Timothy Patrick McCarthy is an award-winning historian, educator and human rights defender who has taught at Harvard since 1998. He holds a joint faculty appointment at the Kennedy School of Government and Graduation School of Education, where he serves as Faculty Chair of the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program and the B.R.A.V.E. Institute, making him a leading voice on diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. The author or editor of five books, most recently Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom, he is also a regular media commentator and creative contributor to several documentary film projects. Most recently, Timothy Patrick McCarthy was honored with the 2022 Outstanding Alumnus Award of the Phillips Brooks House Association and the 2023 Evelynn M. Hammonds Award for Exceptional Service to BGLTQ+ Inclusion at Harvard University.