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A former student and translator of Jean Piaget, Eleanor Duckworth grounds her work in Piaget and Inhelder's insights into the nature and development of understanding and in their research method, which she has developed as a teaching/research approach, Critical Exploration in the Classroom.
Heather C. HillHeather C. Hill is a professor in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her primary work focuses on teacher and teaching quality, and the effects of policies aimed at improving both.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Daniel KoretzDaniel Koretz is an expert on educational assessment and testing policy. A primary focus of his work has been the impact of high-stakes testing.
Robert S. PeterkinPrior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
William R. Beardslee is the academic chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Childrens Hospital in Boston, and the Gardner Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He trained in general psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and in child psychiatry and psychiatric research at Childrens Hospital.
Gretchen Brion-MeiselsGretchen Brion-Meisels is a lecturer in the Prevention Science and Practice Program. Her research seeks to explore holistic student support processes that build on the local knowledge of students and communities.
Roberto G. GonzalesRoberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Helen HasteHelen Haste is a visiting professor at HGSE and principal investigator for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Spencer Foundation-funded New Civics Early Career Scholars' Program. This supports currently 22 HGSE doctoral students whose research interests concern civic education and civic engagement.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Robert L. SelmanRobert Selman served as chair of the Human Development and Psychology area from 2000 to 2004. He is the founder within this area of the Prevention Science and Practice Program in 1992 and served as its first director through 1999.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Nadine GaabNadine is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.
Roberto G. GonzalesRoberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Gigi LukGigi Luk's research on the cognitive and neural consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. She leads a research program that examines how diverse language experiences shapes development and learning. Using neuroimaging and behavioral methods, Luk studies bilingualism as an interactional experience that shapes cognition.
Matthew MillerMatt Miller is lecturer on education and associate dean for learning and teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He oversees course and curriculum planning, support of faculty- and student-led initiatives for innovation in learning and teaching, and other ongoing academic priorities of the dean's office.
Metta Karuna McGarveyMetta McGarvey is an adjunct lecturer on education and the faculty chair of Building Inner Strengths of Leaders for Programs in Professional Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Richard Chait studies the management and governance of colleges and universities. Chait has expertise on terms and conditions of faculty employment, including promotion and tenure procedures, academic freedom, and faculty evaluation.
Robert W. IulianoRobert W. Iuliano is vice president and general counsel of Harvard University, and by virtue of that experience, has confronted many of the fundamental legal issues affecting higher education. He previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Boston, prosecuting violations of federal drug, gun, and money-laundering laws.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Julie A. ReubenJulie Reuben is a historian interested in the intersection between American thought and culture and educational institutions and practice.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Katherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Catherine Elgin is a philosopher whose areas of study include the theory of knowledge, philosophy of art, and philosophy of science. Recent work considers the question of what makes something cognitively valuable.
Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Steven SeidelSteve Seidel is the director of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Eduction. At Project Zero, he was principal investigator on projects that study the use of reflective practices in schools, the close examination of student work, and documentation of learning.
Shari TishmanShari Tishman is a Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero, where she recently served as Director. Her research focuses on the development of thinking and understanding, the role of close observation in learning, and learning in and through the arts.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Christina SmiragliaChristina Smiraglia is a senior research manager with Project Zero Connect, leading a strand of the project that investigates the educational elements of community festivals.
Tina Blythe is a lecturer on education and a project director at Harvard Project Zero.
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Daniel KoretzDaniel Koretz is an expert on educational assessment and testing policy. A primary focus of his work has been the impact of high-stakes testing.
Richard J. LightRichard Light is the Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). His Ph.D. is in statistics from Harvard, and after years of teaching statistics at HGSE he currently focuses on higher education policies and controversies.
Judah L. SchwartzJudah Schwartz taught courses on the teaching and learning of mathematics, assessing mathematical attainment, and ethical and philosophical issues arising from the use of technology in education.
Steven SeidelSteve Seidel is the director of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Eduction. At Project Zero, he was principal investigator on projects that study the use of reflective practices in schools, the close examination of student work, and documentation of learning.
Dean WhitlaDean Whitla is a psychologist with a particular interest in assessment and evaluation, who has spent much of his professional life evaluating progress, development and change in people and in institutions.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
William R. Beardslee is the academic chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Childrens Hospital in Boston, and the Gardner Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He trained in general psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and in child psychiatry and psychiatric research at Childrens Hospital.
Gretchen Brion-MeiselsGretchen Brion-Meisels is a lecturer in the Prevention Science and Practice Program. Her research seeks to explore holistic student support processes that build on the local knowledge of students and communities.
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Roberto G. GonzalesRoberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Nancy HoffmanNancy Hoffman is a vice president and senior advisor at Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit based in Boston focused on improving educational and workforce outcomes for low-income young people and adults.
Martha L. MinowMartha Minow, the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses have included civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Robert L. SelmanRobert Selman served as chair of the Human Development and Psychology area from 2000 to 2004. He is the founder within this area of the Prevention Science and Practice Program in 1992 and served as its first director through 1999.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Richard WeissbourdRichard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program.
Nonie K. Lesaux is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society. Her research focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds, and is conducted largely in urban and semi-urban cities and school districts.
Gigi LukGigi Luk's research on the cognitive and neural consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. She leads a research program that examines how diverse language experiences shapes development and learning. Using neuroimaging and behavioral methods, Luk studies bilingualism as an interactional experience that shapes cognition.
Catherine SnowCatherine Snow is an expert on language and literacy development in children, focusing on how oral language skills are acquired and how they relate to literacy outcomes.
Paola UccelliPaola Uccelli is associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. With a background in linguistics, she studies socio-cultural and individual differences in language and literacy development throughout the school years.
Miao LiMiao Li received her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Literacy Education at Queen's University in Canada.
David J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He received his A.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same in 1999, 2004, and 2007, respectively.
Richard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Jerome T. MurphyJerome Murphy is a specialist in the management and politics of education. His teaching and research focus on administrative practice and organizational leadership, government policy, program implementation and evaluation, and qualitative methodology.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Kathleen McCartney, Professor of Education, Emerita, is the current president of Smith College.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Paul L. HarrisPaul Harris is interested in the early development of cognition, emotion, and imagination. His most recent book, Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others, was published by Harvard University Press in May 2012.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Christina HintonChristina Hinton is a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Hinton is a neuroscientist and educator committed to bridging the gap between interdisciplinary research on learning and education policy and practice.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Robert A. LeVineRobert LeVine's research concerns cultural aspects of parenthood and child development in African, Asian, Latin American, and other societies. His most recent research is on the influence of maternal schooling on reproduction and child health care in Nepal.
Kathleen McCartneyKathleen McCartney, Professor of Education, Emerita, is the current president of Smith College.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Nonie K. LesauxNonie K. Lesaux is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society. Her research focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds, and is conducted largely in urban and semi-urban cities and school districts.
Gigi LukGigi Luk's research on the cognitive and neural consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. She leads a research program that examines how diverse language experiences shapes development and learning. Using neuroimaging and behavioral methods, Luk studies bilingualism as an interactional experience that shapes cognition.
