I am an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations. I grew up in Montreal and earned my BA from McGill and my PhD from Harvard. Currently Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard, I...
My wife, Mary Lee, and I were Co-Masters of Lowell House for 23 years before turning the House over to Diana and Dorothy in June, 1998. I was born in Missouri and lived there and in Virginia before entering Harvard with the class of ‘59. I lived in Lowell...
I teach Chinese history and religions in the Departments of Anthropology and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, as well as in the Committee on the Study of Religion. My undergraduate classes include, “Ethical Reasoning 18: Classical Chinese Ethical...
I have taught finance in the economics department since 1994. I am particularly interested in household finance – how ordinary people use or misuse financial products – and I teach a freshman seminar on this subject in which we discuss ideas to improve...
I'm passionate about astronomy in general and the search for extrasolar planets in particular. I design and build telescopes to discover and characterize worlds orbiting nearby stars, with the ultimate goal of developing methods to study the atmospheres...
I completed my A.B. in Mathematics (with a minor in Ethnomusicology) at Harvard in 2009, then stayed on for an A.M. and Ph.D. in Business Economics. Lowellian Legend Noam Elkies and Faculty Deans D & D (outgoing) and Z & L (incoming) have all been mentors...
I am an assistant professor in the Department of the History of Science. My research focuses on the scientific culture of early modern Europe between 1450 and 1700, and I’m writing books about science and religious censorship, Galileo, and longevity...