In past years, the WAPPP Research Fellowship Program and our retired Leaders in Practice Program have brought together a diverse set of people—from doctoral, post-doctoral, and faculty to leaders from the public, private and non-profit sectors—and supported their studies related to gender.

Former Research Fellows

Senior Fellows

Research Fellows

  • Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, PhD candidate in public policy and economics, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Joan Martínez, PhD candidate in economics, UC Berkeley
  • Justus Bamert, PhD candidate in economics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Sandra Portocarrero, Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School
  • Senem Ertan, Associate Professor of political science, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey
  • Shibeal O' Flaherty, PhD Candidate in public policy, King's College London; Research Associate, What Works for Children's Social Care

  • Saika Belal, PhD candidate in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California Berkeley
  • Logan Berg, Joint Research Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program and Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Sebawit G. Bishu, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver
  • Anne Boring, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Nadja Born, PhD candidate in Organizational Behavior, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
  • Christelle Comair, Doctoral Researcher, Université Paris-Saclay
  • Elif E. Demiral, Assistant Professor of Economics, Austin Peay State University
  • Phoebe Donnelly, Visiting Fellow, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
  • Senem Ertan, Associate Professor of political science, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey
  • Rachael Goodwin, PhD candidate in Management, University of Utah
  • Tanushree Goyal, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
  • Marc Grau-Grau, Assistant Professor of Social and Family Policies, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; Researcher and ChildCare and Family Policy Chair, UIC
  • Christiana Kelly, PhD candidate in Education, Culture, and Society, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
  • David Klinowski, Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing and Business Economics, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
  • Lucia Macchia, Lecturer at City, University of London; Visiting Fellow in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics
  • Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Department of Economics, Northeastern University; Associate Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
  • Javaeria Qureshi, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Deniz Sanin, PhD candidate in Economics, Georgetown University

  • Logan Berg, Joint Research Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program and Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Sebawit G. Bishu, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver
  • Elif E. Demiral, Assistant Professor of Economics, Austin Peay State University
  • Phoebe Donnelly, Visiting Fellow, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
  • Rachael Goodwin, PhD candidate in Management, University of Utah
  • Marc Grau-Grau, Assistant Professor of Social and Family Policies, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; Researcher and ChildCare and Family Policy Chair, UIC
  • David Klinowski, Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing and Business Economics, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
  • Lucia Macchia, Lecturer at City, University of London; Visiting Fellow in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics
  • Inmaculada Macias-Alonso, Joint Postdoctoral Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and Department of Economics at the University of Chicago
  • Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Department of Economics, Northeastern University; Associate Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
  • Nishith Prakash, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut; Research Fellow, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University College London
  • Javaeria Qureshi, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Laura Sjoberg, British Academy Global Professor of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London; Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
  • Martina Viarengo, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva

  • Julia B. Bear, Associate Professor, College of Business, Stony Brook University
  • Sebawit G. Bishu, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver
  • Manuela Collis, Research Associate, Harvard Business School; Research Chair, Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG), Harvard Kennedy School
  • Amal El Sana, Executive Director, International Community Action Network (ICAN), McGill University
  • Marc Grau-Grau, Assistant Professor of Social and Family Policies, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; Researcher and ChildCare and Family Policy Chair, UIC
  • Brit Grosskopf, Professor of Economics, University of Exeter Business School
  • Ivona Hideg, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Organizational Leadership; Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
  • Inmaculada Macias-Alonso, Joint Postdoctoral Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and Department of Economics at the University of Chicago
  • Nishith Prakash, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut; Research Fellow, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University College London
  • Leonora Risse, Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University, Australia

