Project Zero's Boix Mansilla Awarded Schwartz Fellowship

Veronica Boix Mansilla, Ed.M.'92, Ed.D.'01, principal investigator at Project Zero, has recently been awarded the Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellowship for her work on global consciousness and the educational demands of our changing world. She holds an Ed.D. in human development and psychology and a master's in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. At Project Zero, she is the principal investigator of the Interdisciplinary Studies Project, which examines the intellectual, organizational, and pedagogical qualities of exemplary interdisciplinary work as it takes place in expert institutions and exemplary collegiate and precollegiate educational programs.

This marks the first time a Schwartz Fellowship has been given in the field of education and is among the first granted that is not exclusively focused on Asia, but has a broader global framing. The fellowship is designed to support Boix Mansilla's thinking, writing, and promotion of public dialogue about global competencies, building on her Project Zero research and the work she has done with the Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). For more information about the other Schwartz Fellows, please visit: http://www.asiasociety.org/about/people/fellows/schwartz.