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About<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Directors<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2023 Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All bios current as of 20<\/em>23<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Co\u00f6rdinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Hilton Simmet<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Hilton Simmet is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy and a Research Associate with the Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard Kennedy School. Hilton\u2019s academic interests center on the construction of the science and politics of inequality in France, India and the US. He is interested in how methods from the social sciences develop out of diverse concerns about social justice across democratic societies, with a particular focus comparing the emergence of methods of historical data collection, action-oriented research and randomized control trials (RCTs). In analyzing the co-production of social science with political contestations about inequality he hopes to illuminate distinct, culturally-embedded understandings of the constitutional boundaries between science and politics in three countries. For the 2023-4 academic year Hilton will be a graduate research associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Administrator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Laura Flynn<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Laura Flynn is a native to the Boston area and has spent most of her career in financial services. She brings a passion for higher education to the role of Program Manager for Harvard STS. Laura studied marketing and finance at Boston University\u2019s Metropolitan College. She currently lives north of Boston with her husband Steven and sons, Kelan, and Gerard. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her large extended family, reading, baking, photography and attending the events of her nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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2022 Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All bios current as of 20<\/em>22<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Co\u00f6rdinators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Hilton Simmet<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Hilton Simmet is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy and a Research Associate with the STS Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Hilton\u2019s interests center on the relationship between political theory and public policy, with a particular focus on the role of economics in defining contemporary ideas of justice and progress. His dissertation research asks how the social sciences of poverty, inequality and development address the politics of justice in comparative context. In particular, he examines how diverse social science methods\u2014randomized control trials (RCTs), distributional national accounts, and citizen engagement\u2014navigate the boundary between scientific analysis and political action in the US, France and India. For the 2022-23 academic year he has been awarded a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship from Harvard for study in France and India.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sam Weiss Evans<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Sam Weiss Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at the Program for Science, Technology, and Society at the Harvard Kennedy School and Lecturer at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His current projects include research on security governance of science and emerging technology, and methods for STS researchers to engage with engineers and scientists on the social and political aspects of early stage research. He is also Project Coordinator for the Trust in Science project<\/a> (in collaboration with the Harvard Data Science Initiative).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Emily Rider Neill<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Emily has worked in Higher Ed for most of her career at both Harvard and MIT. Her most recent position before joining STS was as Program Manager of the Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Program at MIT. She got her doctorate from Harvard Divinity School in the Religion, Gender, and Culture program and her dissertation work focused on the political effects of feminist rhetorics of the body. She is the mother of 2 sons, the youngest of 4 beloved siblings, and the author of Closet Smarts, a book about how to dress real-sized bodies (because every dissertation needs a side-car project). She is the sole proprietor of a business of the same name. She is a lover of cats, a news-junkie, and a big fan of live music in smaller venues.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2021 Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All bios current as of 20<\/em>21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Co\u00f6rdinators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sam Weiss Evans<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Sam Weiss Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at the Program for Science, Technology, and Society at the Harvard Kennedy School and Lecturer at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Sam manages the STS Program\u2019s web presence and leads the tech team for the Summer School. His current projects include research on security governance of science and emerging technology, and methods for STS researchers to engage with engineers and scientists on the social and political aspects of early stage research. He is also Project Coordinator for the Trust in Science project<\/a> (in collaboration with the Harvard Data Science Initiative).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Hilton Simmet<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Hilton Simmet is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Research Associate in the Program on Science, Technology and Society. As part of his doctoral work, he has conducted research in Bangalore, India on the National Science Foundation project \u201cTraveling Imaginaries: A Comparative Study of Three Models of Innovation in Transnational Implementation.\u201d He is currently working on the transnational \u201cTransformations to Sustainability (T2S)\u201d project with the Belmont Forum. He holds an A.B. from Harvard College in Social Studies, an M.A. in Political Science from Yale University, and was a Fulbright student fellow in Senegal. He will be a Graduate Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics in 2021-22.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2019 Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All bios current as of 2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Co\u00f6rdinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Geneva Smith<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In 2019 Geneva Smith was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Program on Science, Technology and Society and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology with a Ph.D. Fellowship from the Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico. At Harvard, Geneva ethnographically studied the co-production of agricultural biotechnology and economic justice in Argentina. Geneva earned a B.A. in French Studies from Smith College in 2004, and a M.A. in Global Policy Studies specializing in Security, Law, and Diplomacy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Shana Ashar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, Shana Rabinowich Ashar was Assistant Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Society. In this role, she oversaw all of the STS Program\u2019s administrative operations, finances, and events. Shana holds a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Higher Education Administration, both from Boston College. Before joining the STS Program in 2010, Shana worked on international research programs, events, and administration at the Harvard Kennedy School\u2019s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Co\u00f6rdinators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Alessandro Allegra<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alessandro Allegra is a 2018-2019 Visiting Research Fellow and a Fulbright-Schuman Scholar with the Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is a doctoral candidate in STS at University College London (UCL), working on the role of cultural differences in the provision of scientific advice to policymaking in the European Union.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Harry Begg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Harry has studied at UCL and Oxford, and holds MSc and MA (Oxon) degrees. He is a British citizen and grew up in Jersey, Channel Islands, where he developed a love of coastlines and community. Harry teaches British politics and public policy, and comparative government. Before joining the Blavatnik School, he worked for General Stanley McChrystal (US Army, ret.) in Washington, D.C., where he contributed to McChrystal\u2019s efforts to reform leadership practices across government, business and civil society\u2014an ongoing effort which calls for flattening hierarchies and learning to operate more effectively in networks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hilton Simmet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hilton Simmet is a Research Associate in the Program on Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. As part of his doctoral work, he has conducted research in Bangalore, India on the National Science Foundation project \u201cTraveling Imaginaries: A Comparative Study of Three Models of Innovation in Transnational Implementation\u201d and he will be working on the transnational \u201cTransformations to Sustainability (T2S)\u201d project with the Belmont Forum. He was a Fulbright student fellow in Senegal and holds an A.B. from Harvard College in Social Studies, with a secondary field in Physics. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Funding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The STS Summer School is jointly hosted by the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School<\/a> and the Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard Kennedy School<\/a>, with the generous support of the Hewlett Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

STS Summer School @ Harvard <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program on Science, Technology and Society<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

79 John F. Kennedy Street <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cambridge MA, 02138 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

sts.harvardsummer@gmail.com<\/a>
1-617-496-0807<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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