Explore our programs — offering exceptional academic preparation, opportunities for growth, and the tools to make an impact.
Find everything you need to apply for and finance your graduate education.
Stories, strategies, and actionable knowledge — putting HGSE's powerful ideas into practice.
With deep expertise that connects research, practice, and policy, HGSE faculty are leaders in the field.
Get to know our community — and all the ways to learn, collaborate, connect, develop your career, and build your network.
Faculty-led programs to deepen your impact and build your effectiveness as an educator and leader.
Access the premiere education subject library for Harvard University.
Access the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of the Registrar, Career Services, and other key resources.
Explore opportunities to grow, build connections, and create change.
Degrees & Programs
CONCENTRATION: Human Development, Learning and Teaching (HDLT)
INTERESTS: Learning Science, Multimodal Learning Analytics, Augmented Reality, Media Studies, Journalism, Human Computer Interaction, Wearable Computing
Max Lu is harnessing technology and learning science to enhance human learning efficiency.
CONCENTRATION: Education Policy and Program Evaluation (EPPE)
INTERESTS: Teachers, Peer Learning, Social Networks, Collaboration, Secondary Education
INTERESTS: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, Adult Learning and Development, Race, Culture, Equity, Education
Emily Meland's research aims to bridge silos between social and emotional learning (SEL) and culturally sustaining, asset-based pedagogies. Her work centers on building adult capacities and supporting culturally responsive, developmental interactions between educators and students.
CONCENTRATION: Culture, Institutions, and Society (CIS)
INTERESTS: Ethnic Studies, Social Justice Education, K-12 Curriculum Teacher, Pedagogy, Critical Theory Instruction, Ethnic-Racial Identity Development
Melina Melgoza is a doctoral student who focuses on the impact of critical pedagogy, humanizing pedagogy, and ethnic studies in educational contexts. She studies the transformative potential of these pedagogical approaches, exploring their impact on students.
INTERESTS: Literacy, Reading Interventions, Fluency
Alfatah Moore is a RA in the READS Lab. His research focuses on reading interventions and the role of fluency in grade-level reading achievement. He has taught students directly as a reading clinician and has also led district-wide initiatives to deliver interventions at scale.
INTERESTS: Quantitative Methods, Equity, Math Education, Statistics, Race
INTERESTS: Literacy, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School, Randomized Controlled Trials, Schema, Classroom Instruction
Doug Mosher studies elementary school literacy interventions, examining the impact of vocabulary knowledge on reading comprehension as well as effective and meaningful ways to promote vocabulary acquisition and schema instantiation through instruction and classroom discussion.
INTERESTS: Literature, Literacy, Child Development, Curriculum
INTERESTS: Higher Education, Campus Counterspaces, Immigrant Origin, Undocumented Students, Retention
Anakaren Quintero Davalos' passions revolve around educational equity, accessibility, and belonging. Davalos' aim is to explore the manner in which undocumented and immigrant origin students create counterspaces in oppressive institutions and their advocacy for institutional supports in higher education contexts.