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Robert Putnam Honored with Wildavsky Award for 'Bowling Alone'

May 24, 2016

Awardee | Robert Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, has been awarded the 2016 Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award by the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for his 2000 book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community...The Wildavsky Award recognizes a work, published 10-20 years earlier, that continues to influence the study of public policy. 



Robert Putnam named to The Politico 50

September 10, 2015

Politico Magazine | Robert Putnam recognized as one of fifty "thinkers, doers, and visionaries transforming American politics in 2015."



Robert Sampson elected to the British Academy

July 15, 2016

Awardee | Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy. The Academy elected 42 distinguished UK academics and 20 scholars from overseas institutions in recognition of their outstanding contributions to research. It also elected four Honorary Fellows, including U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Learn more about Robert Sampson's work at his homepage.



Robert Sampson to receive Robert and Helen Lynd Award for Lifetime Achievement in urban sociology

June 15, 2017

Awardee | Robert Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, is the 2017 recipient of the Robert and Helen Lynd Award for Lifetime Achievement given by the American Sociologial Association (ASA) Section on Community and Urban Sociology. The award will be presented at the ASA Annual Meeting in Montreal, August 12-15, 2017.



Roberto Gonzales Named Professor of Education

July 19, 2017

Harvard Graduate School of Education | Roberto Gonzales has been promoted from assistant professor to full professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. 

“Roberto Gonzales has established himself as one of the leading experts on undocumented youth in this country,” said Dean James Ryan. “His award-winning book, Lives in Limbo, has been rightly hailed by both the media and academia; it has been taught by teachers in classrooms around the country; and it has helped to shape and inform the debate on educational policies and practices related to immigrant students. The impact, rigor, quality, and quantity of Roberto’s research are remarkable, and I am delighted to welcome him to the ranks of HGSE’s senior faculty.”



Roberto Gonzales: 2018 SSWR Book Award

January 13, 2018

Society for Social Work and Research: Roberto G. Gonzales, Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is the 2018 recipient of the Society for Social Work and Research Book Award for Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America (University of California Press, 2016).



Roland Fryer addresses AAAS induction ceremony

October 10, 2015

American Academy of Arts & Sciences [video] | Roland Fryer, a newly-elected member in the 235th class of Fellows,  addressed the group as the Class III speaker, representing the social sciences at the American Academy's 2015 Induction Ceremony.  View his address (15 minutes).



Roland Fryer elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

April 22, 2015

Awardee | Roland Fryer



Roland Fryer is the 2015 John Bates Clark Medalist

April 24, 2015

Awardee | Roland Fryer.
Awarded by the American Economics Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge."



Roland Fryer: 2015 John Bates Clark Medalist

February 3, 2016

Journal of Economic Perspectives | By Lawrence F. Katz, Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics: "Roland Fryer is an extraordinary applied microeconomist whose research output related to racial inequality, the US racial achievement gap, and the design and evaluation of educational policies make him a worthy recipient of the 2015 John Bates Clark Medal. I will divide this survey of Roland's research into five categories..."

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