People

Ben Kaplow

Hicham Alaoui Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Research interests: Colonization and decolonization; North Africa; land policy and the environment; political economy of natural resources; and state building.

Fethi Keles

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Part-Time Instructor, Anthropology Department, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.

Research interests: Forced migration; refugee resettlement; memory and identity; citizenship, integration, and belonging; refugees in the US; and Bosnian diasporas.

Saliha Khan

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Enterprise Advisor, Better Work Program, International Labour Organization (ILO), Pakistan.

Research interests: Labor governance; gender gaps; South Asian political economy; supply chains; qualitative policy analysis; feminist institutionalism; garment industry; institutional barriers; industrial relations; and marginalization in Pakistan.

Dean Kyne

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Full Professor, Department of Sociology; Coordinator, Disaster Studies Program, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Research interests: Disaster studies and governance; resilience; humanitarian response; environmental sociology; conflict-affected communities; justice; social vulnerability; GIS and spatial analysis; sustainability; public policy; and border communities.

Dijana Mujkanović

Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

PhD, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh.

Research interests: Personal cross-ethnic networks; ethnic conflict; intergroup relations; personal network analysis; ethnography; Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Israel.

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Senthil Nathan

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program (2026).

Chief Executive Officer, Fairtrade Australia New Zealand; Non-Executive Director, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID).

Research interests: Business ethics; responsible sourcing; workplace dignity; and social impact.

Gülce Özdemir

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham.

Research interests: Migration; urban governance; legal status and access to services; identity and social integration; and qualitative research.

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Nathalie Peutz

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Associate Professor, Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology, New York University Abu Dhabi; Global Network Associate Professor of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New York University.

Research interests: Forced migration; (im)mobility; climate change; environmental conservation; extinction; development; cultural heritage; Yemen; Arabian Peninsula; and Horn of Africa.

Sarah Pollack

spollack@wcfia.harvard.edu

Coordinator of the Weatherhead Executive Office and Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Dean Ray

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program; Affiliate, Canada Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion.

PhD, Department of Sociology, York University.

Research interests: Settler colonialism; Indigenous peoples; Canada; US; politics of recognition; and social theory.

Matthew Simonson

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2026).

Senior Lecturer (Tenure Track), Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Research interests: Ethnic conflict; network analysis; genocide; peacebuilding; civil wars; Balkans; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; protests; and public opinion.