Daniel C. Dennett WF ’63 H on mind What is this mind that senses and sorts, learns and creates, thinks and therefore is certain that it is? Despite centuries of speculation, religious belief, and philosophical consideration, one thing is certain, says Daniel Dennett WF ’63 H: “Everybody’s an expert,” but most of us have no […]
Educators affect students’ lives in profound ways, supporting their learning and development and often changing their life trajectories. This is why preparing and empowering teachers is central to the work of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning. We are proud and honored that we have recently received a grant […]
War is stitched into the very fabric of Russia. Since the thirteenth century, Moscow has served as a battlefield in nearly every century, battling enemies from Mongols to Nazis. In his new book, Russia: The Story of War, Gregory Carleton MN ’87 explores the way frequent war has influenced the worldview of the Russian people: […]
Gordon H. Bower WF ’54 on mind and memory With a father who read the entirety of the Encyclopedia Britannica, a high school teacher who took an interest in his intellectual development over his pitching arm, and influential mentors throughout his graduate career, Dr. Gordon H. Bower WF ‘54 was primed early on not only […]
Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Mellon Mays Gap Assistance Program (Mellon Mays GAP) helps Mellon Mays Fellows who have recently graduated maintain their graduate school ambitions and progress towards an academic career. The program, administered by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, will include structured activities, live and on-demand media resources, coaching and mentoring, and […]
Stephen M. Kosslyn WF ’70 and Miverva’s online approach What would higher education look like if every aspect of the experience was rooted in the science of learning? Stephen M. Kosslyn, a 1970 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, is exploring this question as founding dean and chief academic officer of the Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate […]
At the end of October, the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning was formally approved as a graduate school by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. The competency-based master’s in education degree offered by the WW Academy will blend online, face-to-face, and clinical education to prepare graduates for 21st-century classrooms. In 2015, the Woodrow […]
In his first work of creative nonfiction, titled Now or Never: Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery, Ray Anthony Shepard MLK ‘69 tells the story of two black Union soldiers who served during the American Civil War. George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding served in the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, the first African-American unit […]
Elissa Epel WH ’97 on stress and cellular damage It’s been more than 80 years since endocrinologist Hans Selye first noticed, in experiments, the lasting physiological effects of mental and environmental stress. Today it’s clear that those effects, says Elissa Epel WH ’97, extend all the way to the cellular level—specifically, to the telomeres, the […]
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship had a busy summer. In June, the 2017 class of WW Georgia Teaching Fellows were announced at an event with GA Governor Nathan Deal and his wife Sandra. This year’s Fellows will attend programs at Columbus State University, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, Mercer University, and Piedmont College. The 63 […]
