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Before stepping into the role of dean, Jerome Murphy had been a faculty member at HGSE since 1974 and associate dean from 1982–1990. With a doctorate in administration, planning, and social policy from HGSE, his familiarity with the school’s policies and faculty gave him “insider” status, facilitating a smooth transition to his administration.
Early in Murphy’s tenure, he initiated a major review of the general master’s degree program and several academic programs, which led to the creation of six new programs. Murphy’s deanship included a highly successful capital campaign that raised $111 million—the largest amount ever by a school of education up to that point. This enabled HGSE to triple the endowed professorships and earmark $11 million for student financial aid. Increased support for student research helped establish the annual Student Research Conference in 1996.
Diversity at HGSE was a major focus for Murphy. After commissioning a report to examine the level of diversity in HGSE’s classrooms, he formed the Standing Committee on Diversity. This led to faculty seminars on teaching practices, student retreats, and HGSE-wide workshops on diversity-related matters. The Diversity Innovation Fund was also established to support student-led initiatives.
Murphy helped HGSE strengthen its ties with the outside community. Specifically, the Office of School Partnerships supported HGSE’s work with Massachusetts public schools, and the Askwith Forum—a free public lecture series endowed during Murphy’s tenure—continues to bring speakers to the school to discuss a wide variety of education topics.
Murphy stepped down as dean in June 2001 but remains a faculty member. He currently serves as the Harold Howe II Professor of Education which, upon Murphy’s retirement, will be renamed the Jerome T. Murphy Professorship of Education.
Susan Miller-Havens has had careers in both psychotherapy and fine arts. As founder of the psychiatric nursing and consultations services in the department of psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital, Miller-Havens holds an undergraduate degree with honors in studio art from Wellesley College and a doctorate in human development from HGSE.
Her clinical background in medicine and psychology has given her art a unique perspective in facial features and body language. The artist intended for, “the viewer to see what I have seen, to think about the person and their life rather than let pure representational poses close down possibilities.” She is an artist known for her unexpected use of color, absence of background objects, and creative cropping.
Miller-Haven is a member of the Harvard Arts in Education Council and the National Association of Women Artists, from whom she received the 2007 Palmer Award for oil painting. Her portrait of baseball’s Carlton Fisk is part of the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.