Advisory Boards

Advisory Boards

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Student Advisory Board

The Intellectual Vitality Student Advisory Board (IV SAB) is the primary student body responsible for shaping and sustaining the principles and values of IV, where open, rigorous, and charitable inquiry is not simply a tradition to uphold, but a culture to actively cultivate. That cultivation happens not only in classrooms and lecture halls, but in every other area of campus: the dining halls, residence life, and student clubs and organizations. Working in close partnership with the Director for IV Initiatives, the IV Faculty Advisory Board, and Harvard’s academic leadership, the SAB ensures that Intellectual Vitality is not imposed from the top down, but instead, grounded in the real perspectives, needs, and aspirations of students themselves. For more information about the role of the SAB, click here.

If you’re interested in learning more about the SAB and/or student-initiated programs, write to the IV SAB co-chairs.

Meet the members of the ’26-’27 Intellectual Vitality Student Advisory Board

Faculty Advisory Board

The Faculty Advisory Board, comprised of faculty from across the College, serves two purposes:

  • To provide advice, support, and feedback to the SAB; and
  • To be the focus for efforts to build a culture of intellectual vitality, specifically among the faculty.

Meet the members of the ’26-’27 Intellectual Vitality Faculty Advisory Board

Danielle Allen

James Bryant Conant University Professor Director, Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation; Director, Democratic Knowledge Project
Danielle Allen

Bruno Carvalho

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies
Co-Director of the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative
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Stephen Chong

Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard SEAS
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies, Computer Science; Faculty Dean of Winthrop House
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Ryan Enos

Professor of Government
Director of the Center for American Political Studies; Founder and Director of the Harvard Digital Lab for the Social Sciences
Ryan Enos' headshot.

Edward Hall

Norman E. Vuilleumier Professor of Philosophy
Faculty Advisory Board Chair
Edward Hall

Lauren Kaminsky

Associate Senior Lecturer on History & Literature
Assistant Dean for Arts & Humanities Education
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Melanie Matchett Wood

William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics
Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Melanie Matchett Wood's headshot.