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School. Her past accomplishments include extensive work in domestic and foreign policy. As the U.S. Ambassador to Austria for four years (1993 to 1997), she focused on the conflict in the neighboring Balkan states and on the encouragement of women leaders throughout Eastern Europe. Hunt has contributed hundreds of articles to newspapers, magazines, and professional journals. She is a syndicated columnist, and her work has been featured in four TV documentaries. She chairs The Initiative for Inclusive Security, a global policy-oriented initiative integrating women into peace processes. She has a BA in philosophy, two masters degrees (in psychology and religion), and a doctorate in theology. Ambassador Hunt is the author of This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace and Half-Life of a Zealot. She is married to symphony conductor Charles Ansbacher; they have three children.

 

Courses

January

Media Expertise

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Hunt, Swanee. "Women Should Run for Office." TIME. May 20, 2008.
  • Op-Eds
    • Hunt, Swanee, and Don Steinberg. "In Disaster Zone, Women Are Key." Christian Science Monitor, January 24, 2005.
  • Reviews
    • Hunt, Swanee. "Leadership of Authority." Review of How the Wise Decide, by Bryn Zeckhauser. Ed. Julie Wilson. New York Times Book Review, May 12, 2008: 21-23.