Harvard Alums Monica Harris (HLS ‘91) and Stephen Hawkins (MPP ‘16) Join FAIR Board of Advisors
We are excited to announce that Harvard alumni Monica Harris (HLS ‘91) and Stephen Hawkins (MPP ‘16) have joined FAIR’s Board of Advisors. On the Board, they join fellow Harvard alumni Steven Pinker (PhD ’79), Ian Rowe (MBA ’93), Andrew Sullivan (MPA ’86, PhD ’90), Glenn Loury (AM ’82) and Niall Ferguson (AM ’04).
About Monica Harris:
Monica Harris received her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review with then-future President Barack Obama. She spent more than a decade as a business and legal affairs executive at Walt Disney Television, NBC-Universal Television, and Viacom Media Networks. In 2002, she was named one of Los Angeles Daily Journal’s “Top Twenty Lawyers Under the Age of 40.” In 2011, Harris abandoned corporate life and moved with her family to Montana. She currently operates her own firm in Big Sky where she services entertainment clients remotely. She uses her insights and advocacy skills as a speaker, author, and blogger to galvanize minds and find solutions that create meaningful systemic change for all Americans. Her new book, The Illusion of Division, is available on Amazon.
Website: https://www.letsgetunplugged.com
Press Page: https://www.letsgetunplugged.com/press-room
Medium: https://monica-97916.medium.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UnpluggedNow
About Stephen: Stephen Hawkins co-authored Hidden Tribes (2018), The Perception Gap (2019), American Fabric (2020), and other reports referenced frequently in media, by presidential candidates, as front page story in New York Times. He has spoken on subjects of polarization, ideology and US public opinion for print, radio, TV media and events including C-SPAN’s Washington Journal (2020), NPR (multiple), The Ben Shapiro Show (2019), UN General Assembly panel (NYC, 2019), What Works Global Summit (Reykjavik, 2019), French Ambassador's Residence (2020). He consults and advises research design for depolarization efforts at Harvard University, Aspen Institute and others.
Since 2016, Stephen has led More in Common’s studies on polarization and division in the United States and across Europe. Stephen has a background in measuring and advising on public opinion for political candidates, Fortune 100 companies such as Microsoft and Ford, and public sector organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and UNHCR. He received his Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and is curious about how beliefs and ideology shape people’s experience of the world.
