Dan A. Lewis, a professor of human development and social policy, directs the Field Studies Program. He is a nationally recognized scholar who has been honored by Northwestern’s Associated Student Government and the Northwestern Alumni Association and has received the Dean’s Award for Innovative Teaching. Lewis teaches the seminar in San Francisco and assists with practicum placement.
Chicago program:
Danny M. Cohen and Cheryl Judice are the Chicago instructors.
Danny M. Cohen, who defended his PhD in the Learning Sciences program, specializes in Holocaust and human rights education and social constructions of history. His interests include education design, youth leadership and the development of youth-led organizations. HIs background as a youth educator in London provided him insights into how youth organizations function and how such institutions have the potential to engage young people, in a meaningful way, in organizational development. He is currently an instructor in the SESP undergraduate program.
Cheryl Judice, an adjunct faculty member at SESP, teaches the human development and psychological services practicum seminar.
Washington, D.C., program:
Ellen Shearer, assistant dean, William F. Thomas Professor and co-director of the Medill School of Journalism newspaper department, teaches the seminar for the Washington, D.C., program. Shearer is a board member of the Garrett-Medill Center for Religion and the News Media, contributing writer for the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Local News Handbook, and former editor of New York’s Newsday. As a full-time resident of Washington, she is an invaluable resource to students.