Edwin O. Reischauer
Pharr joined the Harvard faculty in 1987. She has served as Director of Harvard's Program on U.S.-Japan Relations since 1987 and became Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics in 1991. From 1992-95 she served as chair of the Government Department. In 1995-96, she held the Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Studies. In 1996-98, she was as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She has been the Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies since 2004 through the present.