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Alif Sheikh

alifsheikh@college.harvard.edu

Alif is a junior in Winthrop House concentrating in Integrative Biology with a secondary in Education Studies and pursuing the pre-med track. Much of her time at Harvard has been devoted to education and mentorship, particularly supporting...

Alyssa Yap

alyssayap@college.harvard.edu

Alyssa (she/her) is a senior in Kirkland pursuing Linguistics with Neuroscience and an EdSecondary. Born and raised in Malaysia, she is deeply interested in child language acquisition, multilingualism, and education policies surrounding language. She also...

Amy Liu

Amy Liu is a senior in Mather House from Philadelphia. She is concentrating in economics and psychology, with a secondary in educational studies and citation in Spanish. She has conducted research at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, the Democratic...

Carola Suarez-Orozco

Professor in Residence

Carola Suárez-Orozco is a professor in residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the director of the Immigration Initiative at Harvard. Using mixed-methodological strategies, her work focuses on elucidating the child, adolescent, and young...

Catherine Elgin

Professor of Education

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. Elgin has argued that the pursuit of...

Colby Meeks

Colby Meeks is a senior in Eliot House concentrating in English with a secondary field in Educational Studies. He is from Alabama, and seeing the realities of his K-12 education in Title I schools and, later, the disparities between his own K-12...

Elizabeth Bonawitz

David J. Vitale Associate Professor of Learning Sciences

Elizabeth Bonawitz is the David J. Vitale associate professor of Learning Sciences at Harvard University. Her work focuses on the basic science theories of learning with the broader goal of informing educational practice. Her research bridges two research...

Elizabeth City

Senior Lecturer on Education

Liz City is senior lecturer on education 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...

Emma Hughes

Emma Hughes is a senior living in Dunster House, originally from Phillipston, Massachusetts. She is a concentrator in English with a secondary in Educational Studies. Emma is interested in the relationship between education and schooling, interrogating...

Grace Bida

gracebida@college.harvard.edu

Grace Bida is on a mission to address inconsistently resourced education and learning systems by developing tools and spaces to democratize access to academic opportunity for underserved populations. She is eager to use empathy to architect more...

Jai Gillard

Jai Gillard is a senior in Lowell House, originally from New Orleans, LA, and raised in the communities of Greater Houston, Texas. With a passion for Psychology and a secondary focus on Educational Studies, Jai is deeply committed to bridging the gap...

Janaysa Dorcin

jadorcin@college.harvard.edu

Janaysa is a junior in Leverett House studying Government with a secondary in Educational Studies. She is passionate about college access and matriculation, and she is particularly interested in understanding the relationship between policy and...

Jiani Johnson

jiani_johnson@college.harvard.edu

Originally from Valley Cottage, NY, Jiani is a junior in Leverett House studying Bioengineering with a secondary in Educational Studies. She is passionate about sharing the interdisciplinary nature of educational studies with others at Harvard College...

Jisung Lee

Jisung Lee is a senior in Cabot House concentrating in History of Science with a secondary in Educational Studies. She is from Logan, Utah but spent most of her childhood in France and South Korea. Jisung’s interest in education stems from her experiences...

Jon Star

Professor of Education

Faculty Co-Chair, Human Development and Education Program (HDE)

Jon Star is an educational psychologist who studies children's learning of mathematics in middle and high school, particularly algebra. Star's current research explores the development of flexibility in mathematical problem solving, with flexibility...

Julie Reuben

julie_reuben@gse.harvard.edu

Program Director

Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education

Julie Reuben is the Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education and the faculty director of the Phillips Brooks Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship at Harvard University. She is a historian of American Higher Education and...

Katie Sevier

Katie Sevier is a senior in Lowell House concentrating in Psychology with a secondary in Educational Studies. She is fascinated by how people learn, and she is interested in doing research to develop more efficient and effective teaching strategies. Being...

Kelly Ding

Kelly is a senior in Currier House studying computer science with a secondary in educational studies, originally from a small town called Deep River, Ontario, Canada. She is passionate about teaching computer science and making STEM education more...

Liao Cheng

liao_cheng@gse.harvard.edu

Assistant Director

Lecturer on Education

Liao Cheng is a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is also the Assistant Director of the Secondary Field in Educational Studies (Ed Secondary) program at Harvard College. She teaches and advises both graduate and...

Marco Joven Domínguez

Marco Joven Domínguez is a senior from the San Fernando Valley, California, living in Kirkland House. He is studying Philosophy, with a secondary field in Educational Studies. Marco’s experiences with educational injustice in LAUSD schools triggered his...

Maya Robinson

Maya Robinson is a junior in Leverett House from Newton, MA concentrating in mathematics with a secondary in Education Studies. She volunteers with Cambridge After School Program and Cambridge Math Circle, CAs Math 122, and leads children services at...

Nadine Gaab

Associate Professor of Education

Nadine Gaab is an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her work focuses on typical and atypical learning trajectories from infancy to adolescence with a special emphasis on language, reading and literacy...

Nancy Hill

Charles Bigelow Professor of Education

Nancy Hill is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on parenting and adolescent development. She, along with Alexis Redding, have recently published a book focused on the developmental benefits of delaying adulthood, The End of Adolescence...

Nena King

Nena King is originally from Lynn, Massachusetts, about a 40 minute drive from Harvard. She is a senior in Kirkland House studying Economics with a secondary in Educational Studies, and working toward a language citation in American Sign Language. At...

Nicole Simon

Lecturer on Social Studies

Allston Burr Resident Dean, Quincy House

Dr. Nicole Simon is a public education researcher and practitioner. For two decades, her work has focused broadly on urban public schools and universities, the education workforce, and the experiences of first-generation college students before, during...

Paola Uccelli

Professor of Education

Paola Uccelli is professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. With a background in developmental linguistics, she studies socio-cultural and individual differences in multilingual and monolingual students' language development...

Paul Harris

Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education

Paul 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. This book discusses how far...

Phil Capin

Assistant Professor of Education

Phil Capin is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on understanding individual differences in reading development and on designing and evaluating effective instructional practices, particularly for...

Rebecca Janfaza

rebeccajanfaza@college.harvard.edu

Rebecca is a senior studying psychology and education. She is interested in the intersection of these topics and the role of social and emotional learning in K-12 education. Rebecca has worked with the Phillips Brooks House Association's Summer Urban...

Rees Collier

rees_collier@gse.harvard.edu

Program Coordinator

Rees Collier is the Program Coordinator for the Secondary Field in Educational Studies at Harvard University. His current focus is expanding the department's visibility, reach, and extracurricular offerings. He previously worked as a Faculty Assistant for...