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IHE Board of Advisors
Douglas Alexander is a partner at the Internet Capital Group and an expert on high technology.
Sam Chaltain is a writer an education advocate. A former teacher in New York City, Sam lives and works in Washington, D.C.
Jeannie Dewan, M.S., has taught for several years in New York public schools, has developed environmental education curriculum, and is founder of the Human & KIND Character Education Center.
Michael Fox, B.Vet. Med., Ph.D., D.Sc., is the former vice president of the Humane Society of the United States and author of over 40 books.
John Taylor Gatto is an educator and author, has received numerous teaching awards, and writes and speaks on educational reform.
Caryn Ginsberg has more than 20 years experience helping businesses and non-profits improve results through better strategy and marketing. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies and leading animal protection organizations such as the ASPCA, Farm Sanctuary, The Humane Society of the United States and PetSmart Charities.
Christopher Greenslate graduated with his Master of Education in Humane Education from IHE in 2008. He is in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies doctoral program at Vanderbilt University and a Research Assistant at Vanderbilt. Christopher also is co-author of On a Dollar a Day.
Steven J. Gross, Ph.D., is a psychologist and non-profit leader in the arts.
Thom Hartmann is an award-winning author, international lecturer, and teacher.
Howard Lyman is one of the most widely respected spokespeople on compassionate living.
Kirsten Olson, Ed.D., is an educational activist, speaker, consultant and teacher. She is Chief Listening Officer at Old Sow Consulting, which works with schools and school districts all over the country on educational equity and educational transformation. She is a founding board member and co-president of the board of Institute for Democratic Education in America, and is the author of two books about education, Wounded By School: Recapturing The Joy In Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture and Schools As Colonizers, and dozens of articles about education.
Scott Plous is a professor of psychology at Wesleyan University, where he teaches introductory and advanced seminars on the psychology of prejudice and discrimination. He also manages IraqTheVote.org, a human rights initiative designed to help end the Iraq War, and UnderstandingPrejudice.org, an educational clearinghouse with over 2,000 prejudice-related web links and dozens of lesson plans, student activities, and interactive exercises.
Charles "Chick" F. Rauch spent 30 years in the U.S. Navy before retiring in the rank of rear admiral. Among other duties, Chick served as Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Human Resource Development, during which time his office developed the Navy’s early programs in Race Relations and Equal Opportunity, Women’s Rights, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Rehabilitation and Control, and Cross-Cultural Relations. After a full career in the Navy, Chick made a second career in higher education. Chick holds a B.S. degree from the U. S. Naval Academy, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, and M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from The Ohio State University.
Christine Renaud, Ed.M., is a social entrepreneur and documentary filmmaker, focusing on democratic education worldwide. She was recognized in 2006 as Québec's most promising young leader in the field of education by the L'Actualité magazine.
David Selby, Ph.D., is the author of EarthKind, a humane education text, and professor of education in Plymouth, England.
Lee Anna Stirling, Ed.D., served in schools as a teacher, administrator and instructional strategies coach. She presents education graduate and professional development classes on peer coaching, diversity and multiculturalism, project learning, teachers in leadership roles and educators creating action plans to help keep themselves motivated and effective as teachers and role models.
Michael Tobias, Ph.D., is an ecologist, screenwriter, director, and the author/producer of over 25 books and 70 films.
Diane Straus Tucker is the Publisher of the Washington Monthly.
Nielsen van Duijn is a Yale-educated, Conservative Green community housing developer/designer and creator and co-founder of eMonitor home energy monitoring system. He is currently visualizing a full-spectrum cluster housing project for Blue Hill, and a "pre-at-risk" teen sailing schooner program to revive and encourage kids experiencing social and personal developmental "drift."
Philip G. Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University, is a scholar, educator & researcher. He's well-known for his Stanford Prison Experiment research and as the author of many books, including The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil.
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April 28, 2012 - 8:30 am to April 28, 2012 - 5:00 pm | Location: Nightingale-Bamford School
How can we best prepare our students for the important roles they must play in meeting the challenges of today's world? How can we help youth to become creative and critical thinkers who embody the qualities of wisdom, compassion, and integrity and who focus their grea...
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