Laura Chivers

Laura Chivers

Dudley Community Resident Dean
Assistant Dean of Harvard College
Dean Laura Chivers standing outside near Harvard

I joined Dudley in July 2017 as your Resident Dean. I earned an AB from Bryn Mawr College, and an MA and PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Vermont.  Before my time in Dudley, I served as the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology here at Harvard.  I was one of the team of Life Science Advisers, and also had the pleasure to be  a Freshman Advisor and a Senior Common Room member at Leverett House.

My research is at the intersection of health behaviors such as substance abuse and behavioral economics. Most recently, I've been interested in examining how educational attainment and decision-making biases affect use of tobacco and other nicotine products in women of reproductive age. I love to bake, read novels, practice yoga, hike, and dance badly.

My Spring 2022 Zoom drop-in advising hours are Thursday 11am-noon,  but I am available lots of other times to meet. Please book yourself a time here: https://dudleydeanofficehrs.youcanbook.me  or email me with a few days and times you're free, and we'll find a time to meet together. All meetings for Spring 2022 will be via Zoom unless you arrange with me in advance for in-person.  I especially enjoy treating Dudleyites to lunch (please feel free to ask me about this)!

Contact Information

10 DeWolfe Street
Suite 23

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