Zachary Nowak, PhD

Harvard University

Dr. Zachary Nowak has worked in education abroad since 2005, in roles as varied as Student Services Assistant, US University Relations, and Director for The Umbra Institute. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2018. His research on international education has focused on assessment, pedagogy, and community-engaged learning. Nowak is an environmental geographer who has written mainly food history, uncommon geographies of state intervention, and the history of American higher education. His current project is provisionally entitled A Student’s History of Harvard College.