I am a 2024-25 Weatherhead Center Graduate Student Associate. The Graduate Student Associates (GSA) program is one of the Weatherhead Center's oldest and most valued programs. Directed by Erez Manela, professor of history and Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate, the program welcomes applicants from any of Harvard's graduate and professional schools. The Center currently supports twenty-four doctoral candidates from advanced degree programs that include African and African American studies, anthropology, architecture and urban planning, education, government, history, history of science, law, religion, social policy, and sociology.