Robert L. SelmanRobert Selman served as chair of the Human Development and Psychology area from 2000 to 2004. He is the founder within this area of the Prevention Science and Practice Program in 1992 and served as its first director through 1999.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Terrence TivnanTerrence Tivnan teaches courses on research methods and data analysis. He has helped thousands of students get off to a good start in learning about statistics and research in education. He received his M.A.T.
David UrionDavid K. Urion, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, with majors in French and Chemistry, in 1976. He graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1980. After an internship in internal medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, he came to Children's Hospital in 1981, and has been there since then.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Sarah Dryden-Peterson leads a research program that focuses on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies.
Helen HasteHelen Haste is a visiting professor at HGSE and principal investigator for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Spencer Foundation-funded New Civics Early Career Scholars' Program. This supports currently 22 HGSE doctoral students whose research interests concern civic education and civic engagement.
Meira LevinsonMeira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.
Connie Kyung-Hwa ChungConnie K. Chung is the associate director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a multi-institution collaborative that works with education institutions in eight countries.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Nadine GaabNadine is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.
Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Paul L. HarrisPaul Harris is interested in the early development of cognition, emotion, and imagination. His most recent book, Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others, was published by Harvard University Press in May 2012.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Gigi LukGigi Luk's research on the cognitive and neural consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. She leads a research program that examines how diverse language experiences shapes development and learning. Using neuroimaging and behavioral methods, Luk studies bilingualism as an interactional experience that shapes cognition.
David H. RoseDavid Rose has been on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) for over 30 years. Rose is a developmental neuropsychologist and educator whose primary focus is on the development of new technologies for learning.
David PerkinsDavid Perkins is a founding member of Harvard Project Zero, a basic research project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigating human symbolic capacities and their development. For many years, he served as codirector, and is now senior codirector and a member of the steering committee.
Todd RoseTodd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual.
Catherine SnowCatherine Snow is an expert on language and literacy development in children, focusing on how oral language skills are acquired and how they relate to literacy outcomes.
Metta Karuna McGarveyMetta McGarvey is an adjunct lecturer on education and the faculty chair of Building Inner Strengths of Leaders for Programs in Professional Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Tina Blythe is a lecturer on education and a project director at Harvard Project Zero.
Karen BrennanKaren Brennan is an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research is primarily concerned with the ways in which learning environments in and out of school, online and face-to-face can be designed to support young people's development as computational creators.
Elizabeth CityLiz City is lecturer on education and director of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.
Barbara TreacyBarbara Treacy is a nationally recognized leader in online and blended learning who works with states, districts, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.
David MalanDavid J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He received his A.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same in 1999, 2004, and 2007, respectively.
Karen Brennan is an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research is primarily concerned with the ways in which learning environments in and out of school, online and face-to-face can be designed to support young people's development as computational creators.
David MalanDavid J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He received his A.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same in 1999, 2004, and 2007, respectively.
David J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He received his A.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same in 1999, 2004, and 2007, respectively.
Robert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Holly LemHolly Lem earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate Faculty at the New School for Social Research. She received her clinical training at Bellevue Hospital, Yale Medical School, Columbia University and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Dean WhitlaDean Whitla is a psychologist with a particular interest in assessment and evaluation, who has spent much of his professional life evaluating progress, development and change in people and in institutions.
Jacqueline ZellerJacqueline Zeller earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Virginia. She is a licensed psychologist, school psychologist, and elementary education teacher. Her clinical interests focus on prevention and intervention efforts in schools and promoting resiliency in children.
Helen Haste is a visiting professor at HGSE and principal investigator for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Spencer Foundation-funded New Civics Early Career Scholars' Program. This supports currently 22 HGSE doctoral students whose research interests concern civic education and civic engagement.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Houman HarouniHouman Harouni's work addresses the problem of purpose in education through a multidisciplinary lens that involves history, philosophy, psychology and knowledge of specific content areas, particularly mathematics.
Christina SmiragliaChristina Smiraglia is a senior research manager with Project Zero Connect, leading a strand of the project that investigates the educational elements of community festivals.
A former student and translator of Jean Piaget, Eleanor Duckworth grounds her work in Piaget and Inhelder's insights into the nature and development of understanding and in their research method, which she has developed as a teaching/research approach, Critical Exploration in the Classroom.
Tina BlytheTina Blythe is a lecturer on education and a project director at Harvard Project Zero.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
David DocktermanDavid Dockterman operates at the intersection of research and practice. In 1982 he helped found Tom Snyder Productions, an early pioneer in educational technology, while getting his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Vicki A. JacobsVicki A. Jacobs is a lecturer on education, faculty director of the Special Studies Program, director of Teacher Education Program Fieldwork, director of the Field Experience Program, and associate director of Master's Studies Programs at the Graduate School of Education.
Meira LevinsonMeira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.
Judah L. SchwartzJudah Schwartz taught courses on the teaching and learning of mathematics, assessing mathematical attainment, and ethical and philosophical issues arising from the use of technology in education.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Todd RoseTodd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual.
Lisa SchneierLisa Schneier was a high school teacher in the Boston Public Schools for 12 years. Her subject matter focus was English and writing, but she also taught basic literacy and math skills. She earned her Doctorate in Education under the supervision of Eleanor Duckworth at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Steven SeidelSteve Seidel is the director of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Eduction. At Project Zero, he was principal investigator on projects that study the use of reflective practices in schools, the close examination of student work, and documentation of learning.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Shari TishmanShari Tishman is a Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero, where she recently served as Director. Her research focuses on the development of thinking and understanding, the role of close observation in learning, and learning in and through the arts.
Barbara TreacyBarbara Treacy is a nationally recognized leader in online and blended learning who works with states, districts, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.
Dean WhitlaDean Whitla is a psychologist with a particular interest in assessment and evaluation, who has spent much of his professional life evaluating progress, development and change in people and in institutions.
Houman HarouniHouman Harouni's work addresses the problem of purpose in education through a multidisciplinary lens that involves history, philosophy, psychology and knowledge of specific content areas, particularly mathematics.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
David J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He received his A.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same in 1999, 2004, and 2007, respectively.
Prior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
A former student and translator of Jean Piaget, Eleanor Duckworth grounds her work in Piaget and Inhelder's insights into the nature and development of understanding and in their research method, which she has developed as a teaching/research approach, Critical Exploration in the Classroom.
David J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He received his A.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same in 1999, 2004, and 2007, respectively.
Tina Blythe is a lecturer on education and a project director at Harvard Project Zero.
Barbara TreacyBarbara Treacy is a nationally recognized leader in online and blended learning who works with states, districts, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.
David MalanDavid J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He received his A.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same in 1999, 2004, and 2007, respectively.
Sarah Dryden-Peterson leads a research program that focuses on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Meira LevinsonMeira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.
Robert S. PeterkinPrior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Lee TeitelLee Teitel teaches courses on integrated schools and leading and coaching for equity and diversity, leadership development, partnership and networking, and on understanding organizations and how to improve them. He is the faculty director of the newly launched Reimagining Integration: The Diverse and Equitable Schools Project at HGSE.
Dean WhitlaDean Whitla is a psychologist with a particular interest in assessment and evaluation, who has spent much of his professional life evaluating progress, development and change in people and in institutions.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Natasha Kumar WarikooNatasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Nadine GaabNadine is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.
Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Robert A. LeVineRobert LeVine's research concerns cultural aspects of parenthood and child development in African, Asian, Latin American, and other societies. His most recent research is on the influence of maternal schooling on reproduction and child health care in Nepal.
Kathleen McCartneyKathleen McCartney, Professor of Education, Emerita, is the current president of Smith College.
Catherine SnowCatherine Snow is an expert on language and literacy development in children, focusing on how oral language skills are acquired and how they relate to literacy outcomes.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Chris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Joseph P. KaltJoseph P. Kalt is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy. His research focuses on exploring the economic implications and political origins of the government regulation of markets. He also heads the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Nancy HoffmanNancy Hoffman is a vice president and senior advisor at Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit based in Boston focused on improving educational and workforce outcomes for low-income young people and adults.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Bridget Terry LongBridget Terry Long is the academic dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Long is an economist who specializes in the study of education, in particular the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.
Paul RevillePaul Reville is the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He is the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab. He recently completed nearly five years of service as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Chris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Jerome T. MurphyJerome Murphy is a specialist in the management and politics of education. His teaching and research focus on administrative practice and organizational leadership, government policy, program implementation and evaluation, and qualitative methodology.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Bridget Terry LongBridget Terry Long is the academic dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Long is an economist who specializes in the study of education, in particular the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Paul RevillePaul Reville is the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He is the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab. He recently completed nearly five years of service as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Aaliyah El-AminAaliyah El-Amin is a practitioner and researcher committed to ensuring that educators have the knowledge and tools they need to disrupt systems of oppression. Her specific interest areas include liberatory education models, social justice schooling, critical pedagogy and youth participatory action research.
Joe Blatt is interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior. His courses span both formal and informal settings.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
David DocktermanDavid Dockterman operates at the intersection of research and practice. In 1982 he helped found Tom Snyder Productions, an early pioneer in educational technology, while getting his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Barbara TreacyBarbara Treacy is a nationally recognized leader in online and blended learning who works with states, districts, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Paul L. HarrisPaul Harris is interested in the early development of cognition, emotion, and imagination. His most recent book, Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others, was published by Harvard University Press in May 2012.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Metta Karuna McGarveyMetta McGarvey is an adjunct lecturer on education and the faculty chair of Building Inner Strengths of Leaders for Programs in Professional Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Joe Blatt is interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior. His courses span both formal and informal settings.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Gregory M. GunnGreg Gunn co-founded Wireless Generation, a leading educational software company now serving more than 3 million children with groundbreaking assessment and instruction products. As President, Greg created and led the product development team, shipping the award-winning mCLASS® handheld formative assessment platform.
Monica C. HigginsMonica Higgins joined the Harvard faculty in 1995 and is the Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) where her research and teaching focus on the areas of leadership development and organizational change.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
John RichardsJohn Richards is a senior executive in education, technology and media with extensive experience in business development and strategic planning.
Joe Blatt is interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior. His courses span both formal and informal settings.
Joseph P. KaltJoseph P. Kalt is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy. His research focuses on exploring the economic implications and political origins of the government regulation of markets. He also heads the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Roberto G. GonzalesRoberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Robert A. LeVineRobert LeVine's research concerns cultural aspects of parenthood and child development in African, Asian, Latin American, and other societies. His most recent research is on the influence of maternal schooling on reproduction and child health care in Nepal.
Martha L. MinowMartha Minow, the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses have included civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Natasha Kumar WarikooNatasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities.
William R. Beardslee is the academic chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Childrens Hospital in Boston, and the Gardner Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He trained in general psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and in child psychiatry and psychiatric research at Childrens Hospital.
Sarah Dryden-PetersonSarah Dryden-Peterson leads a research program that focuses on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Robert A. LeVineRobert LeVine's research concerns cultural aspects of parenthood and child development in African, Asian, Latin American, and other societies. His most recent research is on the influence of maternal schooling on reproduction and child health care in Nepal.
Kathleen McCartneyKathleen McCartney, Professor of Education, Emerita, is the current president of Smith College.
Martha L. MinowMartha Minow, the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses have included civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Richard WeissbourdRichard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program.
James Honan's teaching and research interests include financial management of nonprofit organizations, organizational performance measurement and management, and higher-education administration.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Bridget Terry LongBridget Terry Long is the academic dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Long is an economist who specializes in the study of education, in particular the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Helen Haste is a visiting professor at HGSE and principal investigator for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Spencer Foundation-funded New Civics Early Career Scholars' Program. This supports currently 22 HGSE doctoral students whose research interests concern civic education and civic engagement.
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Martha L. MinowMartha Minow, the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses have included civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.
Roberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Nancy HoffmanNancy Hoffman is a vice president and senior advisor at Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit based in Boston focused on improving educational and workforce outcomes for low-income young people and adults.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Robert B. SchwartzRobert Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Practice in Educational Policy and Administration. He held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Richard Chait studies the management and governance of colleges and universities. Chait has expertise on terms and conditions of faculty employment, including promotion and tenure procedures, academic freedom, and faculty evaluation.
Patricia Albjerg GrahamPatricia Albjerg Graham is a leading historian of American education. She began her teaching career in Deep Creek, Virginia, and later taught in Norfolk, Virginia, and New York City. She has also served as a high-school guidance counselor.
Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
James P. HonanJames Honan's teaching and research interests include financial management of nonprofit organizations, organizational performance measurement and management, and higher-education administration.
Robert W. IulianoRobert W. Iuliano is vice president and general counsel of Harvard University, and by virtue of that experience, has confronted many of the fundamental legal issues affecting higher education. He previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Boston, prosecuting violations of federal drug, gun, and money-laundering laws.
Bridget Terry LongBridget Terry Long is the academic dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Long is an economist who specializes in the study of education, in particular the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.
Judith Block McLaughlinJudith Block McLaughlin's work focuses on leadership and governance in higher education. As educational chair of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents and the Harvard Seminar for Experienced Presidents, she has had the pleasure of working with over 1000 college and university presidents since the program's inception in 1990.
Matthew MillerMatt Miller is lecturer on education and associate dean for learning and teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He oversees course and curriculum planning, support of faculty- and student-led initiatives for innovation in learning and teaching, and other ongoing academic priorities of the dean's office.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Dean WhitlaDean Whitla is a psychologist with a particular interest in assessment and evaluation, who has spent much of his professional life evaluating progress, development and change in people and in institutions.
Natasha Kumar WarikooNatasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities.
Joseph P. ZolnerJoseph P. Zolner is a lecturer on education, senior director of programs, and senior director of the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE) in the Office of Programs in Professional Education (PPE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As senior director of programs, he functions as PPE's chief academic officer.
Kiernan Robert MathewsKiernan Mathews is the executive director and principal investigator of the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where he has led strategic planning, research, and development since 2008.
Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Richard J. LightRichard Light is the Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). His Ph.D. is in statistics from Harvard, and after years of teaching statistics at HGSE he currently focuses on higher education policies and controversies.
Matthew MillerMatt Miller is lecturer on education and associate dean for learning and teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He oversees course and curriculum planning, support of faculty- and student-led initiatives for innovation in learning and teaching, and other ongoing academic priorities of the dean's office.
Julie A. ReubenJulie Reuben is a historian interested in the intersection between American thought and culture and educational institutions and practice.
