PERSON: Claudine Gay

President

Claudine Gay (born 1970) is an American political scientist and academic administrator who was the 30th president of Harvard University, and is the Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies at Harvard. Gay’s research addresses American political behavior, including voter turnout and politics of race and identity.

Gay became the first non-White person to serve as president of Harvard, after serving previously as the Dean of Social Sciences, and the Dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

In December 2023, Gay and two other university presidents faced pressure from the public and from a Congressional committee to resign, over responses to antisemitism on their campuses. Gay also faced accusations of plagiarism, including a probe by the same committee. The following month she resigned from the presidency.

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