Contributors
Haiqing He
Research Assistant, X-Media Lab
Boston College, Lynch School of Education and Human Development
Haiqing received her Master of Education degree in Prevention Science and Practice (research strand) at Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2019. She focuses on helping adolescents by engaging them through humanistic stories., to better understand...
Lucia Berliner M.Ed.
Research Associate, X-Media Lab
Regional Manager at TEALSK12
Lucia works as Regional Manager in NYC for Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) to help high schools throughout the US build and grow sustainable computer science programs. During her time at HGSE, she contributed...
Leonard Cortana
Research Assistant, X-Media Lab
Ph.D. Candidate, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Leonard Cortana (Guadeloupe/France) is a Ph.D Candidate at the Cinema Studies Department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a 2019-2020 Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center, Harvard Law School. Prior to his doctoral studies, he conducted several artistic...
Silvia Diazgranados Ferrans ED.D.
Research Associate, X-Media Lab
Visiting Graduate Fellow in Ethics, Edmund J. Safra Center in Tel Aviv University
New Civics Spencer Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns is a Visiting Graduate Fellow in Ethics at the Edmund J. Safra Center in Tel Aviv University and a New Civics Spencer Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where she teaches the course “Peace Education in...
Tracy Elizabeth ED.D.
Research Associate, X-Media Lab
Global Head of Minor Safety at TikTok
Experienced Policy Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry. Skilled in Policy Development & Analysis, Research Design, Script or Rough Cut Review, Taxonomy, and Educational Technology. Strong operations professional...
Andres Garcia-Lopez M.Ed.
Research Assistant, X-Media Lab
Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Center for the Developing Child
Andres is an Entrepreneur and Engineer with his MBA, and Master of Education in Human Development & Psychology . He has extensive US and international professional experience working at startups and in large corporations. Andres also has a successful...
Theji Jayaratne M.Ed.
Research Assistant, X-Media Lab
Instructional Designer at Google
I'm a creative who loves to apply my artistic, communication, and engineering skill set to cultivate empathy and compassion through technology and art.
Jingyi Ke M.Ed.
jingyi_ke@gse.harvard.eduResearch Assistant, X-Media Lab
Research & Training Coordinator, Housman Institute
Jingyi is from the City of Xiamen in Fujian, China. She contributes to the work of the X-Media Lab, as a Research Assistant. She completed her Master's in Education (Human Development and Psychology ) in May, 2018. Her academic interests include s ocial...
Janet Kwok ED.D.
Research Associate, X-Media Lab
Research Analyst, City University of New York (CUNY)
New Civics Spencer Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)
Janet works on internet and society issues, specifically on understanding and measuring the changing influence of media institutions and individuals. Her current research focuses on discussions of civic matters on Twitter. Her dissertation was a mixed...
Max Mezger, AB '20
mwmezger@college.harvard.eduHarvard College Intern, 2018-2019
Max is an undergraduate student at Harvard College, class of 2020, from Melbourne, Australia. He is a Visual and Environmental Studies concentrator. He also represen ts the University on the Harvard Men's Crew team. Max produces educational videos and...
Arvid Nagel
arvid_nagel@gse.harvard.eduEducation Researcher, X-Media Lab, 2018-2019
Visiting Scholar, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Research Associate, University of Teacher Education St.Gallen, Switzerland
Arvid is a visiting fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a doctoral student from Switzerland. He received his degree in educational sciences from the University of Flensburg (Germany). He then worked for two years at the Paris Lodron...
Benjamin Strathmore
bstrathmore@college.harvard.eduHarvard College Intern, 2018
From Melbourne, Australia, Benjamin is a recent graduate of the Harvard College, Class of 2018 where his concentration was in visual and environmental studies. His interests include film and writing. At the X-Media Lab, he is a part of the video...
Cong Tony Sun
cong_sun@fas.harvard.eduFinancial Management & Business Development Advisor to X-Media Lab
Director of Finance and Administration, Phillips Brooks House of Harvard College
Tony is currently the Director of Finance and Administration at Phillips Brooks House (PBH) Center for Public Service & Engaged Scholarship of Harvard College. Prior to PBH, he served as the Finance Manager of HGSE’s Professional Education division. Tony...
Shenglan Tan M.Ed.
X-Media Project Manager, 2018-2019
Teaching Fellow, HGSE
Shenglan Tan graduated from Peking University with a double Bachelor degree in Chinese Literature and Sociology. She earned her Master of Education degree in Human Development and Psychology at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She currently...
Lucheng Wang
Learning Designer, X-Media Lab
Lucheng Wang was born and raised in Hubei, China. She received her Bachelor's Degree of Education at Beijing Normal University and Master's Degree of Education in the Human Development and Psychology program at Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2019...
Emily Weinstein ED.D
Research Associate, X-Media Lab
Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard Project Zero
Emily Weinstein is a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She researches the intersectionsof networked technologies with the social, emotional, and civic lives of adolescents and emerging adults.
Weike Zhang
Learning Designer, X-Media Lab
Weike graduated from Tsinghua University in China and completed her masters degree (with a language and literacy specialization) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in May, 2019. She is interested in applying theoretical frameworks in promoting...
