Clde Gay | Broad Instute

Contents:

• CLDE GAY
• HARVARD NAM CLDE GAY 30TH PRINT
• CLDE GAY: 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT HARVARD’S FIRST BLACK PRINT
• CLDE GAY
• HARVARD UNIVERSY APPOTS CLDE GAY AS SCHOOL’S FIRST BLACK PRINT
• CLDE GAY
• CLDE GAY
• CLDE GAY, PH.D.

CLDE GAY

Clde Gay has led Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Scienc as the Edgerley Fay Dean sce Augt 2018, havg served prevly as Dean of Social Science om 2015 to 2018. Gay was reced to Harvard 2006 as a profsor of ernment.

As FAS an, Gay has guid efforts to expand stunt accs and opportuny, spur excellence and novatn teachg and rearch, enhance aspects of the FAS’s amic culture, and brg new emphasis and energy to areas such as quantum science and engeerg; climate change; ethnicy, digeney, and migratn; and the humani.

HARVARD NAM CLDE GAY 30TH PRINT

Gay is a leadg scholar of polil behavr, nsirg issu of race and polics Ameri. Gay is a dited tor and mentor whose urs have foced on such topics as racial and ethnic polics the U. Prr to jog the Harvard faculty, Gay was an assistant profsor of polil science at Stanford Universy om 2000 to 2005, and an associate profsor (tenured) om 2005 to 2006.

A member of the Amerin Amy of Arts and Scienc, Gay has pursued her scholarship as a fellow at the Public Policy Instute of California, the Center for Advanced Study the Behavral Scienc, and the Radcliffe Instute for Advanced Study at Harvard.

Clde Gay, a wily admired higher tn lear and distguished scholar of mocracy and polil participatn, will bee the 30th print of Harvard Universy on July 1.

CLDE GAY: 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT HARVARD’S FIRST BLACK PRINT

Sce 2018, Gay has served as the Edgerley Fay Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Scienc (FAS), the Universy’s largt and most amilly diverse faculty, spanng the blogil and physil scienc and engeerg, the social scienc, and the humani and arts. The dghter of Haian immigrants, Gay received her bachelor’s gree 1992 om Stanford, where she majored enomics and was award the Anna Lra Myers Prize for bt unrgraduate this. A quantative social scientist wh expertise polil behavr, Gay served as an assistant profsor and then tenured associate profsor at Stanford before beg reced to Harvard 2006 as a profsor of ernment.

Speakg after her electn, Gay said, “I am humbled by the nfince that the erng boards have placed me and by the prospect of succeedg Print Baw leadg this remarkable stutn. “Today, we are a moment of remarkable and acceleratg change — socially, polilly, enomilly, and technologilly, ” said Gay.

CLDE GAY

Gay was elected to the princy today by the Harvard Corporatn, the Universy’s prcipal erng board, wh the nsent of the Universy’s Board of Overseers. Unr Clde Gay’s learship, Harvard’s future is very bright.

Known for her broad tellectual cursy and terdisciplary outlook, Gay is regnized as a highly fluential expert on Amerin polil participatn. “Clde Gay b one person many of the attribut that will be required of Harvard’s new print, ” said Shirley Tilghman, who served as print of Prceton Universy om 2001 to 2013, is profsor emera of molecular blogy and public affairs at Prceton, and serv on the Harvard Corporatn.

Reactg to Gay’s appotment, Ruth Simmons, print of Prairie View A&M Universy and print emera of Brown Universy, said, “In selectg Clde Gay as the next print, Harvard’s erng boards have monstrated a mment to ensurg that Harvard remas not only the preement universy the world but also the universy that leads wh creasg relevance to the world today. As an of FAS, Gay has advanced an amb agenda of amic prri, wh a foc on brgg rourc om across discipl to bear on issu of public nsequence.

HARVARD UNIVERSY APPOTS CLDE GAY AS SCHOOL’S FIRST BLACK PRINT

Announcg the search, Gay noted that “fightg the climate crisis requir engagement by the full breadth of amic discipl.

In addn, Gay has been engaged a range of amic and programmatic iativ, cludg as a leadg voice wh both the Amic Council and the Provost’s Council, the two prcipal Universy-wi foms for chartg stutnal prri and plans. Gay also has a ep mment to amic eedom, llg “the touchstone for everythg we are tryg to achieve, ” and has been a strong advote for clive excellence throughout her reer, cludg durg her anship.

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“I uldn’t be more pleased by the selectn of Clde Gay as the next Harvard print, ” said Hopi Hoekstra, Alexanr Agassiz Profsor of Zoology at Harvard Universy. Seekg to enable a strong, creative, and tellectually vibrant FAS for the long term, Gay iated a faculty-led, multiyear strategic planng effort the fall of 2021.

“It was a pleasure workg wh Dean Gay on this important iative, ” said Jeremy Ste, the Moise Y. Gay is creded wh leadg FAS faculty, stunts, and staff through a panmic that has ed disptn and dislotn at Harvard and across higher tn.

“Dean Gay very clearly tablished the fundamental prcipl that guid how FAS addrsed the many challeng posed by the panmic, ” said Christopher Stubbs, the Samuel C. “Dean Gay’s abily to lead om prciple and valu, alongsi a natural stct to brg people together om across discipl and areas of expertise to addrs big challeng, will serve Harvard well the years to e, ” said Stubbs. As an, Gay has worked to expand accs to Harvard by enhancg fancial aid.

CLDE GAY

Gay is married to Dr. The electn of Gay as print marks the culmatn of a robt and tensive search procs.

CLDE GAY, PH.D.

“Clde Gay has monstrated visn to advance rearch and tn, ep mment to Harvard’s missn, temperament to listen and learn om the many rich sourc of expertise our faculty, and fortu to make difficult cisns.

“Clde Gay’s clive approach to learship will spire staff and a workplace where everyone n thrive, ” Weenick add. “For today, ” she said, “please jo me ngratulatg Clde Gay as our new print-elect.

Clde Gay speaks to the crowd after beg named Harvard Universy's next print.