  • S Anukriti, Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston College; Research Affiliate, Institute for Labor Economics (IZA)
  • Marc Grau-Grau, Assistant Professor of Social and Family Policies, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; Researcher and ChildCare and Family Policy Chair, UIC
  • Sa-kiera Hudson, PhD candidate in Social Psychology, Harvard University
  • Siri Isaksson, PhD candidate in candidate in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Melanie Khamis, Associate Professor of Economics, Wesleyan University; Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
  • Jeni Klugman, Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security
  • Inmaculada Macias-Alonso, Joint Postdoctoral Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and Department of Economics at the University of Chicago
  • Jessica Pan, Associate Professor of Economics, National University of Singapore; Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
  • Jessica Preece, Associate Professor in Political Science, Brigham Young University
  • Chiara Trombini, Associate Professor of Organization and People Management, Luiss Business School
  • Clémentine Van Effenterre, Research Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics
  • Ghazal Zulfiqar, Assistant Professor, Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

  • Katie Beavan, Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank; PhD candidate, Bristol Business School, University of West England
  • Marc Grau-Grau, Assistant Professor of Social and Family Policies, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; Researcher and ChildCare and Family Policy Chair, UIC
  • Sa-kiera Hudson, PhD candidate in Social Psychology, Harvard University
  • Siri Isaksson, PhD candidate in candidate in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Jeni Klugman, Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security
  • Henriette Kolb, Head of the Gender Secretariat, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Shira Mor, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies and Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University
  • Chiara Trombini, Associate Professor of Organization and People Management, Luiss Business School
  • Clémentine Van Effenterre, Research Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics
  • Jia Xue, PhD candidate in Social Welfare, University of Pennsylvania

  • Renata Camara, Captain, United States Army
  • Eliana Carranza, Senior Economist, Jobs Group, The World Bank
  • Ana Catalano Weeks, College Fellow, Department of Government, Harvard University
  • Laura Gee, Assistant Professor of Economics, Tufts University
  • Alyson Gounden Rock, Joint Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program and Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Marc Grau-Grau, Assistant Professor of Social and Family Policies, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; Researcher and ChildCare and Family Policy Chair, UIC
  • Emma Heikensten, PhD candidate in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics; Fellow, Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences (SEAS)
  • Jeni Klugman, Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security
  • Ariella Kristal, PhD candidate in Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School
  • Shira Mor, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies and Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University
  • Sally Nuamah, Join Postdoctoral Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
  • Anna Raute, Assistant Professor of Economics; University of Mannheim; Research Fellow, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London
  • Elizabeth Singer More, Associate Director, Open Circle Jewish Learning, Hebrew College
  • Chiara Trombini, Associate Professor of Organization and People Management, Luiss Business School
  • Georgina Waylen, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester, UK; Co-Director, Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN)

  • Anita Gohdes, Joint Postdoctoral Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program and International Security Program at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Emma Heikensten, PhD candidate in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics; Fellow, Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences (SEAS)
  • Jeni Klugman, Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security
  • Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Vera Mironova, Joint Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program and International Security Program at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Laura Sjoberg, British Academy Global Professor of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London; Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
  • Bobbi Thomason, Senior Fellow and Lecturer, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Kathrin Zippel, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Northeastern University

  • Victoria Brescoll, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Business
  • Seletha Butler, Assistant Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business
  • Amanda Clayton, Postdoctoral Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Pinar Fletcher, PhD candidate in Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School
  • Margaret Jenkins, Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Research Associate, Institute of Women, Peace and Security, Georgetown University
  • Jeni Klugman, Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security
  • Zoe Marks, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Liza Mügge, Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department, University of Amsterdam; Associate Director, Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender & Sexuality (ARC-GS)
  • Albena Neschen, Professor of Business Ethics, University of Applied Sciences of the Industry (FHDW) Bergisch-Gladbach; Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Management, University of Cologne
  • Elisabeth Prügl, Professor of International Relations, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva; Director, Geneva Graduate Institute Gender Centre  

  • May Al-Dabbagh, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, New York University, Abu Dhabi
  • Victoria Brescoll, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Business
  • Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Join Postdoctoral Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
  • Joanna Everitt, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of New Brunswick, Saint John
  • Stephen Frost, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, London Organising Committee, Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd.; Founder and Principal, Frost Included
  • Berit C. Gerritzen, PhD candidate in Economics and Finance, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Julia J. Lee, PhD candidate in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Zoe Marks, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Maliheh Paryavi, PhD candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University

