Hahrie Han

Hahrie C. Han is a Korean American political scientist at Johns Hopkins University. Han is recognized for her interdisciplinary research on organizing, collective action, and the role of civic associations in democratic societies. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2025.

Early life and education Han grew up in Alief, a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in American History and Literature from Harvard University in 1997. She completed her Ph.D. in American Politics at Stanford University in 2005.

Academic career Han was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar at Harvard University from 2009 to 2011 and an associate professor of Political Science at Wellesley College from 2005 to 2015. She was the Anton Vonk Professor of Political Science and Environmental Politics at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 2015 to 2019.

By 2025, Han held the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professorship in Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. She was also faculty director of the P3 Research Lab and, in 2019, became inaugural director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute.

In 2025, Han received a MacArthur Fellowship; she was the first political scientist to receive the honor since 2001.

Awards and honors 2025 MacArthur Fellow 2025 American Academy of Arts and Sciences membership 2022 Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year, World Economic Forum's Schwab Foundation 2024 Tanner Lecture, Harvard University

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