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Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni Day

April 5, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Reconnect with friends, colleagues, and mentors at Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni Day. This annual event brings alumni, faculty, students, and friends together to take part in conversations with some of the world’s leading scholars, engage with alumni across the disciplines, and hear from Dean Emma Dench about the early insights from the GAGE implementation process. In between the talks and activities, network with your fellow alumni and recapture the magic of being back on campus with friends old and new.

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Registration Fees

Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni and Guests: $65
Recent Harvard Griffin GSAS Graduate (’20-’23): $25
2024 Harvard Griffin GSAS Graduate: Free

Advanced registration is required by March 31, 2025.

Schedule

Friday, April 4

6:30 p.m.

(Optional) Networking & Cocktail Reception, Dinner, and Night Sky Viewing

Harvard College Observatory, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

This special event at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) includes a reception, a buffet dinner, and a presentation from HCO staff. After the talk, attendees will also have the opportunity to visit the rooftop of the HCO to view the skies above Boston through telescopes, guided by members of the HCO community. Please note that this portion of the evening is weather permitting.

This optional event costs an additional $30 per attendee and is limited to 40 alumni and guests.

Saturday, April 5

All events take place at the Northwest Building on 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA.

9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Check-In and Registration

9:00 a.m. 

Breakfast Reception

9:45 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Welcome and Conversation with the Dean

Emma Dench, Dean of the Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics  

John J. Moon, AB ’89, PhD ’94, Graduate School Alumni Association Council Chair

10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

Keynote Address: The Terrestrial Worlds of Other Stars

David Charbonneau, PhD ’01, Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics 

Astronomers have recently discovered examples of rocky worlds orbiting nearby stars, and attempts to characterize their atmospheres are underway. While these terrestrial planets may appear very similar in their bulk characteristics to those of the solar system, they may stand apart in terms of their formation paths, their ability to retain their atmospheres, and, ultimately, their prospects for hosting life. Enormous observatories are now under construction that will allow astronomers to search for life on the surfaces of these worlds, and determine whether these planets are truly the cosmic siblings of the Earth.

11:45 a.m.

Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries 

Honoring alumni celebrating 50, 25, or 10 years since their graduation from Harvard Griffin GSAS.

Noon–1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Afternoon Sessions with Harvard Faculty and Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni

1:45 PM–3:00 PM – Session I

(select one)

The Platinum Age of Gospel Music 

Charrise Barron, AB ’98, PhD ’17, Assistant Professor in the Department of Music  

In 1993, gospel music entered a new phase that Charrise Barron has named the platinum age of gospel music. The platinum age (1993-2013) was marked especially by dramatic increases in gospel music sales (platinum®-selling albums), theological shifts in the music, and cultural changes among performers. This presentation draws from Dr. Barron’s current book project, which uses historical and ethnographic research methods to understand the platinum age and to illuminate what the music tells us about African American Christianity.

Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present 

Tarun Khanna, PhD ’93, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School 

In a five-year study involving dozens of academics from all disciplines from China, India and the US, the Fairbank Center and the Mittal Institute at Harvard facilitated the study of the opportunities afforded by the making of meritocracy, as well as the angst this evokes. The fiery contemporary debate about meritocracy in the US is anything but exceptional – indeed, we see versions of our debates repeatedly, from antiquity to the present, in both China and India. We see that relative advantages, acquired through fair means or luck, are very persistent, and attempts to reset the proverbial table equally are incomplete and often backfire, intentions notwithstanding. Yet, optimistically, it is also possible to find seemingly immutable inequalities turning out to be quite mutable under targeted policy action. Meritocracy, it turns out, is never made, it’s in the making of meritocracy that wise policy choices are possible for all societies.

3:15 PM–4:30 PM – Session II 

(select one)

Productive Conversations Across Conflict and the Behavioral Science of Disagreement 

Julia Minson, AB ’99, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government 

In this interactive session, Julia Minson will discuss the latest behavioral science research on the psychology of disagreement and present tools for disagreeing more productively. Participants will engage in interactive exercises and be able to give and receive feedback regarding their conflict management style. As a group, we will discuss the questions and challenges that arise when we try to disagree with grace, authenticity, and receptiveness to each other’s perspectives.

Unraveling the Molecular Roads Leading to Alzheimer’s Disease to Enhance the Design of Targeted Therapies

Tracy Young-Pearse, PhD ’04, Associate Professor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, co-leader of the HSCI Nervous System Diseases Program

Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of people worldwide, and until recently, there were no treatments that could slow its progression. But for the first time, new therapies are emerging, and researchers are uncovering critical insights into what drives risk and resilience in the disease. In this talk, Professor Young-Pearse will share how cutting-edge experimental models are helping us understand Alzheimer’s at the molecular level and why these discoveries bring new hope for future prevention and treatment.

