About HGSE
2010 Visiting Committee
Chair
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, A.B. ’74
Professor of Human Development and Social Policy
School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Committee Members
Arlene Ackerman, Ed.M. ’93, EdD ’01
Superintendent, The School District of Philadelphia
Photeine M. Anagnostopoulos, A.B. ’81, M.B.A. ’85
Former Chief Operating Officer
New York City Department of Education
Edith S. Aronson, AB ’84, EdM ’97
Board Chair, Coastal Studies for Girls
Paul Buttenwieser, A.B. ’60, M.D. ’64
Psychiatrist, Former Clinical Instructor Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry
Idit R. Harel Caperton, Ed.M. ’84, C.A.S. ’85
Founder, MaMaMedia Consulting Group/MaMaMedia Inc.
and World Wide Workshop for Children's Media Technology and Learning
M. Christine DeVita
President, Wallace Foundation
Lucy Fisher
Film Producer and Co-Head, Red Wagon Entertainment
David Gergen, LLB'67, KSGF '84
Public Service Professor of Public Leadership and Director of the Center for Public Leadership,
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Arturo Madrid
Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, Trinity University
Richard Melvoin, A.B. ’73
Headmaster, Belmont Hill School
Diana L. Nelson, A.B. ’84
Director, Carlson Companies
Vicki Phillips
Director of Education, College Ready - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Andy J. Rotherham
Co-founder and partner, Bellwether Education
Patti Saris, A.B. ’73, J.D. ’76
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Steve G. Seleznow, Ed.M. ’89, Ed.D. ’94
President and CEO, Arizona Community Foundation
Dacia Toll
President, Achievement First
David J. Vitale, A.B. ’68
Former Chief Administrative Officer, Chicago Public Schools
Susan Wallach, A.B. ’68, J.D. ’71
Former Special Counsel, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Roger W. Wilkins
Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University
![]() | HGSE lecturer Josephine KimSince the spring 2007 slayings at Virginia Tech, Lecturer and National Certified Counselor Josephine Kim has been working to raise awareness of mental health issues that affect Korean-American student populations. |
![]() | It Stems from AlgebraIn their new research project, Professor Chris Dede and Assistant Professor Jon Star are using three technology-based activities, all rooted in algebra, once called the "new civil right" by one algebra advocate. |
![]() | Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt"Sesame Street was the first national television series to feature a fully integrated cast: the hosts were an African American couple, and their neighbors were a mix of other ethnic groups." |
![]() | Professor David PerkinsGrowing up, Professor David Perkins wasn't especially good at baseball.Yet it was America's national pastime that Perkins turned to when he started writing his recent book, Making Learning Whole. |
![]() | Professor Jerry Murphy"I discovered at Harvard a whole new side of myself -- I was a halfway decent researcher. I also discovered that I knew a lot about practice and really liked writing about the everyday reality of how things actually worked." |



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