Stephane Labossiere Wins Rappaport Fellowship

Policy School PhD student Stephane Labossiere was named a recipient of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s 2025 Rappaport Public Policy Summer Fellowship. Stephane was one of 20 Fellows selected out of a highly competitive pool of 160 applicants.

The Fellowship encourages students to apply their skills and passion for good governance to Greater Boston’s public policy challenges. The Fellowship will empower Stephane to take a significant step toward his professional goal of becoming a leader in immigration and equity issues, especially for minority communities.

Stephane’s research and policy interests focus on how migration-based inequities and structural determinants of disparities in health outcomes shape population health and sustainable programs serving immigrant communities. His population of interest includes Haitian immigrants and refugees in Massachusetts. During his Fellowship, he is hoping to partner with government agencies dedicated to supporting low-income individuals and families to meet their basic needs, helping them navigate the acculturation process, and promoting their achievement of long-term economic self-sufficiency.