#  Our Team 

 



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##  Staff 

 



  [### Ning Zou

 ](/people/ning-zou) [ning\_zou@gse.harvard.edu](mailto:ning_zou@gse.harvard.edu)Associate Director for Student Academic Services &amp; Learning Design

 

 

 Ning oversees the HGSE's student academic services ranging from writing, verbal communication, AI to library research, teaching, and learning. She provides programming, coaches students, and partners with related offices. She works closely with all the... 

 

 

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##  Data &amp; Visualization Lab 

 



  [### Diana Feng

 ](/people/diana-feng)Data Fellow

 

 

 Diana Feng is a PhD student in Human Development, Learning, and Teaching. She investigates intragroup conflicts in collaborative learning, drawing on a range of research methods. Her broader interests include learning and technology design, educational... 

 

 

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   [### Lindsay Whitacre

 ](/datalab/team) [lindsay\_whitacre@gse.harvard.edu](mailto:lindsay_whitacre@gse.harvard.edu)Assistant Director for Open Scholarship &amp; Data Services Librarian

 

 

 Lindsay's work focuses on best practices for finding, understanding, organizing, cleaning, and using data for strengthening arguments and research. She believes everyone should have a basic understanding of data, what it can do, and how it affects... 

 

 

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##  Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab 

 



  [### Max Lu

 ](https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/appointments?lid=9770&g=22876) <haolu@g.harvard.edu>AI Lab Fellow

 

 

 Max Lu is a Ph.D. candidate (G3) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research interests lie at the intersection of technology, media, and learning science. He is particularly enthusiastic about applying Humanistic Intelligence (HI) principles... 

 

 

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##  Writing Center 

 



  [### Brandon Edwards

 ](/people/brandon-edwards)Summer Writing Fellow

 

 

 Brandon N. Edwards is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Virginia, research affiliate with the Harvard Human Flourishing Program, and 2024 alumnus of the PhD program in education. His work explores how religious students decide where to attend... 

 

 

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   [### Jen Ha

 ](/people/jen-ha) <jenniferha@g.harvard.edu>Lead Writing Fellow

 

 

 Jen Ha is a fourth-year PhD student in the Culture, Institutions, and Society concentration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research draws on qualitative methods to examine how high school and undergraduate students produce personal... 

 

 

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   [### MG Prezioso

 ](/people/mg-prezioso)Summer Writing Fellow

 

 

 MG Prezioso is a researcher, lecturer, and Expository Writing instructor at Harvard University. She received her PhD in Education from Harvard University, her EdM in Language and Literacy from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, and her AB in English... 

 

 

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   [### Caroline Tucker

 ](/people/caroline-tucker)Writing Fellow - Summer Project

 

 

 Caroline Tucker is a PhD Candidate in the Culture, Institutions, and Society concentration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her research focuses on American higher education history, social mobility, and institutional administrative... 

 

 

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