Program Faculty
Paul E. Peterson, Director
Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government
Senior Editor, Education Next
Email: ppeterso@gov.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-8312/7976
Martin R. West, Deputy Director
Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education and Academic Dean
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Editor-in-Chief, Education Next
Email: martin_west@gse.harvard.edu
Advisory Committee
In 2002, PEPG formed the advisory committee, under the chairmanship of Bruce Kovner, founder of Caxton Associates, to counsel the program on potential research topics, ways of communicating to a broader audience, and other ideas for improving the program. The committee has since met on an annual basis and has been instrumental in assisting the program achieve its core missions. Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, next served as chairman from 2009 to 2015. Steve Klinsky, of New Mountain Capital LLC, has served as chairman since 2015.
Steve Klinsky
New Mountain Capital, LLC
Chairman
Cory Booker
United States Senator, New Jersey
Alberto M. Carvalho
Los Angeles Unified School District
Mark Dalzell
Capital Group
Phil Handy
Winter Park Capital Company
Roger Hertog
Alliance Capital Management
Richard R. Hough III
Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC
Al Hubbard
E&A Industries
John F. Kirtley
J&J Investment Ventures LLC
Wayne D. Lewis, Jr.
Houghton College
Deborah McGriff
formerly NewSchools Venture Fund
Nick Melvoin
Los Angeles Unified School District
Joseph Olchefske
Superintendent and Education Entrepreneur
Daniel S. Peters
Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation
James Piereson
William E. Simon Foundation
Nina S. Rees
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Patrick Wolf
University of Arkansas
Affiliated Harvard Faculty
Roland G. Fryer, Jr.
Henry Lee Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Christopher Jencks
Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, Emeritus
Kennedy School of Government
Richard J. Light
Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Donald Rubin
John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics, Emeritus
Department of Statistics
Research Affiliates
Christopher Berry
William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor
Harris School of Public Policy
University of Chicago
David E. Campbell
Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy
Professor of Political Science
University of Notre Dame
Rajashri Chakrabarti
Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Albert Cheng
Assistant Professor, College of Education and Health Professions
University of Arkansas
Matthew Chingos
Vice President, Education Data and Policy
Urban Institute
Anna J. Egalite
Associate Professor, Dept. of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development
North Carolina State University
Leslie Finger
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of North Texas
Joshua Goodman
Associate Professor of Education Economics
Boston University
Jay P. Greene
Senior Research Fellow
Heritage Foundation
Eric A. Hanushek
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Daniel Hamlin
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The University of Oklahoma
Michael T. Hartney
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Boston College
Michael Henderson
Associate Professor; Director, Public Policy Research Lab
Manship School of Mass Communication
Tom Jarreau Hardin Professor
Louisiana State University
Frederick M. Hess
Senior Fellow and Director, Education Policy Studies
American Enterprise Institute
David Houston
Assistant Professor of Education Policy
George Mason University
William G. Howell
Sydney Stein Professor of American Politics
Harris School of Public Policy
University of Chicago
Caroline M. Hoxby
Scott and Donya Bommer Professor in Economics
Stanford University
Brian Jacob
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
R. Shep Melnick
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Professor of American Politics
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
Boston College
Michael Podgursky
Chancellor's Professor
College of Arts and Science, Economics
University of Missouri
M. Danish Shakeel
Director, Center for Education Entrepreneurship
University of Buckingham
Beth Schueler
Assistant Professor, Education and Public Policy
University of Virginia
Martina Viarengo
Professor of Economics
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva
Ludger Woessmann
Professor of Economics of Education
University of Munich
Human Capital and Innovation Dept. Head
Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Academic Visitors
Clint Bolick
Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
Derrell Bradford
President, 50CAN
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
Alberto Carvalho
Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
Robin Lake
Director, Center on Reinventing Public Education
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
Joseph Olchefske
Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Education; Former Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
George Parker
Senior Advisor, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools; Former President, Washington, D.C. Teacher’s Union
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
James Peyser
Former Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
Michelle Rhee
Co-founder, BuildWithin; Former Chancellor, Washington, D.C. Public Schools
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
Lisa Snell
Senior Fellow, Stand Together Trust
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
Rocco Testani
Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland, Atlanta, Georgia
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
John White
Chief Success Officer, Great Minds; Former State Superintendent, Louisiana
Co-instructor, GOV-1368: The Politics of American Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; SUP-448: The Political Economy of the School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government – Fall 2023
Post Doctoral Researchers
PEPG Researchers
Katharina Wedel
ifo Institute
Email: wedel@ifo.de
Tyler Simko
Government Department
Email: tsimko@g.harvard.edu
Staff
Antonio Wendland
Associate Director
Email: antonio_wendland@hks.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-7976
Nick Tavares
Research, Data and Web Manager
Web Editor, Education Next
Email: nick_tavares@hks.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-8575
Michael Poor
Staff Assistant
Email: michael_poor@hks.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-5488