#  New Faculty Associates 

 



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The following Harvard faculty accepted invitations to be Weatherhead Center Faculty Associates during the 2025–2026 academic year:



 

 

**Paulina Alberto**, Professor, Departments of African and African American Studies and of History. *Not pictured above*

**Marc Aidinoff**, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science.

**Augustin Bergeron**, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics.

**Beth Blum**, Professor of English, Department of English Literature.

**Emily Breza**, Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics.

**I. Glenn Cohen**, James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law; Deputy Dean; Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics, Harvard Law School.

**Samuel Donahue**, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology.



 

 

**Susan Farbstein**, Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.

**Matylda Figlerowicz**, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature.

**Eric Gurevitch**, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science.

**Rijul Kochhar**, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science. *Not pictured above*

**Alecia McGregor**, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Politics, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

**Adam Mestyan**, Ford Foundation Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

**Mark Wu**, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School.



 

 

 

 

 

 

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   [### In Memoriam

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