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Gwinn Science Lecture

Haverford faculty discuss Powerful Teaching

Haverford faculty members discuss Dr. Pooja Agarwal's Powerful Teaching ahead of her lecture.

Dr. Pooja Agarwal will join The Haverford School community on Feb. 26, speaking to both students and educators about her book Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning.

Drawing on a 20-year scientist-teacher collaboration, more than 100 years of research, and illustrative examples from K–12 and higher education, Dr. Agarwal will share how powerful evidence-based tools can transform learning for students and teachers alike.

About Dr. Pooja Agarwal

Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D.

Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. (she/her) is a cognitive scientist and Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she teaches psychological science to exceptional undergraduate musicians. Her award-winning research on how students learn has been published in prominent academic journals; featured in The New York Times and NPR; and recognized by the National Science Foundation.

About the Lecture Series

The William Edward Gwinn '86 Memorial Science Lecture was established by Byrd and Molly Gwinn in memory of their son, Will Gwinn ’86, who achieved the highest academic honors at The Haverford School and died of leukemia in his junior year. The Gwinns established a prize and lectureship in his memory to bring a distinguished scientist each year to address Upper School students.

Gwinn Speakers

2023:  Dr. Jonathan Paras ‘14, Sandia National Laboratories

2022: Dr. Sarah McAnulty, Skype-a-Scientist

2021: Dr. John Pruett '86, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 

2019: Alizé Carrère, National Geographic 

2018: Dr. David Sternberg '08, NASA

2017: Dr. Leila Deravi, Northeastern University

2016: Dr. R.V. Paul Chan '91, University of Illinois-Chicago 

2015: Dr. Megan McCain, University of Southern California

2014: Dr. Anil Rustgi

2013: Dr. Steve Galetta

2012: Dr. Bill Weber

2011: Dr. Ken Ford

2010: Dr. Autumn Fiester

2009: Dr. Mitchell Lazar

2008: Dr. Paul Offit

Upcoming Lectures