Leslie Berlowitz
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Leslie Cohen Berlowitz is President and the William T. Golden Chair of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
. Berlowitz is the first woman to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Academy and was named its 45th President in 2010. At the Academy she is responsible for policy, planning, and resource development. She oversees five research divisions – science and technology policy; global security; social policy and American institutions; the humanities and society; and education – as well as Academy publications, including the quarterly journal Daedalus (journal)
. She is a scholar in American Studies. Before joining the Academy in 1996, Berlowitz was Vice President at New York University
, where she was responsible for academic policy, planning, and major new institutional initiatives. She has served as an advisor to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation of Yaddo, the National Humanities Alliance, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Elected a Fellow of the American Academy in 2004, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters by Northeastern University in May of 2011.
On February 17, 2011, Berlowitz announced the creation of the Academy’s Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences in response to a request from Members of Congress. The Commission will recommend specific steps that government, schools and universities, cultural institutions, businesses, and philanthropies can take to bolster teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences, fields that are critical to culture, education, and to America's economic competitiveness.
Books
Articles
and earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University
and Columbia University
.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
. Berlowitz is the first woman to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Academy and was named its 45th President in 2010. At the Academy she is responsible for policy, planning, and resource development. She oversees five research divisions – science and technology policy; global security; social policy and American institutions; the humanities and society; and education – as well as Academy publications, including the quarterly journal Daedalus (journal)
Daedalus (journal)
Dædalus is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It is published by MIT Press on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each issue addresses a theme with essays on the arts, sciences, and humanities. Special...
. She is a scholar in American Studies. Before joining the Academy in 1996, Berlowitz was Vice President at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, where she was responsible for academic policy, planning, and major new institutional initiatives. She has served as an advisor to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation of Yaddo, the National Humanities Alliance, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Elected a Fellow of the American Academy in 2004, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters by Northeastern University in May of 2011.
American Academy Presidency
Berlowitz led the Academy’s Strategic Plan "2001 and Beyond" and the development of the Initiative for the Humanities and its Humanities Indicators. She has created a network of more than 50 University Affiliates to work with the Academy on issues vital to the higher education community and also established two residential fellowship programs for young scholars: the Visiting Scholars Program and the Hellman Fellowship in Science and Technology Policy. She has organized task forces on science and energy policy, one of which prepared the Academy’s 2008 report, ARISE: Advancing Research In Science and Engineering: Investing in Early-Career Scientists and High-Risk, High-Reward Research.On February 17, 2011, Berlowitz announced the creation of the Academy’s Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences in response to a request from Members of Congress. The Commission will recommend specific steps that government, schools and universities, cultural institutions, businesses, and philanthropies can take to bolster teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences, fields that are critical to culture, education, and to America's economic competitiveness.
Publications
Berlowitz’s publications include:Books
- Reflecting on the Humanities, Daedalus, (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2009) with Patricia Meyer Spacks
- Restoring Trust in American Business (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005) with Jay W. Lorsch and Andy Zelleke
- America in Theory (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988) with Denis Donoghue and Louis Menand
- Greenwich Village: Culture and Counterculture (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1990) with Richard Eric Beard
Articles
- "Humanities: The Case for Data," Liberal Education Winter 2010 and The Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Spring 2010
- With Neal Lane, "Where to Spend Our Research Dollars: A Progressive Stimulus Package Should Include Grant Reform," Science Progress Thursday, January 22, 2009
- "Advice to the Next President," Letters to the Next President: Strengthening America's Foundation in Higher Education, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Gerald B. Kauvar, eds., The Korn/Ferry Institute 2008
- With Joel E. Cohen, "Academia in the Crosshairs," The Boston Globe September 30, 2007
Education
Berlowitz graduated from the Fieldston SchoolEthical Culture Fieldston School
The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, known as "Fieldston", is a private "independent" school in New York City and a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. It has about 1600 students and a staff of 400 people , led by Dr. Damian J...
and earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.