Visiting Practitioners/Scholars
The Haas Center occasionally invites and hosts Visiting Practitioners and Scholars whose work connects with the mission of the center. Their valuable research or projects enable us to more effectively connect academic study with public service to strengthen communities and develop effective public leaders.
Current Visiting Practitioners/Scholars
Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine (SIRUM), Visiting Practitioners
Room 210
Adam Kircher ‘07, George Wang ‘09 Ph.D., and Kiah Williams ‘07 are the cofounders of Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine (SIRUM). As the 2011–12 Haas Center Visiting Practitioner, the nonprofit organization provides a way for health organizations to share unused drugs with underserved patients. At the same time, SIRUM's redistribution of pharmaceuticals decreases the amount of toxic chemicals added to landfills. The nonprofit organization offers leadership opportunities for students interested in exploring public service through social entrepreneurship, fieldwork, government partnerships, and academic research through the lenses of health care and environmental sustainability.
Bruce Sievers, Visiting Scholar
Room 317, (650) 724–3706, brsievers@onemain.com
Bruce Sievers ‘63 (International Relations; MA '66, PhD '73, Political Science) has been a Visiting Scholar at the Haas Center since 2002. He also serves as Visiting Scholar at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, which he helped establish in 2006. Bruce teaches the undergraduate course Theories of Civil Society, Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector and advises philanthropy fellows and other students on the field. During his tenure at the Haas Center, he has authored two books: Civil Society, Philanthropy and the Fate of the Commons and Stanford Conversations in Philanthropy.