Joseph P. ZolnerJoseph P. Zolner is a lecturer on education, senior director of programs, and senior director of the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE) in the Office of Programs in Professional Education (PPE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As senior director of programs, he functions as PPE's chief academic officer.
David Dockterman operates at the intersection of research and practice. In 1982 he helped found Tom Snyder Productions, an early pioneer in educational technology, while getting his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Patricia Albjerg GrahamPatricia Albjerg Graham is a leading historian of American education. She began her teaching career in Deep Creek, Virginia, and later taught in Norfolk, Virginia, and New York City. She has also served as a high-school guidance counselor.
Julie A. ReubenJulie Reuben is a historian interested in the intersection between American thought and culture and educational institutions and practice.
Houman HarouniHouman Harouni's work addresses the problem of purpose in education through a multidisciplinary lens that involves history, philosophy, psychology and knowledge of specific content areas, particularly mathematics.
Sarah Dryden-Peterson leads a research program that focuses on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies.
Roberto G. GonzalesRoberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Natasha Kumar WarikooNatasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
David PerkinsDavid Perkins is a founding member of Harvard Project Zero, a basic research project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigating human symbolic capacities and their development. For many years, he served as codirector, and is now senior codirector and a member of the steering committee.
Todd RoseTodd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual.
Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Todd RoseTodd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Christina SmiragliaChristina Smiraglia is a senior research manager with Project Zero Connect, leading a strand of the project that investigates the educational elements of community festivals.
Sarah Dryden-Peterson leads a research program that focuses on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies.
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Robert A. LeVineRobert LeVine's research concerns cultural aspects of parenthood and child development in African, Asian, Latin American, and other societies. His most recent research is on the influence of maternal schooling on reproduction and child health care in Nepal.
David PerkinsDavid Perkins is a founding member of Harvard Project Zero, a basic research project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigating human symbolic capacities and their development. For many years, he served as codirector, and is now senior codirector and a member of the steering committee.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Paola UccelliPaola Uccelli is associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. With a background in linguistics, she studies socio-cultural and individual differences in language and literacy development throughout the school years.
Natasha Kumar WarikooNatasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities.
Houman HarouniHouman Harouni's work addresses the problem of purpose in education through a multidisciplinary lens that involves history, philosophy, psychology and knowledge of specific content areas, particularly mathematics.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Connie Kyung-Hwa ChungConnie K. Chung is the associate director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a multi-institution collaborative that works with education institutions in eight countries.
Robert W. Iuliano is vice president and general counsel of Harvard University, and by virtue of that experience, has confronted many of the fundamental legal issues affecting higher education. He previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Boston, prosecuting violations of federal drug, gun, and money-laundering laws.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Joanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Paul L. HarrisPaul Harris is interested in the early development of cognition, emotion, and imagination. His most recent book, Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others, was published by Harvard University Press in May 2012.
Catherine SnowCatherine Snow is an expert on language and literacy development in children, focusing on how oral language skills are acquired and how they relate to literacy outcomes.
Paola UccelliPaola Uccelli is associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. With a background in linguistics, she studies socio-cultural and individual differences in language and literacy development throughout the school years.
David UrionDavid K. Urion, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, with majors in French and Chemistry, in 1976. He graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1980. After an internship in internal medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, he came to Children's Hospital in 1981, and has been there since then.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Miao LiMiao Li received her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Literacy Education at Queen's University in Canada.
Richard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Ebony N. Bridwell-MitchellEbony Bridwell-Mitchell is an associate professor of education with expertise in leadership, management, and organizations at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Bridwell-Mitchell's research builds on her three areas of training and study: organizational management and theory, public policy, and education.
Elizabeth CityLiz City is lecturer on education and director of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Susan Moore JohnsonSusan Moore Johnson studies, teaches, and consults about teacher policy, organizational change, and administrative practice. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has a continuing interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools.
Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Thomas HehirTom Hehir served as director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs from 1993 to 1999. As director, he was responsible for federal leadership in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Monica C. HigginsMonica Higgins joined the Harvard faculty in 1995 and is the Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) where her research and teaching focus on the areas of leadership development and organizational change.
James P. HonanJames Honan's teaching and research interests include financial management of nonprofit organizations, organizational performance measurement and management, and higher-education administration.
Jerome T. MurphyJerome Murphy is a specialist in the management and politics of education. His teaching and research focus on administrative practice and organizational leadership, government policy, program implementation and evaluation, and qualitative methodology.
Judith Block McLaughlinJudith Block McLaughlin's work focuses on leadership and governance in higher education. As educational chair of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents and the Harvard Seminar for Experienced Presidents, she has had the pleasure of working with over 1000 college and university presidents since the program's inception in 1990.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Robert S. PeterkinPrior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Lee TeitelLee Teitel teaches courses on integrated schools and leading and coaching for equity and diversity, leadership development, partnership and networking, and on understanding organizations and how to improve them. He is the faculty director of the newly launched Reimagining Integration: The Diverse and Equitable Schools Project at HGSE.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Daniel WilsonDaniel Wilson is the director of Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).
Metta Karuna McGarveyMetta McGarvey is an adjunct lecturer on education and the faculty chair of Building Inner Strengths of Leaders for Programs in Professional Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Kiernan Robert MathewsKiernan Mathews is the executive director and principal investigator of the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where he has led strategic planning, research, and development since 2008.
Joe Blatt is interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior. His courses span both formal and informal settings.
Tina BlytheTina Blythe is a lecturer on education and a project director at Harvard Project Zero.
Katherine C. BolesKatherine Boles is a senior lecturer on education and director of the Learning and Teaching Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Nadine GaabNadine is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.
Vicki A. JacobsVicki A. Jacobs is a lecturer on education, faculty director of the Special Studies Program, director of Teacher Education Program Fieldwork, director of the Field Experience Program, and associate director of Master's Studies Programs at the Graduate School of Education.
David PerkinsDavid Perkins is a founding member of Harvard Project Zero, a basic research project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigating human symbolic capacities and their development. For many years, he served as codirector, and is now senior codirector and a member of the steering committee.
Todd RoseTodd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual.
Lisa SchneierLisa Schneier was a high school teacher in the Boston Public Schools for 12 years. Her subject matter focus was English and writing, but she also taught basic literacy and math skills. She earned her Doctorate in Education under the supervision of Eleanor Duckworth at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Steven SeidelSteve Seidel is the director of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Eduction. At Project Zero, he was principal investigator on projects that study the use of reflective practices in schools, the close examination of student work, and documentation of learning.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Shari TishmanShari Tishman is a Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero, where she recently served as Director. Her research focuses on the development of thinking and understanding, the role of close observation in learning, and learning in and through the arts.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Daniel WilsonDaniel Wilson is the director of Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Christina SmiragliaChristina Smiraglia is a senior research manager with Project Zero Connect, leading a strand of the project that investigates the educational elements of community festivals.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Nadine GaabNadine is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.
Thomas HehirTom Hehir served as director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs from 1993 to 1999. As director, he was responsible for federal leadership in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Nonie K. LesauxNonie K. Lesaux is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society. Her research focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds, and is conducted largely in urban and semi-urban cities and school districts.
David H. RoseDavid Rose has been on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) for over 30 years. Rose is a developmental neuropsychologist and educator whose primary focus is on the development of new technologies for learning.
