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...FM: What one thing will you miss most about your job? LHS: The breadth scope and scale of the interactions that I’ve had with such a wide variety of students doing such a wide variety of things. I’ll also miss the chance to be educated in so wide a range of fields. But I’m really excited to get much more deeply immersed in my fields of economics and policy...
...FM: How did it feel to be greeted by a throng of supportive, cheering students as you walked out of your office on the day of your resignation? Were you surprised? LHS: It was not an easy day and that was a bright and warm moment. It gave me a feeling of satisfaction that some of the things that I had tried very hard to push for and do and to project had been noticed and appreciated by Harvard students. I’m grateful to the students who were there for me that day. I always tried...
...FM: You fall on the left of the political spectrum, yet some of your most vocal campus supporters were members of campus conservative groups. Likewise, many of your harshest student critics were members of the campus left. How does it feel to be cast as a bad-guy conservative? LHS: I think I’m the same person with more or less the same views that I’ve had for a long time. I would call them moderate, progressive views on a national spectrum. I think sometimes those same views may place one at a different point...
...FM: Why, when the attacks started after your “women in science” speech, did you not strongly defend yourself and your argument from the outset? You’re certainly capable of engaging in a debate. It felt a little like John Kerry’s reluctance to confront the Swift Boat veterans, who eventually got the best of him. What was holding you back? LHS: Every group has had, can have, and will have great scientists, and I never wanted to do anything that suggested that I or Harvard thought anything else or wanted...
...FM: Would you say that your speaking style has changed since you resigned? Are you more comfortable speaking off the cuff? LHS: For better or for worse, I’ve always been pretty comfortable speaking off the cuff. I supposed I’ve been a little less inhibited these last several months...