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John Palfrey is President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the nation’s largest philanthropies with assets of approximately $7 billion, and offices in Chicago, New Delhi, and Abuja, Nigeria.
Palfrey is a well-respected educator, author, legal scholar, and innovator with expertise in how new media is changing learning, education, and other institutions. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a commitment to rigorous thinking, disruption, and creative solutions often made possible by technology, accessibility of information, and diversity and inclusion. Palfrey has extensive experience in social change spanning the education, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Palfrey served as Head of School at Phillips Academy, Andover, the only school of its kind to maintain need-blind admissions. During his tenure, the number of faculty members of color doubled, and the student body grew more diverse. He oversaw the creation of the Tang Institute at Andover, which seeks to reform and democratize excellent teaching and learning.
Palfrey was the Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. In that role, he expanded the Library’s reach and services, finding innovative ways to use digital technologies to enhance the school’s scholarship and teaching.
From 2002 to 2008, Palfrey served as Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, which seeks to explore and understand cyberspace. He is founding board chair of the Digital Public Library of America, and is the former board chair of LRNG, a nonprofit launched and supported by MacArthur.
Palfrey has published extensively on how young people learn in a digital era, as well as the effects of new technologies on society at large. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces: Diversity and Free Expression in Education. A revised and expanded version of his book Born Digital: How Children Grow Up in a Digital Age, which he co-authored with Urs Gasser, was issued in 2016.
Palfrey serves on the board of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Palfrey holds a JD from Harvard Law School, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and an AB from Harvard College.
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John Palfrey是John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur基金会的主席,该基金会是美国最大的慈善机构之一,资产约为70亿美元,在芝加哥、新德里和尼日利亚阿布贾设有办事处。
Palfrey是一位备受尊敬的教育家、作家、法律学者和创新者,他在新媒体如何改变学习、教育和其他机构方面具有专长。在他的职业生涯中,他表现出对严谨的思考、破坏和创造性解决方案的承诺,这些往往是由技术、信息的可及性以及多样性和包容性所促成的。Palfrey在社会变革方面有丰富的经验,横跨教育、非营利组织和慈善部门。
在加入基金会之前,Palfrey在安多弗的菲利普斯学院担任校长,这是同类学校中唯一一所保持无需求招生的学校。在他的任期内,有色人种的教员数量翻了一番,学生群体也更加多元化。他监督了安多弗唐氏学院的创建,该学院旨在改革优秀的教学和学习并使之民主化。
Palfrey曾是哈佛大学法学院的Henry N. Ess III法律教授和负责图书馆和信息资源的副院长。在这个职位上,他扩大了图书馆的范围和服务,找到了使用数字技术的创新方法来提高学校的学术和教学。
从2002年到2008年,帕弗里担任伯克曼-克莱因互联网与社会中心的执行主任,该中心旨在探索和理解网络空间。他是美国数字公共图书馆的创始董事会主席,也是由麦克阿瑟发起并支持的非营利组织LRNG的前董事会主席。
Palfrey发表了大量关于年轻人在数字时代如何学习的文章,以及新技术对整个社会的影响。他是几本书的作者或共同作者,包括《安全的空间,勇敢的空间》。教育中的多样性和自由表达。他的《生而为数字》一书的修订和扩展版本。他与Urs Gasser合著的《儿童如何在数字时代成长》于2016年发行。
帕尔弗雷在约翰-S-和詹姆斯-L-奈特基金会的董事会任职,是美国艺术与科学学院的成员。
Palfrey拥有哈佛大学法学院的法学博士学位,剑桥大学的硕士学位,以及哈佛学院的学士学位。
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