The Shorenstein Center

Our Team

The Shorenstein Center’s community includes resident faculty, affiliated faculty, staff, and fellows.

Leadership

Nancy Gibbs
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Nancy Gibbs

Lombard Director of the Shorenstein Center and Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

Laura Manley
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Laura Manley

Shorenstein Center Executive Director

Resident Faculty

Matthew Baum
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Matthew Baum

Kalb Professor of Global Communication

Nancy Gibbs
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Nancy Gibbs

Lombard Director of the Shorenstein Center and Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

Jennifer Lerner
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Jennifer Lerner

Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Decision Science, and Management

Julia Minson
Julia Minson

Julia Minson

Associate Professor of Public Policy

Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers

Weatherhead Professor of Public Policy

Latanya Sweeney
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Latanya Sweeney

Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology

Jeffrey Seglin

Jeffrey Seglin

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Emeritus

James Waldo

James Waldo

Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, HKS; Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, SEAS

Affiliated Faculty

Lauren Brodsky

Lauren Brodsky

Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS

Faculty Affiliate

Jonathan Corpus Ong
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Jonathan Corpus Ong

Professor of Global Digital Media, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Faculty Affiliate

Susan Crawford

Susan Crawford

John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Faculty Affiliate

Noah Feldman

Noah Feldman

Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Chair, HLS

Faculty Affiliate

Amit Goldenberg

Amit Goldenberg

Assistant Professor of Business Administration, HBS

Faculty Affiliate

Juliette Kayyem

Juliette Kayyem

Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, HKS

Faculty Affiliate

David Lazer
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David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, Northeastern University

Faculty Affiliate

Tarek Masoud

Tarek Masoud

Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance, HKS

Faculty Affiliate

Pippa Norris

Pippa Norris

Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, HKS

Faculty Affiliate

David Rand

David Rand

Erwin H. Schell Professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT

Faculty Affiliate

Maya Sen

Maya Sen

Professor of Public Policy, HKS

Faculty Affiliate

Jonathan Zittrain

Jonathan Zittrain

George Bemis Professor of International Law, HLS

Faculty Affiliate

Center Staff

Max Boland

Max Boland

Program Coordinator, Student Media Initiative and Faculty Assistant to Nancy Gibbs and Latanya Sweeney

Nicole Dillon
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Nicole Dillon

Director of Finance and Administration

Lauren Faz
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Lauren Faz

Senior Administrative Coordinator

Emily Roseman
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Emily Roseman

Research Community Lead, Shorenstein Center

Liz Schwartz
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Liz Schwartz

Director of Communications and Strategy

Program Staff

Betsy Hartman

Betsy Hartman

Faculty Assistant & Project Coordinator, Lerner Lab

Heather Sulejman

Heather Sulejman

Managing Director of the Constructive Disagreement Project

Joe Nudell

Joe Nudell

Lead Engineer, Computational Policy Lab

Muskan Walia
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Muskan Walia

Research Associate, Computational Policy Lab

Sara Archambault
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Sara Archambault

Program Director, Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative

Enrique Pedráza-Botero
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Enrique Pedráza-Botero

Program Manager, Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative

Sydney Tanigawa
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Sydney Tanigawa

Project Coordinator, Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative

Carmen Nobel
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Carmen Nobel

Program Director and Editor-in-Chief, The Journalist's Resource

Clark Merrefield

Clark Merrefield

Senior Editor, Economics, The Journalist's Resource

Naseem Miller

Naseem Miller

Senior Editor, Health, The Journalist's Resource

Joshua Shank
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Joshua Shank

Manager, Public Interest Tech Lab

Current Fellows

Fellows

Jax Deluca

Jax Deluca

Documentary Film in the Public Interest Fellowship
Fall 2025

Patricia Aufderheide

Patricia Aufderheide

Documentary Film in the Public Interest Fellowship
Fall 2025

Azza Cohen
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Azza Cohen

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2026, Fall 2025

Allison Abbott
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Allison Abbott

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2026, Fall 2025

Ben Reininga
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Ben Reininga

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2026, Fall 2025

Julia Allison
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Julia Allison

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2026, Fall 2025

Rakoen Maertens
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Rakoen Maertens

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2026, Fall 2025

Rebecca Piazza
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Rebecca Piazza

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2026, Fall 2025

Steve Johnson
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Steve Johnson

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2026, Fall 2025

Mina Hsiang
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Mina Hsiang

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Kira Pollack
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Kira Pollack

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Christian L. Tom
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Christian L. Tom

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Gabriel Stein
Gabriel Stein

Gabriel Stein

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

V Spehar
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V Spehar

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Ravi Gupta

Ravi Gupta

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Shuwei Fang

Shuwei Fang

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Felipe Estefan
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Felipe Estefan

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Tracy Chou

Tracy Chou

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Leisel Bogan

Leisel Bogan

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Louis Barclay
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Louis Barclay

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025

Alex Smith

Alex Smith

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024

Megan Smith
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Megan Smith

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024

Mark MacGann

Mark MacGann

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024

Ben Monnie
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Ben Monnie

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024

Julia Angwin
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Julia Angwin

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023