Marc Hauser
Former Harvard Professor of Psychology; evolutionary psychologist known for research on moral cognition and animal cognition
Marc Hauser — Former Harvard Professor of Psychology; evolutionary psychologist known for research on moral cognition and animal cognition — is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files, reported by the Harvard Crimson in a May 2026 investigation, document that Hauser attended a dinner with Jeffrey Epstein and Harvard President Lawrence Summers on December 2, 2003, at Elmwood, the Harvard president's official residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts; other faculty guests included then-Provost Steven E. Hyman, psychology professor Alfonso Caramazza, and psychologist Stephen M. Kosslyn. DOJ-released email correspondence shows Hauser writing to Epstein in October 2009 about a team of researchers and sharing a paper then in press at Nature; he also sent Epstein a book manuscript in 2010. The Harvard Crimson reported that Hauser asked Epstein to intervene in connection with his ongoing research misconduct investigation at Harvard — a request that did not succeed. He appears in 353 documents in the released files. In 2011 Harvard found Hauser solely responsible for eight instances of research misconduct and he subsequently resigned from the university. Hauser did not respond to requests for comment about his connection to Epstein. No wrongdoing in connection with Epstein is alleged against him. This profile is auto-generated from public reporting and is pending editorial review; inclusion does not imply guilt or wrongdoing.
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Is Marc Hauser in the Epstein files?
Yes. Marc Hauser (Former Harvard Professor of Psychology; evolutionary psychologist known for research on moral cognition and animal cognition) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files, reported by the Harvard Crimson in a May 2026 investigation, document that Hauser attended a dinner with Jeffrey Epstein and Harvard President Lawrence Summers on December 2, 2003, at Elmwood, the Harvard president’s official residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts; other faculty guests included then-Provost Steven E. Hyman, psychology professor Alfonso Caramazza, and psychologist Stephen M. Kosslyn. DOJ-released email correspondence shows Hauser writing to Epstein in October 2009 about a team of researchers and sharing a paper then in press at Nature; he also sent Epstein a book manuscript in 2010. The Harvard Crimson reported that Hauser asked Epstein to intervene in connection with his ongoing research misconduct investigation at Harvard — a request that did not succeed. He appears in 353 documents in the released files. In 2011 Harvard found Hauser solely responsible for eight instances of research misconduct and he subsequently resigned from the university. Hauser did not respond to requests for comment about his connection to Epstein. No wrongdoing in connection with Epstein is alleged against him.
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