Cathy N. Davidson

Cathy N. Davidson (cathydavidson.com) is a lifelong educational innovator--and instigator. In a Sept 3, 2017 Washington Post Review of THE NEW EDUCATION, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth compared her to John Dewey and W.E.B. DuBois in her passionate advocacy of student-centered learning. After twenty-five years as a professor and an administrator leading innovation at Duke University, Davidson moved to CUNY in August 2014 to direct the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center. Appointed by President Obama to the National Council on the Humanities (2011-2017), she also sits on the Board of Directors of Mozilla. The author of many books, including Now You See It, she has written for the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company, among other publications. The 2016 recipient of the Ernest L. Boyer Award for Significant Contributions to Higher Education, Davidson lives in New York City, NY. Find out more about her and her upcoming author tour for THE NEW EDUCATION: HOW TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE UNIVERSITY TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A WORLD IN FLUX (Basic Books, Sept 2017) at cathydavidson.com