Meet the team.
The NEP leadership team oversees project development, execution, and evaluation. We are a core group of educators and researchers dedicated to keeping ethics front and center in education. Deni Elliott and Cara Biasucci serve as Co-Chief Project Officers for the NEP, and Casey Frechette, David Kidd, Jess Miner, and Anne Newman serve on the executive board for the NEP.
Cara Biasucci
NEP Board Member
Co-Chief Project Officer
Cara.Biasucci@mccombs.utexas.edu
Cara Biasucci is Creator of Ethics Unwrapped, and Director of Ethics Education for the Center for Leadership and Ethics at The University of Texas at Austin.
Deni Elliott
NEP Board Member
Co-Chief Project Officer
elliott@usf.edu
Dr. Elliott holds the Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics at the University of South Florida.
Casey Frechette
NEP Board Member
frechette@usf.edu
Dr. Frechette is an associate professor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and the chair of the Department of Journalism & Digital Communication.
David Kidd
NEP Board Member
david_kidd@gse.harvard.edu
David Kidd is chief assessment scientist at the Democratic Knowledge Project and is based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero.
Jess Miner
NEP Board Member
jess@ethics.harvard.edu
Jess Miner is the Executive Director of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics Research Director, ex officio.
Anne Newman
NEP Board Member
arnewman@stanford.edu
Anne Newman is the Research Director at the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford.
Research Team Members
Drew Chambers
Research Assistant
awc2151@tc.columbia.edu
Drew Chambers is a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Since 2019, he has worked with the National Ethics Project as a Research Assistant.
Ka Ya Lee
Project Manager & Research Assistant
kaya_lee@g.harvard.edu
Ka Ya Lee is a Ph.D. candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and serves as Project Manager and Research Assistant for the National Ethics Project.
Martino Ongis
Postdoctoral Fellow
mongis@fas.harvard.edu
Martino Ongis is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and collaborates with the National Ethics Project and the Democratic Knowledge Project.
Luke Cross
Research Assistant & Site Developer
lukecross@usf.edu
Luke Cross is a Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Journalism & Mass Communication, and contributed to the National Ethics Project as a Research Assistant and Website Developer.