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Carr-Ryan Center Leadership

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Maggie Gates

Executive Director

Mathias Risse

Mathias Risse

Faculty Director

Affiliated Faculty

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Desmond Ang

Associate Professor of Public Policy

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Arthur Applbaum

Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values

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Lotem Bassan-Nygate

Assistant Professor of Public Policy

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Jacqueline Bhabha

Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, HSPH; Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, HLS

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Cornell William Brooks

Hauser Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit Organizations; Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice

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Erica Chenoweth

Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, HKS; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe

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Dara Kay Cohen

Academic Dean for Faculty Development
Professor of Public Policy

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Yanilda González

Ford Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy

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Zoe Marks

Lecturer in Public Policy

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Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Lecturer on Education, HGSE

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Liz McKenna

Assistant Professor of Public Policy

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Samantha Power

Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, HKS; William D. Zabel '61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights, HLS

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Kathryn Sikkink

Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy

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Roya Talibova

Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Assistant Professor of International Relations

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Robert Wilkinson

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Leadership

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Danielle Allen

Graham Allison

Graham Allison

Eman Ansari

Eman Ansari

Gloria Ayee

Gloria Ayee

Eric Beerbohm

Eric Beerbohm

Gabriella Blum

Gabriella Blum

Claude Bruderlein

Claude Bruderlein

Martha Chen

Martha Chen

I. Glenn Cohen

I. Glenn Cohen

Bonnie Docherty

Bonnie Docherty

Ryan Enos

Ryan Enos

Susan H. Farbstein

Susan H. Farbstein

Archon Fung

Archon Fung

Marshall Ganz

Marshall Ganz

Tyler Giannini

Tyler Giannini

Deborah Hughes Hallett

Deborah Hughes Hallett

Kessely Hong

Kessely Hong

Nien-hê Hsieh

Nien-hê Hsieh

Sheila Jasanoff

Sheila Jasanoff

Alan Jenkins

Alan Jenkins

Doug Johnson

Douglas Johnson

David C. King

David C. King

Jennifer Leaning

Jennifer Leaning

Steven Levitsky

Steven Levitsky

Stephen P. Marks

Stephen P. Marks

Martha Minow

Martha Minow

Gerald L. Neuman

Gerald L. Neuman

Pippa Norris

Pippa Norris

Aminta Ossom

Aminta Ossom

Phuong Pham

Phuong Pham

Christopher Robichaud

Christopher Robichaud

Bruce Schneier

Bruce Schneier

Susanna Siegel

Susanna Siegel

Sandra Susan Smith

Sandra Susan Smith

Michael Ashley Stein

Michael Ashley Stein

Michael VanRooyen

Michael VanRooyen

Patrick Vinck

Patrick Vinck

James H. Waldo

James H. Waldo

Stephen M. Walt

Stephen M. Walt

Shoshana Zuboff

Shoshana Zuboff

Current Fellows

Tom Andrews

Tom Andrews

Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy Senior Fellow (2026-27)
Paul Angelo

Paul Angelo

Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy Senior Fellow (2026-27)
Anna Cave

Anna Cave

Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy Senior Fellow (2026-27)
Jessica Stern

Jessica Stern

Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy Senior Fellow (2025-27)
Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Senior Fellow (2025-27)

Jessica Stern

Jessica Stern

Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy Senior Fellow (2025-27)
Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Senior Fellow (2025-27)

Staff

Anna Livia Arida

Anna Livia Arida

Program Assistant

aarida@hks.harvard.edu
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Kyle Faneuff

Multimedia Communications Coordinator

Kyle_Faneuff@hks.harvard.edu
Jean Freedberg

Jean Freedberg

Changemakers Program Manager, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights

jfreedberg@hks.harvard.edu
Diego Garcia Blum

Diego Garcia Blum

Program Director, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights

diegogarciablum@hks.harvard.edu
Yuqing Lu

Yuqing Lu

Finance Manager

yuqinglu@hks.harvard.edu
Erin Norris

Erin Norris

Senior Fellowships Coordinator

enorris@hks.harvard.edu
Ana Karina Sibrian Zepeda

Ana Karina Sibrian Zepeda

Events and Program Coordinator

aksibrianzepeda@hks.harvard.edu
Ying Xin

Ying Xin

Program Manager, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights

yingxin@hks.harvard.edu
Meg Foley Yoder

Meg Foley Yoder

Assistant Director of Communications

myoder@hks.harvard.edu

Carr-Ryan Student Ambassadors

Nayanika Kapoor

Nayanika Kapoor

Student Ambassador

Ying Wang

Ying Wang

Student Ambassador

Learn more about the Carr-Ryan Center’s Advisory Board and the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program Founders.