4:45 PM–6:00 PM

Closing Reception

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Questions about this event? Please contact the Harvard Griffin GSAS Office of Alumni Relations.

Harvard University and the Graduate School Alumni Association encourage people with disabilities to participate in their programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please let us know in advance by emailing gsaa@fas.harvard.edu.


Locations

Optional Pre-Alumni Day Reception & Dinner (Friday, April 4)

Harvard College Observatory
Phillips Auditorium
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA, 02138

Parking for this event is available on site in the same complex as Phillips Auditorium.

Alumni Day (Saturday, April 5)

Northwest Building
52 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA, 02138

Parking for Alumni Day is available at the 52 Oxford St Garage located at the Northwest Building.


Speaker Biographies

In order of scheduled appearance

Emma Dench

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Emma Dench speaking at an event

Emma Dench was born in York, grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon, and studied at Wadham College, Oxford (BA Hons Literae Humaniores), and at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (DPhil in Ancient History). Before taking up a joint appointment in the departments of the Classics and of History at Harvard in January 2007, she taught classics and ancient hitory at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been a Craven Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Rome Scholar and a Hugh Last Fellow at the British School of Rome, a Cotton Fellow, a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and a visiting professor of the Classics and of History at Harvard, and a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellow.  

Dench is the author of From Barbarians to New Men: Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines, Romulus’ Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian, and “Imperialism and Culture in the Roman World” for the Cambridge University Press series Key Themes in Ancient History. Other current projects include a study of the retrospective writing of the Roman Republican past in classical antiquity.  

While at Harvard, Dench received a Harvard College professorship in recognition of “outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, mentoring, and advising,” a Marquand Award for Excellent Advising and Counseling, and an Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award.

John J. Moon, AB ’89, PhD ’94

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Headshot of John Moon

John Moon, AB ’89, PhD ’94, business economics, is managing director and head of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners. He served as a senior member of the Morgan Stanley Private Equity team from 1998–2004 and then rejoined Morgan Stanley in 2008 after serving as managing director of Riverstone Holdings LLC, where he served on the investment committees of the Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power funds. Prior to Riverstone, Moon was a founding partner and managing director of Metalmark Capital LLC. He currently chairs the investment committee of the North Haven Energy Capital Fund. He has also served as a member of the investment committees of several Morgan Stanley Capital Partners and Metalmark Capital Partners funds and on the boards of directors of a number of affiliated portfolio companies. Previously, Moon worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. He is also an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School.

David Charbonneau, PhD ’01

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David Charbonneau
Photo credit: Nils Lund / The Kavli Prize

David Charbonneau, PhD ’01, is the Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University. He enjoys working with students and postdoctoral fellows to develop novel methods and instruments for the detection and characterization of planets orbiting other stars, and studies how the life cycles of the parent stars affect the presence and properties of the atmospheres of any attendant worlds. Charbonneau is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He recently co-chaired the congressionally commissioned study outlining our national strategy for exoplanet research, including the search for life on planets orbiting other stars. In recognition of his contributions to the development of the field of exoplanets, Charbonneau was awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics at a ceremony in Oslo in September 2024.  

Charrise Barron, AB ’98, PhD ’17

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Charrise Barron headshot photo

Charrise Barron, AB ’98, PhD ’17, is an assistant professor in the Department of Music at Harvard University. She is an ethnomusicologist and historian of African American religious culture. Barron earned her PhD in African and African American Studies, with a primary field of study in religion and secondary in ethnomusicology, from Harvard University. She holds a Master of Divinity summa cum laude from Yale Divinity School, where she was also an active student in the Institute of Sacred Music (ISM). Barron is a Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) Doctoral Fellowship alumna and member of the Harvard University Society of Horizons Scholars.   

Tarun Khanna, PhD ’93

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Tarun Khanna headshot photo

Tarun Khanna, PhD ’93, is Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and first director of Harvard’s university-wide Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute. His various books range from Billions of Entrepreneurs, a first-person 2008 comparison of Chinese and Indian entrepreneurial ecosystems, to a 2022 co-edited collection of essays, Making Meritocracy, all chronicling the creativity exercised by entrepreneurs for societal development. At Harvard, he teaches at HBS and at Harvard College. His online course, Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, has been taken by nearly a million students in over 200 countries.

