Harvard Asian Pacific Islander Desi Association of Faculty and Staff (HAPIDA)

Harvard Asian Pacific Islander Desi Association of Faculty and Staff - HAPIDA logo

As one of the Employee Resource Groups, the Harvard Asian Pacific Islander Desi Association of Faculty and Staff (HAPIDA) was established to provide opportunities for networking, career development, awareness, and support for Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander faculty and staff. It also serves as a resource for the larger Asian and Asian American community at Harvard. All staff and faculty are welcome to participate in HAPIDA events and activities. 

To stay up-to-date and hear about upcoming events, please join our mailing list:  

https://web.calists.harvard.edu/mailman/lists/hapida.calists.harvard.edu/

Margaret Okada-Scheck, Co-Chair, Harvard Divinity School
 
Ben Sunday, Co-Chair, Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning
 
Karrol Rikka S. Altarejos, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
 
Varsha Ghosh, Philips Brooks House, Harvard College
 
Ann Yee Lau, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 
 
Emiko Morimoto, Harvard College
 
Dami Seung, Harvard Medical School
 
Yih-Hsien Shen, Harvard Law School
 
Megan Wong, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
 

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