  • May Al-Dabbagh, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, New York University, Abu Dhabi
  • Lakshmi Balachandra, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Babson College; Visiting Lecturer, Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Join Postdoctoral Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
  • Stephen Frost, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, London Organising Committee, Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd.; Founder and Principal, Frost Included
  • Laura Kray, Professor and The Ned and Carol Spieker Chair in Leadership, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
  • Daniel Manne, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethics and Public Life, Cornell University, Sage School of Philosophy
  • Maliheh Paryavi, PhD candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University
  • Petra Persson, Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford University
  • Miriam Schwartz-Ziv, Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance, Michigan State University
  • Olga Shurchkov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College
  • Alexandra van Geen, Assistant Professor of Finance, Erasmus School of Economics
  • Martina Viarengo, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva
  • Le Wang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies, University of  Alabama

  • May Al-Dabbagh, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, New York University, Abu Dhabi
  • Lakshmi Balachandra, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Babson College; Visiting Lecturer, Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Paula Caplan, Research Associate, Harvard University, DuBois Institute; Director; Voices of Diversity Project
  • Kathleen Coyne-McCoy, campaign strategist; Principal, KCM Consulting
  • Sreedhari Desai, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flager Business School
  • Julian Jamison, Senior Economist, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau;  Research Associate, Innovations for Poverty Action
  • Katja Kaufman, Professor of Economics, Universitá Bocconi
  • Pinar Keskin, Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College
  • Daniel Manne, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethics and Public Life, Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University
  • Maliheh Paryavi, PhD candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University
  • Olga Shurchkov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College
  • Alexandra van Geen, Assistant Professor of Finance, Erasmus School of Economics
  • Martina Viarengo, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva

  • May Al-Dabbagh, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, New York University, Abu Dhabi
  • Paula Caplan, Research Associate, Harvard University, DuBois Institute; Director; Voices of Diversity Project
  • Kathleen Coyne-McCoy, campaign strategist; Principal, KCM Consulting
  • Sreedhari Desai, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flager Business School
  • Julian Jamison, Senior Economist, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau;  Research Associate, Innovations for Poverty Action
  • Pinar Keskin, Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College
  • Maliheh Paryavi, PhD candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University
  • Laura Sjoberg, British Academy Global Professor of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London; Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
  • Alexandra van Geen, Assistant Professor of Finance, Erasmus School of Economics
  • Martina Viarengo, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva

Former Leaders in Practice

  • Nancy Birdsall, Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Center for Global Development

  • Nancy Birdsall, Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Center for Global Development
  • Farai Chideya, host, creator, and CEO of Our Body Politic
  • Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (2013-2020), Harriet L. Weissman and Paul M. Weissman distinguished fellow in leadership at the Weissman Center for Leadership, Spring 2022 Hauser Leader at the Center for Public Leadership
  • Deepa Purushothaman, author of The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America; Co-Founder of nFormation; U.S. Board Member of the Avasara Leadership Institute
  • Rati Thanawala, Founder of the Leadership Academy for Women of Color in Tech; 2018 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University 

  • Nancy Birdsall, Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Center for Global Development
  • LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter Fund and BVM Capacity Building Institute; 2020-2021 Hauser Leader at the Center for Public Leadership
  • Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
  • Deepa Purushothaman, author of The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America; Co-Founder of nFormation; U.S. Board Member of the Avasara Leadership Institute 
  • Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at HKS; faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Hillary Rodham Clinton Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
  • Rati Thanawala, Founder of the Leadership Academy for Women of Color in Tech; 2018 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University 

  • Nancy Birdsall, Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Center for Global Development
  • Ashley Judd, leader of the #MeToo movement; founding member of TIME's UP; Global Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
  • Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at HKS; faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Hillary Rodham Clinton Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

  • Nancy Birdsall, Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Center for Global Development