Julia Minson, AB ’99

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Julia Minson headshot

Julia Minson, AB ’99, is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the founder of Disagreeing Better, LLC, a behavioral science consultancy and training firm.   

She is a decision scientist with research interests in conflict management, negotiations, and judgment and decision making. Her main line of research addresses the “psychology of disagreement": how do people engage with opinions, values, and judgments that conflict with their own? 

Her work examines disagreements around hot-button, identity-relevant topics—conflicts around politics, values, and professional and health decision-making. She is interested in simple, scalable interventions to help people become more receptive to opposing views of others. 

Minson teaches courses and workshops on negotiations, decision science, and conflict management. Her work has been published in top academic and business outlets as well as widely covered by popular media including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

Tracy Young-Pearse, PhD ’04

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Tracy Young-Pearse headshot image

Tracy Young-Pearse, PhD ’04, is an Associate Professor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Dennis J. Selkoe Distinguished Chair in Neurology and the Vice Chair of Basic Research in the Neurology at Mass General Brigham. She received her undergraduate degree from Skidmore College in 1997 and her PhD in Genetics from the Biomedical and Biological Sciences (BBS) program at HMS. She established her independent lab in 2010, which focuses on the identification of the mechanistic causes of neurodegenerative and developmental disorders of the nervous system, with the goal of identifying novel targets for therapeutic interventions for these diseases.


Parking

Attendees joining the optional pre-Alumni Day reception and dinner on Friday, April 4, can park in the on-site lot at Phillips Auditorium on 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA.

Alumni Day attendees may park in the garage located at the Northwest Building at 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA. Please inform the parking attendant that you are attending the Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni Day.

Hotels

The following hotels may offer Harvard-preferred rates. Please contact the hotel directly to coordinate your bookings. Note: This is not a comprehensive list of all available nearby accommodations. 

Hotel Veritas  
1 Remington St, Cambridge, MA 02138  
Phone: 617-520-5000

Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Cambridge  
120 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142  
Phone: 617-349-0700

Cambria Hotel Boston Somerville  
515 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA 02143  
Phone: 617-341-9040  

Questions? Email gsaa@fas.harvard.edu.

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Add to Calendar 2025-04-05T09:00:00 2025-04-05T18:00:00 America/New_York Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni Day

Reconnect with friends, colleagues, and mentors at Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni Day. This annual event brings alumni, faculty, students, and friends together to take part in conversations with some of the world’s leading scholars, engage with alumni across the disciplines, and hear from Dean Emma Dench about the early insights from the GAGE implementation process. In between the talks and activities, network with your fellow alumni and recapture the magic of being back on campus with friends old and new.

Register Now

Registration Fees

Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni and Guests: $65
Recent Harvard Griffin GSAS Graduate (’20-’23): $25
2024 Harvard Griffin GSAS Graduate: Free

Advanced registration is required by March 31, 2025.

Schedule

Friday, April 4

6:30 p.m.

(Optional) Networking & Cocktail Reception, Dinner, and Night Sky Viewing

Harvard College Observatory, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

This special event at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) includes a reception, a buffet dinner, and a presentation from HCO staff. After the talk, attendees will also have the opportunity to visit the rooftop of the HCO to view the skies above Boston through telescopes, guided by members of the HCO community. Please note that this portion of the evening is weather permitting.

This optional event costs an additional $30 per attendee and is limited to 40 alumni and guests.

Saturday, April 5

All events take place at the Northwest Building on 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA.

9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Check-In and Registration

9:00 a.m. 

Breakfast Reception

9:45 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Welcome and Conversation with the Dean

Emma Dench, Dean of the Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics  

John J. Moon, AB ’89, PhD ’94, Graduate School Alumni Association Council Chair

10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

Keynote Address: The Terrestrial Worlds of Other Stars

David Charbonneau, PhD ’01, Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics 

Astronomers have recently discovered examples of rocky worlds orbiting nearby stars, and attempts to characterize their atmospheres are underway. While these terrestrial planets may appear very similar in their bulk characteristics to those of the solar system, they may stand apart in terms of their formation paths, their ability to retain their atmospheres, and, ultimately, their prospects for hosting life. Enormous observatories are now under construction that will allow astronomers to search for life on the surfaces of these worlds, and determine whether these planets are truly the cosmic siblings of the Earth.

11:45 a.m.

Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries 

Honoring alumni celebrating 50, 25, or 10 years since their graduation from Harvard Griffin GSAS.

