#  Timothy Patrick McCarthy 

Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights. 

Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Faculty Chair, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program, Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, Harvard Kennedy School.

 

 

 



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**Research interests**: History, culture, and politics of the United States; social movements and protest traditions; gender and sexuality/LGBTQ+ studies; African American and ethnic studies; human rights; leadership and communication; diversity, equity, and inclusion; education policy; higher education; and moral, civic, and ethical education.

**Pronouns**: he/him



 

 

 





 

 

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