Biography

Nonie K. Lesaux, Roy E. Larsen Professor of Education and Human Development, is the dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Lesaux assumed the role of dean in March 2025 after acting as interim dean since July 1, 2024. She served as academic dean at HGSE from 2017 to 2021. She was previously named the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society before her appointment to the Larsen chair in 2021.

Courses taught by Nonie Lesaux