David UrionDavid K. Urion, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, with majors in French and Chemistry, in 1976. He graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1980. After an internship in internal medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, he came to Children's Hospital in 1981, and has been there since then.
Robert W. Iuliano is vice president and general counsel of Harvard University, and by virtue of that experience, has confronted many of the fundamental legal issues affecting higher education. He previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Boston, prosecuting violations of federal drug, gun, and money-laundering laws.
Martha L. MinowMartha Minow, the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses have included civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Joanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Vicki A. JacobsVicki A. Jacobs is a lecturer on education, faculty director of the Special Studies Program, director of Teacher Education Program Fieldwork, director of the Field Experience Program, and associate director of Master's Studies Programs at the Graduate School of Education.
Gigi LukGigi Luk's research on the cognitive and neural consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. She leads a research program that examines how diverse language experiences shapes development and learning. Using neuroimaging and behavioral methods, Luk studies bilingualism as an interactional experience that shapes cognition.
Pamela A. MasonPamela A. Mason is director of the Language and Literacy Master's program and the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab and a senior lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Catherine SnowCatherine Snow is an expert on language and literacy development in children, focusing on how oral language skills are acquired and how they relate to literacy outcomes.
Paola UccelliPaola Uccelli is associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. With a background in linguistics, she studies socio-cultural and individual differences in language and literacy development throughout the school years.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Miao LiMiao Li received her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Literacy Education at Queen's University in Canada.
Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell is an associate professor of education with expertise in leadership, management, and organizations at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Bridwell-Mitchell's research builds on her three areas of training and study: organizational management and theory, public policy, and education.
Elizabeth CityLiz City is lecturer on education and director of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Kiernan Robert MathewsKiernan Mathews is the executive director and principal investigator of the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where he has led strategic planning, research, and development since 2008.
Joe Blatt is interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior. His courses span both formal and informal settings.
David DocktermanDavid Dockterman operates at the intersection of research and practice. In 1982 he helped found Tom Snyder Productions, an early pioneer in educational technology, while getting his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Heather C. HillHeather C. Hill is a professor in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her primary work focuses on teacher and teaching quality, and the effects of policies aimed at improving both.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Judah L. SchwartzJudah Schwartz taught courses on the teaching and learning of mathematics, assessing mathematical attainment, and ethical and philosophical issues arising from the use of technology in education.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Houman HarouniHouman Harouni's work addresses the problem of purpose in education through a multidisciplinary lens that involves history, philosophy, psychology and knowledge of specific content areas, particularly mathematics.
Nancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Meira LevinsonMeira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Joe Blatt is interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior. His courses span both formal and informal settings.
Joseph P. KaltJoseph P. Kalt is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy. His research focuses on exploring the economic implications and political origins of the government regulation of markets. He also heads the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Roberto G. GonzalesRoberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Martha L. MinowMartha Minow, the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses have included civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Bridget Terry LongBridget Terry Long is the academic dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Long is an economist who specializes in the study of education, in particular the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Natasha Kumar WarikooNatasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities.
William R. Beardslee is the academic chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Childrens Hospital in Boston, and the Gardner Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He trained in general psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and in child psychiatry and psychiatric research at Childrens Hospital.
Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Helen HasteHelen Haste is a visiting professor at HGSE and principal investigator for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Spencer Foundation-funded New Civics Early Career Scholars' Program. This supports currently 22 HGSE doctoral students whose research interests concern civic education and civic engagement.
Julie A. ReubenJulie Reuben is a historian interested in the intersection between American thought and culture and educational institutions and practice.
Richard WeissbourdRichard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program.
David Dockterman operates at the intersection of research and practice. In 1982 he helped found Tom Snyder Productions, an early pioneer in educational technology, while getting his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Christina Hinton is a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Hinton is a neuroscientist and educator committed to bridging the gap between interdisciplinary research on learning and education policy and practice.
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Meira LevinsonMeira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.
Julie A. ReubenJulie Reuben is a historian interested in the intersection between American thought and culture and educational institutions and practice.
Catherine SnowCatherine Snow is an expert on language and literacy development in children, focusing on how oral language skills are acquired and how they relate to literacy outcomes.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Nadine GaabNadine is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.
Christina HintonChristina Hinton is a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Hinton is a neuroscientist and educator committed to bridging the gap between interdisciplinary research on learning and education policy and practice.
Gigi LukGigi Luk's research on the cognitive and neural consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. She leads a research program that examines how diverse language experiences shapes development and learning. Using neuroimaging and behavioral methods, Luk studies bilingualism as an interactional experience that shapes cognition.
David H. RoseDavid Rose has been on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) for over 30 years. Rose is a developmental neuropsychologist and educator whose primary focus is on the development of new technologies for learning.
Todd RoseTodd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual.
David UrionDavid K. Urion, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, with majors in French and Chemistry, in 1976. He graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1980. After an internship in internal medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, he came to Children's Hospital in 1981, and has been there since then.
Metta Karuna McGarveyMetta McGarvey is an adjunct lecturer on education and the faculty chair of Building Inner Strengths of Leaders for Programs in Professional Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
William R. Beardslee is the academic chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Childrens Hospital in Boston, and the Gardner Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He trained in general psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and in child psychiatry and psychiatric research at Childrens Hospital.
Nancy E. HillNancy Hill is a developmental psychologist and her research identifies the unique and interactive ways in which race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence parenting beliefs, practices and child outcomes, especially among African American, Latino, and Euro-American children.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Robert A. LeVineRobert LeVine's research concerns cultural aspects of parenthood and child development in African, Asian, Latin American, and other societies. His most recent research is on the influence of maternal schooling on reproduction and child health care in Nepal.
Kathleen McCartneyKathleen McCartney, Professor of Education, Emerita, is the current president of Smith College.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Richard WeissbourdRichard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Catherine Elgin is a philosopher whose areas of study include the theory of knowledge, philosophy of art, and philosophy of science. Recent work considers the question of what makes something cognitively valuable.
Meira LevinsonMeira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.
Houman HarouniHouman Harouni's work addresses the problem of purpose in education through a multidisciplinary lens that involves history, philosophy, psychology and knowledge of specific content areas, particularly mathematics.
Richard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Susan Moore JohnsonSusan Moore Johnson studies, teaches, and consults about teacher policy, organizational change, and administrative practice. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has a continuing interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools.
Heather C. HillHeather C. Hill is a professor in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her primary work focuses on teacher and teaching quality, and the effects of policies aimed at improving both.
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Kathleen McCartneyKathleen McCartney, Professor of Education, Emerita, is the current president of Smith College.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Jerome T. MurphyJerome Murphy is a specialist in the management and politics of education. His teaching and research focus on administrative practice and organizational leadership, government policy, program implementation and evaluation, and qualitative methodology.
Daniel KoretzDaniel Koretz is an expert on educational assessment and testing policy. A primary focus of his work has been the impact of high-stakes testing.
Richard J. LightRichard Light is the Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). His Ph.D. is in statistics from Harvard, and after years of teaching statistics at HGSE he currently focuses on higher education policies and controversies.
Bridget Terry LongBridget Terry Long is the academic dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Long is an economist who specializes in the study of education, in particular the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.
