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Spotlight

How to Negotiate for the Academic Career You Truly Want
WAPPP Co-Director Hannah Riley Bowles outlines a simple four-step framework called “SURE” to help educators plan ahead for negotiations and further their careers. This approach was devised to help not only women but also those from marginalized groups and people of all genders more broadly.

The Black Agenda with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
In 2022, HKS doctoral student Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman published a critically acclaimed collection, The Black Agenda. WAPPP sat with Anna to chat about her book, which is the first trade publication to exclusively feature Black scholars and experts across economics, education, health, and climate.

Transgender Awareness Week 2022
WAPPP commemorates Transgender Awareness Week and honors the memory of Rodrigo Ventocilla MPA/ID 2023. Explore a selection of resources that raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face.
Research & Programs
This article cites a @HarvardHBS study co-authored by WAPPP affiliate faculty @francescagino, which found a significant gap between how much potential recipients want to be told feedback and how much givers think the recipient wants the feedback.
Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s @Kennedy_School Class Day Awards! 🎉
The winner of the Barbara Jordan Award for Women’s Leadership, which honors a graduating student at HKS for serving as a role model for women aspiring to be leaders, is Raie Gessesse, MPP '23. https://t.co/r3jLiSdF39
🎉 Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s @Kennedy_School Class Day Awards!
The winners of the Jane Mansbridge Research Award for their outstanding research paper are Alejandra Davila MPP '23, Alejandro Garcia MPP '23, @MbarekNesrine MPP '23, & Jamie Wu MPP '23. https://t.co/jHQ7Guv6jM
🎉 Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s HKS Class Day Awards! The winner of the Holly Taylor Sargent Prize for Women’s Advancement—recognizing a @Kennedy_School community member who's done the most to advance the status of women within HKS—is Annie Conderacci MC/MPA '23. https://t.co/3FbFV4z3bk
RT @Kennedy_School: It's time to celebrate the Class of 2023!
Post your graduation images and how you'll be celebrating using #HKSGrad fo…
Current and former mayors from across the country attended an April opening celebration for the Bloomberg Center for Cities, including WAPPP Oval Office alum and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
This article cites a @HarvardHBS study co-authored by WAPPP affiliate faculty @francescagino, which found a significant gap between how much potential recipients want to be told feedback and how much givers think the recipient wants the feedback.
🎉 Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s @Kennedy_School Class Day Awards!
The winners of the Jane Mansbridge Research Award for their outstanding research paper are Alejandra Davila MPP '23, Alejandro Garcia MPP '23, @MbarekNesrine MPP '23, & Jamie Wu MPP '23. https://t.co/jHQ7Guv6jM
RT @Kennedy_School: It's time to celebrate the Class of 2023!
Post your graduation images and how you'll be celebrating using #HKSGrad fo…
Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s @Kennedy_School Class Day Awards! 🎉
The winner of the Barbara Jordan Award for Women’s Leadership, which honors a graduating student at HKS for serving as a role model for women aspiring to be leaders, is Raie Gessesse, MPP '23. https://t.co/r3jLiSdF39
🎉 Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s HKS Class Day Awards! The winner of the Holly Taylor Sargent Prize for Women’s Advancement—recognizing a @Kennedy_School community member who's done the most to advance the status of women within HKS—is Annie Conderacci MC/MPA '23. https://t.co/3FbFV4z3bk
Current and former mayors from across the country attended an April opening celebration for the Bloomberg Center for Cities, including WAPPP Oval Office alum and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
This article cites a @HarvardHBS study co-authored by WAPPP affiliate faculty @francescagino, which found a significant gap between how much potential recipients want to be told feedback and how much givers think the recipient wants the feedback.
🎉 Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s HKS Class Day Awards! The winner of the Holly Taylor Sargent Prize for Women’s Advancement—recognizing a @Kennedy_School community member who's done the most to advance the status of women within HKS—is Annie Conderacci MC/MPA '23. https://t.co/3FbFV4z3bk
Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s @Kennedy_School Class Day Awards! 🎉
The winner of the Barbara Jordan Award for Women’s Leadership, which honors a graduating student at HKS for serving as a role model for women aspiring to be leaders, is Raie Gessesse, MPP '23. https://t.co/r3jLiSdF39
RT @Kennedy_School: It's time to celebrate the Class of 2023!
Post your graduation images and how you'll be celebrating using #HKSGrad fo…
🎉 Congrats to this year’s recipients of WAPPP’s @Kennedy_School Class Day Awards!
The winners of the Jane Mansbridge Research Award for their outstanding research paper are Alejandra Davila MPP '23, Alejandro Garcia MPP '23, @MbarekNesrine MPP '23, & Jamie Wu MPP '23. https://t.co/jHQ7Guv6jM
Current and former mayors from across the country attended an April opening celebration for the Bloomberg Center for Cities, including WAPPP Oval Office alum and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF LAND AND PEOPLE
The Women and Public Policy Program and the Harvard Kennedy School are located on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary unceded homeland of the Massachusett people, the surviving descendants of the first people of Massachusetts and of the Neponset band of the Massachusett. We honor this tradition and work toward a gender equity agenda that addresses the needs of all women, including Indigenous women and Indigenous communities. For more information, please visit our GAP Land Acknowledgement resource page.