Gen Ed is a unique place where faculty from virtually all of Harvard’s twelve schools offer courses that they've always dreamed -- and students take courses they'll never forget.
James G. Anderson Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric ChemistryGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1167. Climate Crossroads (Science & Technology in Society)anderson@huarp.harvard.edu
Dimiter Angelov Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine HistoryGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1088. The Crusades and the Making of East and West (Histories, Societies, Individuals)dangelov@fas.harvard.edu
Arthur Applbaum Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic ValuesGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1035: Dissent and Disobedience in Democracies (Ethics & Civics)arthur_applbaum@hks.harvard.edu
Ali Asani Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures Gen Ed courses: Gen Ed 1087. Multisensory Religion: Rethinking Islam Through the Arts (Aesthetics & Culture) Gen Ed 1134. Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies (Histories, Societies, Individuals) aliasani@fas.harvard.edu
David Atherton Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and CivilizationsGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1067. Creativity (Aesthetics & Culture)datherton@fas.harvard.edu
Satchit Balsari Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Gen Ed course: Gen Ed 1011. Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems (Histories, Societies, Individuals)
Soha Bayoumi Lecturer on the History of ScienceAllston Burr Resident Dean of Kirkland House and Assistant Dean of Harvard CollegeGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1150. Medicine and Conflict: The History and Ethics of Healing in Political Turmoil (Ethics & Civics) sbayoumi@fas.harvard.edu
Giovanni Bazzana Professor of New TestamentGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1001. Stories from the End of the World (Aesthetics & Culture)gbazzana@hds.harvard.edu
Anne Becker Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine Gen Ed course: Gen Ed 1093. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Cares? Reimagining Global Health (Science & Technology in Society) anne_becker@hms.harvard.edu
Sven Beckert Laird Bell Professor of HistoryGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1159. American Capitalism (Histories, Societies, Individuals)beckert@fas.harvard.edu
Robin Bernstein Harvard College ProfessorDillon Professor of American HistoryProfessor of African and African American Studies and of Women, Gender & Sexuality Gen Ed course: Gen Ed 1113. Race, Gender, and Performance (Aesthetics & Culture; Histories, Societies, Individuals) rbernst@fas.harvard.edu
Andrew Berry Assistant Head Tutor, Integrative BiologyLecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Gen Ed courses Gen Ed 1029. What is Life? From Quarks to Consciousness (Science & Technology in Society) Gen Ed 1004. Understanding Darwinism (Histories, Societies, Individuals; Science & Technology in Society) berry@oeb.harvard.edu
Theodore C. Bestor Reischauer Institute Professor of Social AnthropologyDirector, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Gen Ed course: Gen Ed 1124. Food Culture and Society (Histories, Societies, Individuals) bestor@fas.harvard.edu
Ann Blair Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor Gen Ed course: Gen Ed 1034. Texts in Transition (Histories, Societies, Individuals) amblair@fas.harvard.edu
Peter K. Bol Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and CivilizationsGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1136: Power and Civilization: China (Histories, Societies, Individuals)pkbol@fas.harvard.edu
Allan M. Brandt Professor of the History of ScienceAmalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of MedicineGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1170. Confronting Covid-19: Science, History, Policy (Science & Technology in Society)brandt@fas.harvard.edu
Michael Bronski Professor of the Practice in Media and ActivismGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1130. Power to the People: Black Power, Radical Feminism, and Gay Liberation (Aesthetics & Culture)bronski@fas.harvard.edu
Janet Browne Aramont Professor of the History of Science Gen Ed courses: Gen Ed 1048. Rethinking the Darwinian Revolution (Histories, Societies, Individuals) Gen Ed 1004. Understanding Darwinism (Histories, Societies, Individuals; Science & Technology in Society) jbrowne@fas.harvard.edu
Benjamin Buchloh Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Modern ArtGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1156. Modern Art and Modernity (Aesthetics & Culture)bbuchloh@fas.harvard.edu
Julie Buckler Samuel Hazzard Cross Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature Gen Ed course: Gen Ed 1077. The Urban Imagination in Global Arts and Media (Aesthetics & Culture) buckler@fas.harvard.edu
Stephanie Burt Professor of EnglishGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1165. Superheroes and Power (Aesthetics & Culture)burt@fas.harvard.edu
Melani Cammett Clarence Dillon Professor of International AffairsGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1008. Power and Identity in the Middle East (Histories, Societies, Individuals)mcammett@g.harvard.edu
Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja Assistant Professor in Romance Languages and LiteraturesGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1010. Satire (Aesthetics & Culture)acpistoja@fas.harvard.edu
Daniel Carpenter Allie S. Freed Professor of GovernmentDirector of Social Sciences, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Gen Ed course: Gen Ed 1032. Res Publica: A History of Representative Government (Ethics & Civics; Histories, Societies, Individuals) dcarpenter@gov.harvard.edu
Davíd L. Carrasco Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin AmericaGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1148. Moctezuma's Mexico, Then and Now: The Past, the Present and Pandemics in North America (Histories, Societies, Individuals)dcarrasco@hds.harvard.edu
Bruno Carvalho Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Gen Ed course: Gen Ed 1103. Living in an Urban Planet (Aesthetics & Culture) bcarvalh@fas.harvard.edu
Joyce Chaplin James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History Gen Ed courses: Gen Ed 1147. American Food: A Global History (Histories, Societies, Individuals) Gen Ed 1117. Nature (Ethics & Civics) chaplin@fas.harvard.edu
Linda Chavers Lecturer on Lecturer on African and African American StudiesAllston Burr Resident Dean, Winthrop HouseAssistant Dean of Harvard CollegeGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1041. How Did We Get Here? From Slavery to #MeToo (Histories, Societies, Individuals)lchavers@fas.harvard.edu
Suzannah Clark Morton B. Knafel Professor of MusicGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1157. Music and Poetry (Aesthetics & Culture)sclark@fas.harvard.edu
Shaye J.D. Cohen Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and PhilosophyGen Ed course: Gen Ed 1149. One Book, Two Religions, Many Truths (Aesthetics & Culture)scohen@fas.harvard.edu