The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is led by Dean Barbara J. Grosz, Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, who serves on the President's Council of Deans.
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Barbara J. Grosz Dean of the Radcliffe Institute and Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
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Joanna Aizenberg Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute and Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
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Sharyn Bahn Associate dean for advancement |
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Ann Blair Senior advisor to the humanities program at the Radcliffe Institute and the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
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Nancy F. Cott Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
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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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Helen Ouellette Administrative dean |
| Susan S. Pintus Associate dean of finance |
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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 Director of 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 |
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Judith Vichniac Director of the fellowship program |












