Where Are They Now?

A quick look at the past decade of Meade Fellows

1996
Donald Heller, Ed.M.’92, Ed.D.’97
director, Center for the Study of Higher Education; professor of education and senior scientist, College of Education, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.

1997
Samona Tait Johnson, Ed.M.’96, Ed.D.’00
executive director, Bronx Preparatory Charter School, New York.

1998
Andrew Schneider-Munoz, Ed.M.’91, Ed.D.’99
vice president and codirector, Center for Youth Development and Policy Research at the Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C.

1999
Susan Miller Barker, Ed.M.’98
vice president for research and evaluation, National Association of Charter School Authorizers, Chicago.

2000
Richard Lemons, Ed.M.’98, Ed.D.’05
associate director, Change Leadership Group, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

2001
Susan Kardos, Ed.M.’92, Ed.D.’04
research affiliate, Next Generation of Teachers Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Mass.; director, Initiative for Day School Excellence at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston.

2002
Jill Jefferis, Ed.D.’05
trustee, College Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio

2003
Anthony de Jesus, Ed.M.’97, Ed.D.’03
assistant professor, Hunter College School of Social Work, New York.

2004
Heather Peske, Ed.M.’98, Ed.D.’05
director of teacher quality, Education Trust, Washington, D.C.

2005
Edward Dieterle, Ed.D.’07, Ed.D.’09
current doctoral student in learning and teaching

2006
Jill Berg, Ed.D.’07
research affiliate, Next Generation of Teachers Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

About the Article

A version of this article originally appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Ed., the magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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illustration by Jeff Hopkins, Ed.M.'05