Dear FAS Postdocs,                                                                                          

On behalf of the PDA, we would like to welcome you to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard! We are so excited to have you here. 

PDA is a community by and for the postdocs at the FAS, Harvard University. We work closely with the FAS Postdoctoral Office to build community among postdocs and provide opportunities for professional growth and development. As a new postdoc in the FAS community, you are automatically a member of the FAS-PDA.

The PDA aims to fairly represent and advocate for the needs of the larger FAS postdoc community, and to enrich the postdoc experience by providing opportunities for social and professional development. This involves a wide range of topics and services that are dutifully taken care of by many volunteers. We hope you’ll consider joining us to help build and improve the postdoc community here at the FAS and more broadly at Harvard!

In this package you will find some information that we hope will be useful during your time at Harvard as a postdoc. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at faspda@fas.harvard.edu if you have any questions!

We look forward to meeting you in the coming days!

Your FAS-PDA

This welcome packet was fitst drafted in 2022, and last updated in February 2024.