Robert B. SchwartzRobert Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Practice in Educational Policy and Administration. He held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Paul RevillePaul Reville is the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He is the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab. He recently completed nearly five years of service as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Laura A. SchifterLaura Schifter is a research consultant working with states and advocacy organizations to analyze data on the identification, placement, and performance of students with disabilities.
Meira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.
Houman HarouniHouman Harouni's work addresses the problem of purpose in education through a multidisciplinary lens that involves history, philosophy, psychology and knowledge of specific content areas, particularly mathematics.
Richard Chait studies the management and governance of colleges and universities. Chait has expertise on terms and conditions of faculty employment, including promotion and tenure procedures, academic freedom, and faculty evaluation.
Richard ElmoreRichard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Jerome T. MurphyJerome Murphy is a specialist in the management and politics of education. His teaching and research focus on administrative practice and organizational leadership, government policy, program implementation and evaluation, and qualitative methodology.
Judith Block McLaughlinJudith Block McLaughlin's work focuses on leadership and governance in higher education. As educational chair of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents and the Harvard Seminar for Experienced Presidents, she has had the pleasure of working with over 1000 college and university presidents since the program's inception in 1990.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Robert B. SchwartzRobert Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Practice in Educational Policy and Administration. He held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Lee TeitelLee Teitel teaches courses on integrated schools and leading and coaching for equity and diversity, leadership development, partnership and networking, and on understanding organizations and how to improve them. He is the faculty director of the newly launched Reimagining Integration: The Diverse and Equitable Schools Project at HGSE.
Roberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Kathleen McCartneyKathleen McCartney, Professor of Education, Emerita, is the current president of Smith College.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Richard WeissbourdRichard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Susan Moore Johnson studies, teaches, and consults about teacher policy, organizational change, and administrative practice. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has a continuing interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Robert S. PeterkinPrior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Lee TeitelLee Teitel teaches courses on integrated schools and leading and coaching for equity and diversity, leadership development, partnership and networking, and on understanding organizations and how to improve them. He is the faculty director of the newly launched Reimagining Integration: The Diverse and Equitable Schools Project at HGSE.
Richard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Tina BlytheTina Blythe is a lecturer on education and a project director at Harvard Project Zero.
Katherine C. BolesKatherine Boles is a senior lecturer on education and director of the Learning and Teaching Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).
Karen BrennanKaren Brennan is an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research is primarily concerned with the ways in which learning environments in and out of school, online and face-to-face can be designed to support young people's development as computational creators.
Elizabeth CityLiz City is lecturer on education and director of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Susan Moore JohnsonSusan Moore Johnson studies, teaches, and consults about teacher policy, organizational change, and administrative practice. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has a continuing interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools.
James P. HonanJames Honan's teaching and research interests include financial management of nonprofit organizations, organizational performance measurement and management, and higher-education administration.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Steven SeidelSteve Seidel is the director of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Eduction. At Project Zero, he was principal investigator on projects that study the use of reflective practices in schools, the close examination of student work, and documentation of learning.
Lee TeitelLee Teitel teaches courses on integrated schools and leading and coaching for equity and diversity, leadership development, partnership and networking, and on understanding organizations and how to improve them. He is the faculty director of the newly launched Reimagining Integration: The Diverse and Equitable Schools Project at HGSE.
Shari TishmanShari Tishman is a Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero, where she recently served as Director. Her research focuses on the development of thinking and understanding, the role of close observation in learning, and learning in and through the arts.
Barbara TreacyBarbara Treacy is a nationally recognized leader in online and blended learning who works with states, districts, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.
Joseph P. ZolnerJoseph P. Zolner is a lecturer on education, senior director of programs, and senior director of the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE) in the Office of Programs in Professional Education (PPE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As senior director of programs, he functions as PPE's chief academic officer.
Kiernan Robert MathewsKiernan Mathews is the executive director and principal investigator of the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where he has led strategic planning, research, and development since 2008.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Nadine GaabNadine is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.
Howard GardnerHoward Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Paul L. HarrisPaul Harris is interested in the early development of cognition, emotion, and imagination. His most recent book, Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others, was published by Harvard University Press in May 2012.
Helen HasteHelen Haste is a visiting professor at HGSE and principal investigator for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Spencer Foundation-funded New Civics Early Career Scholars' Program. This supports currently 22 HGSE doctoral students whose research interests concern civic education and civic engagement.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Robert A. LeVineRobert LeVine's research concerns cultural aspects of parenthood and child development in African, Asian, Latin American, and other societies. His most recent research is on the influence of maternal schooling on reproduction and child health care in Nepal.
Kathleen McCartneyKathleen McCartney, Professor of Education, Emerita, is the current president of Smith College.
Nonie K. LesauxNonie K. Lesaux is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society. Her research focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds, and is conducted largely in urban and semi-urban cities and school districts.
Gigi LukGigi Luk's research on the cognitive and neural consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. She leads a research program that examines how diverse language experiences shapes development and learning. Using neuroimaging and behavioral methods, Luk studies bilingualism as an interactional experience that shapes cognition.
David H. RoseDavid Rose has been on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) for over 30 years. Rose is a developmental neuropsychologist and educator whose primary focus is on the development of new technologies for learning.
David PerkinsDavid Perkins is a founding member of Harvard Project Zero, a basic research project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigating human symbolic capacities and their development. For many years, he served as codirector, and is now senior codirector and a member of the steering committee.
Todd RoseTodd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual.
Robert L. SelmanRobert Selman served as chair of the Human Development and Psychology area from 2000 to 2004. He is the founder within this area of the Prevention Science and Practice Program in 1992 and served as its first director through 1999.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Terrence TivnanTerrence Tivnan teaches courses on research methods and data analysis. He has helped thousands of students get off to a good start in learning about statistics and research in education. He received his M.A.T.
Dean WhitlaDean Whitla is a psychologist with a particular interest in assessment and evaluation, who has spent much of his professional life evaluating progress, development and change in people and in institutions.
Metta Karuna McGarveyMetta McGarvey is an adjunct lecturer on education and the faculty chair of Building Inner Strengths of Leaders for Programs in Professional Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Meredith L. RoweMeredith Rowe is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She leads a research program on understanding the role of parent and family factors in childrens early language and literacy development.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Josephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Natasha Kumar WarikooNatasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities.
Aaliyah El-AminAaliyah El-Amin is a practitioner and researcher committed to ensuring that educators have the knowledge and tools they need to disrupt systems of oppression. Her specific interest areas include liberatory education models, social justice schooling, critical pedagogy and youth participatory action research.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Joanna A. ChristodoulouJoanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
Nadine GaabNadine is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.
Vicki A. JacobsVicki A. Jacobs is a lecturer on education, faculty director of the Special Studies Program, director of Teacher Education Program Fieldwork, director of the Field Experience Program, and associate director of Master's Studies Programs at the Graduate School of Education.
Nonie K. LesauxNonie K. Lesaux is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society. Her research focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds, and is conducted largely in urban and semi-urban cities and school districts.
Gigi LukGigi Luk's research on the cognitive and neural consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. She leads a research program that examines how diverse language experiences shapes development and learning. Using neuroimaging and behavioral methods, Luk studies bilingualism as an interactional experience that shapes cognition.
