People
Harvard Impact Labs is led by faculty co-directors and an executive director, with guidance and support from a distinguished group of Harvard faculty advisors from schools across the University. While we are University-wide in our scope and governance, our staff is based at Harvard Kennedy School.
James Kim
Co-Faculty Director, Harvard Impact Labs
Professor of Education
Jeffrey Liebman
Co-Faculty Director, Harvard Impact Labs
Professor of Social Policy
Amanda Pallais
Co-Faculty Director, Harvard Impact Labs
Professor of Economics
Danielle Allen
University Professor
Sara Bleich
Professor of Public Health Policy
Raj Chetty
Professor of Economics
Jessica Cohen
Professor of Health Economics
Andrew Crespo
Professor of Law
David Cutler
Professor of Applied Economics
Will Dobbie
Professor of Public Policy
Ryan Enos
Professor of Government
Edward Glaeser
Professor of Economics
Sharad Goel
Professor of Public Policy
Jim Greiner
Professor of Public Law
Rema Hanna
Professor of South-East Asia Studies
Gordon Hanson
Professor in Urban Policy
Jennifer Hochschild
Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies
Thomas Kane
Professor of Education and Economics
Lawrence Katz
Professor of Economics
Jerold Kayden
Professor of Urban Planning and Design
Karim Lakhani
Professor of Business Administration
Matthew Nock
Professor of Psychology
Todd Rogers
Professor of Public Policy
Robert Sampson
University Professor
Daniel Schneider
Professor of Social Policy and Professor of Sociology
Sandra Susan Smith
Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Sociology
Martin West
Professor of Education
Pauline Abernathy
Executive Director, Harvard Impact Labs
Pauline Abernathy is the founding Executive Director of Harvard Impact Labs and brings deep experience bridging scholarship, policy, and practice from senior roles in nonprofits, philanthropy, and government. She previously held key roles at The Institute...
Eliza Novick
Associate Director, Harvard Impact Labs
Eliza Novick is Associate Director at Harvard Impact Labs, bringing over a decade of experience in program leadership, operations, and startup experience to the team. Previously, she served as Director at the Shah Family Foundation, where she led...
