Emma Ebowe is a Ph.D. candidate in the Government department with a secondary field in African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her research interests in political theory are at the intersections of public policy with feminist theory and black political thought in the United States and the United Kingdom. Her current dissertation research focuses on the welfare state, social infrastructure and racial disparities in foster care.  

During her time at Harvard, Emma has worked as a teaching fellow for courses on the foundations of political theory, public policy, and black feminist theory. She is also a resident tutor in Quincy House where she advises undergraduate concentrators in Government. She was a James M. and Cathleen D. Stone PhD Scholar in Inequality and Wealth Concentration at Harvard Kennedy School’s Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy from 2022-2023. Emma received a B.A. in 2018 from McGill University.