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Michael Wolf Michael Wolf was hardly the traditional master's degree student. To begin with, he already had a PhD and two master's degrees when he entered the program. But he felt a master's in Learning Sciences was just what he needed for his project to examine how low literacy affects people's health. Read more... |
| MS - Education (MSEd) | |
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David Sholte While searching for a job in finance, David Sholte realized he needed a career that better matched his values — a career in teaching. He sought out Northwestern's Master of Science in Education program because of its fine reputation. Read more... |
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Susan Fuhrman Now president of Teachers College, Columbia University, Susan Fuhrman is one of the nation’s most distinguished scholars dedicated to education research. She attained her teaching credentials at SESP before going on to teach and then earn her doctorate in education policy. Read more... |
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Lisa Jennings Second-grade teacher Lisa Jennings appreciates the solid grounding in education theory that she gained from the Master of Science in Education program. The program's emphasis on diversity prepared her for the diversity of her school classroom. Read more... |
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Aisha Davis After earning her master's in Higher Education Administration and Policy, Aisha Davis landed a job as associate director for multicultural affairs at Cornell University. She now applies her skills as director of program management for the nonprofit Cross-Cultural Solutions, planning volunteer abroad experiences for young people. Read more... |
| MS - Learning & Organizational Change (MSLOC) | |
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Terrence Roche Understanding how to lead change was the most valuable benefit of the MSLOC program for Terrence Roche. He now leads outcome measurement and knowledge management strategy for a health initiative at YMCA of the USA, using tools from MSLOC every day. Read more... |
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Alissa Luck As senior manager of organizational development at Kraft Foods, Alissa sees the MSLOC program as holding the key to leading-edge thinking in driving successful organizational transformation. "The MSLOC degree provides me with the additional knowledge, credibility and network to ultimately achieve my career goals." Read more... |
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Jake Elster An entrepreneur at heart, Jake Elster started a nonprofit coffee business called Crop to Cup after he discovered the dilemmas of coffee farmers in Uganda. Being a student in the MSLOC program gives him valuable training for developing an effective and humane organization, he says. Read more... |
| PhD - Learning Sciences (LS PhD) | |
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Camillia Matuk Within two days, Learning Sciences doctoral student Camillia Matuk was awarded two graduate fellowships — a Northwestern University Cognitive Science Graduate Fellowship and a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Read more... |
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Aki Murata With a vision about the power of mathematics, Aki Murata earned her PhD and became an assistant professor of education at Stanford University. She found her vocation in elementary mathematics education, in particular finding ways to help teachers make mathematics meaningful and appealing to students. Read more... |
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Ananda Marin Doctoral student Ananda Marin feels fortunate to be in the Learning Sciences program with its three themes of cognition, social context and design, all of which enhance her work. Her doctoral research addresses the differences between school ways and cultural ways for Native American students. Read more... |
| PhD - Human Development & Social Policy (HDSP) | |
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Katie White HDSP doctoral student Katie White credits her HDSP professors, whom she describes as "the best people I know," for opening her eyes — about the complexities of poverty, policy implementation, social trends and the psychology of the individual. Her unique focus is on the civic engagement of adolescents living in poverty. Read more... |
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Shadd Maruna Shadd Maruna conducted research in England on ex-convicts' experiences for his HDSP doctoral dissertation, which won the Phi Delta Kappa Outstanding PhD Award. He is now on the law faculty at Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, and has written or edited four books, including one that earned an award for its contribution to criminology. Read more... |
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Nancy Deutsch Nancy Deutsch, an assistant professor of education at the University of Virginia, was the first person to be awarded the Emerging Scholar Award by the Out-of-School Group of the American Education Research Association. Her new book, Pride in the Projects, is based on her doctoral research in the HDSP program. Read more... |
SESP Graduate Student Profiles