Biography
Jenny Woo is a Ph.D. student specializing in Human Development in Context (HDiC). She received her Master's in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University where she conducted program evaluations at The Center on the Developing Child. Following graduation, she continued her role at Harvard's Teaching and Learning Lab as a facilitator for How People Learn, a foundational course for all Master's of Education students. Jenny also has an MBA from UC Berkeley where she worked as a Career Coach and Graduate School Instructor in Leadership Communications.
Jenny dedicates her career to understanding facets of human development. She has worked as a Human Capital consultant at Deloitte, Executive Coach at Cisco Systems, Director at a language immersion Montessori, and trainer at 24 Hour Fitness. Passionate about bridging research and practice, she developed 52 Essential Conversations, a social-emotional learning tool used by teachers, parents, and psychologists in 20+ countries.
As a doctoral student, she intends to conduct intervention studies on the development of executive functions and social-emotional skills to understand factors that foster or hinder student engagement in school and in life.
During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and interviewing educators and researchers for her podcast on iTunes called 52 Essential Conversations.
July 2018
Jenny Woo is a Ph.D. student specializing in Human Development in Context (HDiC). She received her Master's in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University where she conducted program evaluations at The Center on the Developing Child. Following graduation, she continued her role at Harvard's Teaching and Learning Lab as a facilitator for How People Learn, a foundational course for all Master's of Education students. Jenny also has an MBA from UC Berkeley where she worked as a Career Coach and Graduate School Instructor in Leadership Communications.
Jenny dedicates her career to understanding facets of human development. She has worked as a Human Capital consultant at Deloitte, Executive Coach at Cisco Systems, Director at a language immersion Montessori, and trainer at 24 Hour Fitness. Passionate about bridging research and practice, she developed 52 Essential Conversations, a social-emotional learning tool used by teachers, parents, and psychologists in 20+ countries.
As a doctoral student, she intends to conduct intervention studies on the development of executive functions and social-emotional skills to understand factors that foster or hinder student engagement in school and in life.
During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and interviewing educators and researchers for her podcast on iTunes called 52 Essential Conversations.
July 2018
