Overview

• Jessica Chastain has officially enrolled in the two-year Master in Public Administration program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• She has been taking summer classes on Harvard’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus since late July.
• The MPA curriculum offers a flexible, interdisciplinary study plan tailored for aspiring leaders with real-world experience in economics, public policy or management.
• Her decision reflects longstanding advocacy for gender equality and builds on academic foundations from Sacramento City College, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Juilliard.
• The move represents a strategic evolution from her award-winning acting career, which includes a 2021 Oscar for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, toward formal public policy education.