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 Kim

HGSE lecturer Josephine Kim

Since 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.

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It Stems from Algebra

It Stems from Algebra

In 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.

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Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt

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."

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Professor David Perkins

Professor David Perkins

Growing 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.

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Professor Jerry Murphy

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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