#  Stone Program Faculty Affiliates to Direct Harvard Pop Center 

 





February 13, 2026

 

 

Two Stone Program faculty affiliates have been appointed to leadership roles at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.



 

 

 

### Rita Hamad 

 

Stone Program faculty affiliate Rita Hamad, Professor of Social Epidemiology and Public Policy in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been appointed as the next Director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.



 [ Learn more arrow\_circle\_right ](https://popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/2026/01/28/rita-hamad-md-phd-appointed-the-new-director-of-the-harvard-pop-center/) 

 



      ![Rita Hamad](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/inequality/files/rhamad_-_headshot_2023_0.jpg?itok=3cHBr4tZ) 

 

 

  

 



### Daniel Schneider 

 

Stone Program faculty affiliate Daniel Schneider, the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at HKS and Professor of Sociology in FAS, has been appointed Associate Director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.



 [ Learn more arrow\_circle\_right ](https://popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/2026/02/11/daniel-schneider-to-serve-as-associate-director-of-the-harvard-pop-center/) 

 



      ![Danny Schneider](/sites/g/files/omnuum5566/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/inequality/files/schneider20c_0.jpg?itok=X1mxU1oq) 

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

 



 

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