Noon–1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Afternoon Sessions with Harvard Faculty and Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni

1:45 PM–3:00 PM – Session I

(select one)

The Platinum Age of Gospel Music 

Charrise Barron, AB ’98, PhD ’17, Assistant Professor in the Department of Music  

In 1993, gospel music entered a new phase that Charrise Barron has named the platinum age of gospel music. The platinum age (1993-2013) was marked especially by dramatic increases in gospel music sales (platinum®-selling albums), theological shifts in the music, and cultural changes among performers. This presentation draws from Dr. Barron’s current book project, which uses historical and ethnographic research methods to understand the platinum age and to illuminate what the music tells us about African American Christianity.

Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present 

Tarun Khanna, PhD ’93, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School 

In a five-year study involving dozens of academics from all disciplines from China, India and the US, the Fairbank Center and the Mittal Institute at Harvard facilitated the study of the opportunities afforded by the making of meritocracy, as well as the angst this evokes. The fiery contemporary debate about meritocracy in the US is anything but exceptional – indeed, we see versions of our debates repeatedly, from antiquity to the present, in both China and India. We see that relative advantages, acquired through fair means or luck, are very persistent, and attempts to reset the proverbial table equally are incomplete and often backfire, intentions notwithstanding. Yet, optimistically, it is also possible to find seemingly immutable inequalities turning out to be quite mutable under targeted policy action. Meritocracy, it turns out, is never made, it’s in the making of meritocracy that wise policy choices are possible for all societies.

3:15 PM–4:30 PM – Session II 

(select one)

Productive Conversations Across Conflict and the Behavioral Science of Disagreement 

Julia Minson, AB ’99, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government 

In this interactive session, Julia Minson will discuss the latest behavioral science research on the psychology of disagreement and present tools for disagreeing more productively. Participants will engage in interactive exercises and be able to give and receive feedback regarding their conflict management style. As a group, we will discuss the questions and challenges that arise when we try to disagree with grace, authenticity, and receptiveness to each other’s perspectives.

Unraveling the Molecular Roads Leading to Alzheimer’s Disease to Enhance the Design of Targeted Therapies

Tracy Young-Pearse, PhD ’04, Associate Professor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, co-leader of the HSCI Nervous System Diseases Program

Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of people worldwide, and until recently, there were no treatments that could slow its progression. But for the first time, new therapies are emerging, and researchers are uncovering critical insights into what drives risk and resilience in the disease. In this talk, Professor Young-Pearse will share how cutting-edge experimental models are helping us understand Alzheimer’s at the molecular level and why these discoveries bring new hope for future prevention and treatment.

4:45 PM–6:00 PM

Closing Reception

Register Now

Questions about this event? Please contact the Harvard Griffin GSAS Office of Alumni Relations.

Harvard University and the Graduate School Alumni Association encourage people with disabilities to participate in their programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please let us know in advance by emailing gsaa@fas.harvard.edu.


Locations

Optional Pre-Alumni Day Reception & Dinner (Friday, April 4)

Harvard College Observatory
Phillips Auditorium
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA, 02138

Parking for this event is available on site in the same complex as Phillips Auditorium.

Alumni Day (Saturday, April 5)

Northwest Building
52 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA, 02138

Parking for Alumni Day is available at the 52 Oxford St Garage located at the Northwest Building.


Speaker Biographies

In order of scheduled appearance

Emma Dench

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Emma Dench speaking at an event

Emma Dench was born in York, grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon, and studied at Wadham College, Oxford (BA Hons Literae Humaniores), and at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (DPhil in Ancient History). Before taking up a joint appointment in the departments of the Classics and of History at Harvard in January 2007, she taught classics and ancient hitory at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been a Craven Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Rome Scholar and a Hugh Last Fellow at the British School of Rome, a Cotton Fellow, a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and a visiting professor of the Classics and of History at Harvard, and a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellow.  

Dench is the author of From Barbarians to New Men: Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines, Romulus’ Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian, and “Imperialism and Culture in the Roman World” for the Cambridge University Press series Key Themes in Ancient History. Other current projects include a study of the retrospective writing of the Roman Republican past in classical antiquity.  

While at Harvard, Dench received a Harvard College professorship in recognition of “outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, mentoring, and advising,” a Marquand Award for Excellent Advising and Counseling, and an Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award.

