The core mission of the Center for Race, Inequality and Social Equity Studies (CRISES) is the scholarly analysis of contemporary ethno-racial inequality, especially as articulated with class-based and gendered social conditions, through rigorous methodologies, theory-driven insights, and empirically grounded research. The social scientific research conducted by CRISES will inform the vision and attainment of a world without invidious social conditions that are rooted in historical, institutional, and systemic ethno-racial, gender, and economic inequality. Through its research, collaborations across FAS and Harvard, convenings and residency of scholars, activists and students, CRISES envisions collective healing and a liberated society.

We are accepting applications for a one-year residential postdoctoral fellowship to study inequality in America. The Fellow will be selected based on their potential to make important contributions to the understanding of, and potential solutions to, systemic inequality in the United States. We are particularly interested in scholarship at the intersection of race, gender, family, and opportunity. Ideal candidates will have received (or be in the final stage of obtaining) a PhD in sociology, social psychology, economics, demography, political science, public health, gender studies, ethnic studies, or a related area in the social sciences.

Applications from scholars who are just completing their PhD, as well as from new junior faculty members who may be able to combine the fellowship with an early career leave, are welcome.

The Award
The fellowship consists of annual stipend of $87,500. The fellow will be eligible for Harvard’s subsidized, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. (Most of the benefit plans require a contribution from participants for coverage.) The fellow will also receive a research and travel allowance up to $5000 annually, and office space within the Center.

Applicants must have received a doctorate or terminal degree no earlier than 2021; applicants without a doctorate or terminal degree must demonstrate that they will receive such a degree no later than December 2026.

If you have not completed your graduate program, please still make sure to include your doctorate and anticipated degree date in the Educational Background section.

Internal (Harvard-affiliated) candidates please note: Those who received terminal degrees from Harvard, and postdocs currently on a one-year term at Harvard, are eligible for the fellowship but must propose new projects that are significantly distinct from their current research and that are intended to forge new connections within the University. Harvard candidates should not propose to continue to work with the same advisors or research groups with whom they are currently associated. No candidate should propose to work extensively with his or her thesis advisor.

Application review will begin in January and will continue on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

The application must include the following in order to be reviewed:

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

Please make sure you have supplied current and accurate email addresses for your referees, and please monitor your application to make sure the letters have been submitted. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we do not have time to track down missing letters.

You may use Interfolio. Interfolio provides you with a unique email address for each letter of recommendation. You need to obtain that address from Interfolio and enter it in the section of your application that requests your reference provider’s email address. (Once again, please double-check this email address for accuracy.) Complete instructions are available at the Interfolio Help Center.

Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal, Director of Administration and Operations
Center for Race, Inequality, and Social Equity Studies
William James Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138

$87,500

race, gender, inequality, social equity, work, family, opportunity