He said the IOP fellowship will also provide him an opportunity to do things that proved impossible in his previous career.

This week, Waldman had an op-ed published in The Boston Globe--as he says, "my first byline in seven years."

He says he sees his time at Harvard as a way to unwind from the pressures of speechwriting and reflect on his work with President Clinton.

* Katie Whelan, who recently resigned as executive director of the Democratic Governors' Association, where she worked from 1993-1999. She has served on a number of presidential campaigns and plans to offer a study group that draws on both sets of experience.

"From the State House to the White House: Issues for the Year 2000 and Beyond" will focus on the many open races around the country next year.

* Claudia Winkler, who has served as managing editor of The Weekly Standard since its inception in 1995. She is hosting a study group on "The Controversy Industry: Real Life in Opinion Journalism."

Winkler, a graduate of Tufts University, has been involved in opinion journalism for over a decade, first as the chief editorial writer for the Scripps Howards news service.