John J. Moon, AB ’89, PhD ’94

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Headshot of John Moon

John Moon, AB ’89, PhD ’94, business economics, is managing director and head of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners. He served as a senior member of the Morgan Stanley Private Equity team from 1998–2004 and then rejoined Morgan Stanley in 2008 after serving as managing director of Riverstone Holdings LLC, where he served on the investment committees of the Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power funds. Prior to Riverstone, Moon was a founding partner and managing director of Metalmark Capital LLC. He currently chairs the investment committee of the North Haven Energy Capital Fund. He has also served as a member of the investment committees of several Morgan Stanley Capital Partners and Metalmark Capital Partners funds and on the boards of directors of a number of affiliated portfolio companies. Previously, Moon worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. He is also an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School.

David Charbonneau, PhD ’01

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David Charbonneau
Photo credit: Nils Lund / The Kavli Prize

David Charbonneau, PhD ’01, is the Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University. He enjoys working with students and postdoctoral fellows to develop novel methods and instruments for the detection and characterization of planets orbiting other stars, and studies how the life cycles of the parent stars affect the presence and properties of the atmospheres of any attendant worlds. Charbonneau is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He recently co-chaired the congressionally commissioned study outlining our national strategy for exoplanet research, including the search for life on planets orbiting other stars. In recognition of his contributions to the development of the field of exoplanets, Charbonneau was awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics at a ceremony in Oslo in September 2024.  

Charrise Barron, AB ’98, PhD ’17

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Charrise Barron headshot photo

Charrise Barron, AB ’98, PhD ’17, is an assistant professor in the Department of Music at Harvard University. She is an ethnomusicologist and historian of African American religious culture. Barron earned her PhD in African and African American Studies, with a primary field of study in religion and secondary in ethnomusicology, from Harvard University. She holds a Master of Divinity summa cum laude from Yale Divinity School, where she was also an active student in the Institute of Sacred Music (ISM). Barron is a Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) Doctoral Fellowship alumna and member of the Harvard University Society of Horizons Scholars.   

Tarun Khanna, PhD ’93

Image
Tarun Khanna headshot photo

Tarun Khanna, PhD ’93, is Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and first director of Harvard’s university-wide Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute. His various books range from Billions of Entrepreneurs, a first-person 2008 comparison of Chinese and Indian entrepreneurial ecosystems, to a 2022 co-edited collection of essays, Making Meritocracy, all chronicling the creativity exercised by entrepreneurs for societal development. At Harvard, he teaches at HBS and at Harvard College. His online course, Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, has been taken by nearly a million students in over 200 countries.

Julia Minson, AB ’99

Image
Julia Minson headshot

Julia Minson, AB ’99, is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the founder of Disagreeing Better, LLC, a behavioral science consultancy and training firm.   

She is a decision scientist with research interests in conflict management, negotiations, and judgment and decision making. Her main line of research addresses the “psychology of disagreement": how do people engage with opinions, values, and judgments that conflict with their own? 

Her work examines disagreements around hot-button, identity-relevant topics—conflicts around politics, values, and professional and health decision-making. She is interested in simple, scalable interventions to help people become more receptive to opposing views of others. 

Minson teaches courses and workshops on negotiations, decision science, and conflict management. Her work has been published in top academic and business outlets as well as widely covered by popular media including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

Tracy Young-Pearse, PhD ’04

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Tracy Young-Pearse headshot image

Tracy Young-Pearse, PhD ’04, is an Associate Professor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Dennis J. Selkoe Distinguished Chair in Neurology and the Vice Chair of Basic Research in the Neurology at Mass General Brigham. She received her undergraduate degree from Skidmore College in 1997 and her PhD in Genetics from the Biomedical and Biological Sciences (BBS) program at HMS. She established her independent lab in 2010, which focuses on the identification of the mechanistic causes of neurodegenerative and developmental disorders of the nervous system, with the goal of identifying novel targets for therapeutic interventions for these diseases.


Parking

Attendees joining the optional pre-Alumni Day reception and dinner on Friday, April 4, can park in the on-site lot at Phillips Auditorium on 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA.

Alumni Day attendees may park in the garage located at the Northwest Building at 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA. Please inform the parking attendant that you are attending the Harvard Griffin GSAS Alumni Day.

Hotels

The following hotels may offer Harvard-preferred rates. Please contact the hotel directly to coordinate your bookings. Note: This is not a comprehensive list of all available nearby accommodations. 

Hotel Veritas  
1 Remington St, Cambridge, MA 02138  
Phone: 617-520-5000

Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Cambridge  
120 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142  
Phone: 617-349-0700

Cambria Hotel Boston Somerville  
515 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA 02143  
Phone: 617-341-9040  

Questions? Email gsaa@fas.harvard.edu.

Northwest Building, Cambridge, MA 02138