Graduate Students

Dr. Sophie Hölscher is a visiting research scholar from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. She holds a PhD in Psychology, with their doctoral research focusing on the role of autonomy and belonging in the school context for adolescents’...

Ishani is an Ed.M. graduate from the Education Policy & Analysis program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Prior to her studies at Harvard, Ishani was a high-school English teacher which grounded her commitment to addressing educational...

Keshav recently completed his Master's in Human Development at Harvard with distinction, receiving the prestigious "Intellectual Contribution Award". Prior to this return to academia, he has a rich 12-year background in advancing psychological well-being...

Natalie King-Shaw (she/her/ella) is a PhD student at Harvard in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT) and a Doctoral Research Fellow in the Speech and Language (SAiL) Literacy Lab at the MGH Institute for Health Professions. Natalie aims to...

Melina Melgoza (she/her/ella) was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and is a current PhD student and teaching fellow for multiple courses at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to starting the doctoral program, she received her B.A...

Jamie Johannsen is Ed.M. graduate of the Learning & Teaching program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. She is interested in how teachers talk to students about race, ethnicity, and class inequality, and how learning about these issues can inspire...

Mamfatou Baldeh is a doctoral student in the Human Development, Learning, and Teaching concentration at Harvard's Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her interests include intersectional identity development (e.g., gender, religion, socioeconomic status)...

Shandra is an advanced Ph.D. Candidate concentrating in Human Development, Learning & Teaching at HGSE. Born and raised in Prichard, Alabama by her mother and “first-generation everything” (FGLI) in her college experiences, Shandra is proud to have...

Megan Satterthwaite Freiman is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the AERID Lab. Her research interest include processes and factors that contribute to ethnic-racial identity development (e.g., ethnic-racial socialization, curriculum, culturally sustaining...

Guicheng “Ariel” Tan is a Ph.D. student and presidential scholar at Harvard Graduate School of Education. As a researcher, Ariel is interested in the role of cultural integration in people’s social and cognitive development. Her previous work includes...