David H. RoseDavid Rose has been on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) for over 30 years. Rose is a developmental neuropsychologist and educator whose primary focus is on the development of new technologies for learning.
Catherine SnowCatherine Snow is an expert on language and literacy development in children, focusing on how oral language skills are acquired and how they relate to literacy outcomes.
Paola UccelliPaola Uccelli is associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. With a background in linguistics, she studies socio-cultural and individual differences in language and literacy development throughout the school years.
Richard WeissbourdRichard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program.
Richard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Ebony N. Bridwell-MitchellEbony Bridwell-Mitchell is an associate professor of education with expertise in leadership, management, and organizations at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Bridwell-Mitchell's research builds on her three areas of training and study: organizational management and theory, public policy, and education.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
David DocktermanDavid Dockterman operates at the intersection of research and practice. In 1982 he helped found Tom Snyder Productions, an early pioneer in educational technology, while getting his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Patricia Albjerg GrahamPatricia Albjerg Graham is a leading historian of American education. She began her teaching career in Deep Creek, Virginia, and later taught in Norfolk, Virginia, and New York City. She has also served as a high-school guidance counselor.
Susan Moore JohnsonSusan Moore Johnson studies, teaches, and consults about teacher policy, organizational change, and administrative practice. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has a continuing interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools.
Thomas HehirTom Hehir served as director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs from 1993 to 1999. As director, he was responsible for federal leadership in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Martha L. MinowMartha Minow, the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses have included civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Jerome T. MurphyJerome Murphy is a specialist in the management and politics of education. His teaching and research focus on administrative practice and organizational leadership, government policy, program implementation and evaluation, and qualitative methodology.
Daniel KoretzDaniel Koretz is an expert on educational assessment and testing policy. A primary focus of his work has been the impact of high-stakes testing.
Richard J. LightRichard Light is the Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). His Ph.D. is in statistics from Harvard, and after years of teaching statistics at HGSE he currently focuses on higher education policies and controversies.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Robert S. PeterkinPrior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
Judah L. SchwartzJudah Schwartz taught courses on the teaching and learning of mathematics, assessing mathematical attainment, and ethical and philosophical issues arising from the use of technology in education.
Robert B. SchwartzRobert Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Practice in Educational Policy and Administration. He held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996.
David PerkinsDavid Perkins is a founding member of Harvard Project Zero, a basic research project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigating human symbolic capacities and their development. For many years, he served as codirector, and is now senior codirector and a member of the steering committee.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
Paul RevillePaul Reville is the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He is the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab. He recently completed nearly five years of service as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Steven SeidelSteve Seidel is the director of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Eduction. At Project Zero, he was principal investigator on projects that study the use of reflective practices in schools, the close examination of student work, and documentation of learning.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Richard WeissbourdRichard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program.
Kurt Fischer studies cognitive and emotional development and learning from birth through adulthood, combining analysis of the commonalities across people with the diversity of pathways of learning and development.
Sarah Dryden-PetersonSarah Dryden-Peterson leads a research program that focuses on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies.
Haiyan HuaHaiyan Hua is lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and vice-president at World Education, an international NGO headquartered in Boston.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Robert A. LeVineRobert LeVine's research concerns cultural aspects of parenthood and child development in African, Asian, Latin American, and other societies. His most recent research is on the influence of maternal schooling on reproduction and child health care in Nepal.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Daniel KoretzDaniel Koretz is an expert on educational assessment and testing policy. A primary focus of his work has been the impact of high-stakes testing.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Richard J. LightRichard Light is the Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). His Ph.D. is in statistics from Harvard, and after years of teaching statistics at HGSE he currently focuses on higher education policies and controversies.
Bridget Terry LongBridget Terry Long is the academic dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Long is an economist who specializes in the study of education, in particular the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.
Matthew MillerMatt Miller is lecturer on education and associate dean for learning and teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He oversees course and curriculum planning, support of faculty- and student-led initiatives for innovation in learning and teaching, and other ongoing academic priorities of the dean's office.
Judith D. SingerJudith D. Singer, Ph.D., is the James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity at Harvard University.
Terrence TivnanTerrence Tivnan teaches courses on research methods and data analysis. He has helped thousands of students get off to a good start in learning about statistics and research in education. He received his M.A.T.
Dean WhitlaDean Whitla is a psychologist with a particular interest in assessment and evaluation, who has spent much of his professional life evaluating progress, development and change in people and in institutions.
John B. WillettJohn Willett is interested in all things quantitative, particularly statistical methods for analyzing the timing and occurrence of events; methods for modeling change, learning, and development; and longitudinal research design.
Michael Shane TutwilerShane Tutwiler's research focuses on modeling student behavior in complex learning environments, such as multi user virtual environments (MUVEs), and using those behaviors as predictors for future student learning.
Connie Kyung-Hwa ChungConnie K. Chung is the associate director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a multi-institution collaborative that works with education institutions in eight countries.
Richard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Jerome T. MurphyJerome Murphy is a specialist in the management and politics of education. His teaching and research focus on administrative practice and organizational leadership, government policy, program implementation and evaluation, and qualitative methodology.
Robert S. PeterkinPrior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Richard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Ebony N. Bridwell-MitchellEbony Bridwell-Mitchell is an associate professor of education with expertise in leadership, management, and organizations at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Bridwell-Mitchell's research builds on her three areas of training and study: organizational management and theory, public policy, and education.
Gretchen Brion-MeiselsGretchen Brion-Meisels is a lecturer in the Prevention Science and Practice Program. Her research seeks to explore holistic student support processes that build on the local knowledge of students and communities.
Josephine M. KimJosephine Kim has a dual faculty appointment in Prevention Science and Practice/CAS in Counseling programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Natasha Kumar WarikooNatasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities.
Nancy Hoffman is a vice president and senior advisor at Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit based in Boston focused on improving educational and workforce outcomes for low-income young people and adults.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Robert B. SchwartzRobert Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Practice in Educational Policy and Administration. He held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
A former student and translator of Jean Piaget, Eleanor Duckworth grounds her work in Piaget and Inhelder's insights into the nature and development of understanding and in their research method, which she has developed as a teaching/research approach, Critical Exploration in the Classroom.
Joseph BlattJoe Blatt is interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior. His courses span both formal and informal settings.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Helen HasteHelen Haste is a visiting professor at HGSE and principal investigator for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Spencer Foundation-funded New Civics Early Career Scholars' Program. This supports currently 22 HGSE doctoral students whose research interests concern civic education and civic engagement.
Judah L. SchwartzJudah Schwartz taught courses on the teaching and learning of mathematics, assessing mathematical attainment, and ethical and philosophical issues arising from the use of technology in education.
Michael Shane TutwilerShane Tutwiler's research focuses on modeling student behavior in complex learning environments, such as multi user virtual environments (MUVEs), and using those behaviors as predictors for future student learning.
Gretchen Brion-Meisels is a lecturer in the Prevention Science and Practice Program. Her research seeks to explore holistic student support processes that build on the local knowledge of students and communities.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Tom Hehir served as director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs from 1993 to 1999. As director, he was responsible for federal leadership in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
David H. RoseDavid Rose has been on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) for over 30 years. Rose is a developmental neuropsychologist and educator whose primary focus is on the development of new technologies for learning.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Laura A. SchifterLaura Schifter is a research consultant working with states and advocacy organizations to analyze data on the identification, placement, and performance of students with disabilities.
