Drawn from several of Harvard’s schools, Radcliffe faculty leaders are experts in a broad array of fields and have interests that cross disciplinary boundaries. They work together and with faculty throughout Harvard to design and implement Radcliffe’s Academic Engagement Programs.
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Ewa Lajer-Burcharth Senior advisor to the humanities program at the Radcliffe Institute and professor of the history of art and architecture in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
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Brigitte Madrian Director of the social sciences program at the Radcliffe Institute and Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at the John F. Kennedy School of Government |
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Leah Price Senior advisor to the humanities program at the Radcliffe Institute and professor of English and Harvard College Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
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Robert J. Sampson Senior advisor to the social sciences program at the Radcliffe Institute, chair of the Department of Sociology, and Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
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Dimitar D. Sasselov Senior advisor to the science program at the Radcliffe Institute, professor of astronomy in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative |
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Rosalind A. Segal Senior advisor to the science program at the Radcliffe Institute, professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and member of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |






