Thursday morning, the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) announced that Larsen professor of education and human development Nonie Lesaux will serve as interim dean when . Lesaux, who studies youth literacy, will serve as HGSE’s dean while the school conducts a formal search for its next dean.
At HGSE, Lesaux co-directs the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative, which researches ideal early learning environments. From 2017-2021, she served as HGSE’s academic dean, and she has previously served on search committees for both the HGSE and the University, .
In an email to HGSE community members announcing Lesaux’s new post, Interim President Alan Garber and Provost John Manning also named the members of the committee who will lead the search for a permanent dean:
- Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell, Simon professor in education, management, and organizational behavior
- Emma Dench, Dean of Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Amy Edmondson, Novartis professor of leadership and management (HBS)
- Andrew Ho, Eliot professor of education
- James Kim, professor of education
- Jeffrey Liebman, Scrivner professor of social policy
- Karen Mapp, professor of practice
- Amanda Pallais, Waggoner professor of economics (FAS)
- Meredith Rowe. Zaentz professor of early learning and development
- Adriana Umaña Taylor, Lawrence-Lightfoot professor of education
- Paola Uccelli, professor of education
- Rick Weissbourd, senior lecturer on education
- Marty West, Academic Dean of HGSE
Comments can be sent to the search committee via email (), postal mail (Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138, Attention: HGSE Dean Search), or .