Miao LiMiao Li received her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Literacy Education at Queen's University in Canada.
Richard Elmore joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, having previously taught at the College of Education, Michigan State University, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Daniel KoretzDaniel Koretz is an expert on educational assessment and testing policy. A primary focus of his work has been the impact of high-stakes testing.
Robert B. SchwartzRobert Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Practice in Educational Policy and Administration. He held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996.
Paul RevillePaul Reville is the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He is the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab. He recently completed nearly five years of service as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Susan Moore Johnson studies, teaches, and consults about teacher policy, organizational change, and administrative practice. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has a continuing interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools.
Robert KeganRobert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development.
Jerome T. MurphyJerome Murphy is a specialist in the management and politics of education. His teaching and research focus on administrative practice and organizational leadership, government policy, program implementation and evaluation, and qualitative methodology.
Robert S. PeterkinPrior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
Kiernan Mathews is the executive director and principal investigator of the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where he has led strategic planning, research, and development since 2008.
A former student and translator of Jean Piaget, Eleanor Duckworth grounds her work in Piaget and Inhelder's insights into the nature and development of understanding and in their research method, which she has developed as a teaching/research approach, Critical Exploration in the Classroom.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Houman HarouniHouman Harouni's work addresses the problem of purpose in education through a multidisciplinary lens that involves history, philosophy, psychology and knowledge of specific content areas, particularly mathematics.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Katherine Boles is a senior lecturer on education and director of the Learning and Teaching Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
Vicki A. JacobsVicki A. Jacobs is a lecturer on education, faculty director of the Special Studies Program, director of Teacher Education Program Fieldwork, director of the Field Experience Program, and associate director of Master's Studies Programs at the Graduate School of Education.
Thomas KaneThomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Katherine Boles is a senior lecturer on education and director of the Learning and Teaching Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).
Susan Moore JohnsonSusan Moore Johnson studies, teaches, and consults about teacher policy, organizational change, and administrative practice. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has a continuing interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools.
Richard J. MurnaneRichard Murnane, an economist, is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. With Greg Duncan, Murnane has examined the respects in which the growth in family income inequality in the U.S.
Fernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.
A former student and translator of Jean Piaget, Eleanor Duckworth grounds her work in Piaget and Inhelder's insights into the nature and development of understanding and in their research method, which she has developed as a teaching/research approach, Critical Exploration in the Classroom.
Tina BlytheTina Blythe is a lecturer on education and a project director at Harvard Project Zero.
Karen BrennanKaren Brennan is an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research is primarily concerned with the ways in which learning environments in and out of school, online and face-to-face can be designed to support young people's development as computational creators.
Elizabeth CityLiz City is lecturer on education and director of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.
David DocktermanDavid Dockterman operates at the intersection of research and practice. In 1982 he helped found Tom Snyder Productions, an early pioneer in educational technology, while getting his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Heather C. HillHeather C. Hill is a professor in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her primary work focuses on teacher and teaching quality, and the effects of policies aimed at improving both.
Katherine K. MersethKatherine Merseth's work concentrates on charter schools, teacher education, mathematics education, and the case-method of instruction.
Jon R. StarJon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra.
Barbara TreacyBarbara Treacy is a nationally recognized leader in online and blended learning who works with states, districts, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.
Veronica Boix MansillaVeronica Boix Mansilla is a principal investigator and Steering Committee member at Project Zero, HGSE, where she leads the IdGlobal Project and chairs the Future of Learning Institute.
Christina SmiragliaChristina Smiraglia is a senior research manager with Project Zero Connect, leading a strand of the project that investigates the educational elements of community festivals.
Joe Blatt is interested in the effects of media content and technology on development, learning, and civic behavior. His courses span both formal and informal settings.
Karen BrennanKaren Brennan is an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research is primarily concerned with the ways in which learning environments in and out of school, online and face-to-face can be designed to support young people's development as computational creators.
Christopher DedeChris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
David DocktermanDavid Dockterman operates at the intersection of research and practice. In 1982 he helped found Tom Snyder Productions, an early pioneer in educational technology, while getting his doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Judah L. SchwartzJudah Schwartz taught courses on the teaching and learning of mathematics, assessing mathematical attainment, and ethical and philosophical issues arising from the use of technology in education.
David H. RoseDavid Rose has been on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) for over 30 years. Rose is a developmental neuropsychologist and educator whose primary focus is on the development of new technologies for learning.
Todd RoseTodd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual.
Lisa SchneierLisa Schneier was a high school teacher in the Boston Public Schools for 12 years. Her subject matter focus was English and writing, but she also taught basic literacy and math skills. She earned her Doctorate in Education under the supervision of Eleanor Duckworth at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Barbara TreacyBarbara Treacy is a nationally recognized leader in online and blended learning who works with states, districts, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.
Daniel Koretz is an expert on educational assessment and testing policy. A primary focus of his work has been the impact of high-stakes testing.
Richard J. LightRichard Light is the Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). His Ph.D. is in statistics from Harvard, and after years of teaching statistics at HGSE he currently focuses on higher education policies and controversies.
Paul RevillePaul Reville is the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He is the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab. He recently completed nearly five years of service as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Liz City is lecturer on education and director of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.
Susan Moore JohnsonSusan Moore Johnson studies, teaches, and consults about teacher policy, organizational change, and administrative practice. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has a continuing interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools.
Roberto G. GonzalesRoberto G. Gonzales is assistant professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on the factors that promote and impede the educational progress of immigrant and Latino students.
Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change.
Meira LevinsonMeira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.
Robert S. PeterkinPrior to HGSE, Robert Peterkin held school superintendencies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and enjoyed a long career in educational leadership, from special education teacher to deputy superintendent, mainly with the Boston Public Schools.
James E. RyanJames E. Ryan is the 11th dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Paul RevillePaul Reville is the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He is the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab. He recently completed nearly five years of service as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mandy Savitz-RomerMandy Savitz-Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.
Lee TeitelLee Teitel teaches courses on integrated schools and leading and coaching for equity and diversity, leadership development, partnership and networking, and on understanding organizations and how to improve them. He is the faculty director of the newly launched Reimagining Integration: The Diverse and Equitable Schools Project at HGSE.
Charles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life.
Richard WeissbourdRichard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program.
Patricia Albjerg Graham is a leading historian of American education. She began her teaching career in Deep Creek, Virginia, and later taught in Norfolk, Virginia, and New York City. She has also served as a high-school guidance counselor.
Helen HasteHelen Haste is a visiting professor at HGSE and principal investigator for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Spencer Foundation-funded New Civics Early Career Scholars' Program. This supports currently 22 HGSE doctoral students whose research interests concern civic education and civic engagement.
Martha L. MinowMartha Minow, the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses have included civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop.
Vicki A. Jacobs is a lecturer on education, faculty director of the Special Studies Program, director of Teacher Education Program Fieldwork, director of the Field Experience Program, and associate director of Master's Studies Programs at the Graduate School of Education.
Paola UccelliPaola Uccelli is associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. With a background in linguistics, she studies socio-cultural and individual differences in language and literacy development throughout the school years.
