Her five-year partnership with the federal Department of Education and the Center for Applied Special Technology worked to increase access to the curriculum for students with disabilities and resulted in both legislative initiatives and a voluntary national standard opening access to curricular materials for individuals with disabilities. Martha married Frank Minow circa 1894, at age 22. The U.S. Senate confirmed her appointment on March 19, 2010 and she now serves as Vice-Chair. She co-chaired its Pro Bono Task Force. She has worked on the Divided Cities initiative which is building an alliance of global cities dealing with ethnic, religious, or political divisions.Minow co-chaired the Law School’s curricular reform committee from 2003 to 2006, an effort that led to significant innovation in the first-year curriculum as well as new programs of study for second- and third-year J.D. From 2009 to 2017, Minow served as the inaugural Morgan and Helen Chu Professor and Dean of Harvard Law School. Martha Minow is Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard Law School. She has delivered more than 70 named or endowed lectures and keynote addresses.Her honors include: the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse, awarded by the College Historical Society of Trinity College, Dublin, in recognition of efforts to promote discourse and intellectualism on a world stage; the Sacks-Freund Teaching Award, awarded by the Harvard Law School graduating class of 2005; the Holocaust Center Award, 2006; and Honorary Doctorates from Northwestern University (Law), the Jewish Theological Seminary (Law), Dominican University (Humane Letters), Hebrew College (Humane Letters), McGill University (Law), the University of Toronto (Law), and Wheelock College (Education).
Martha Minow 300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University An expert in human rights and advocacy for members of racial and religious minorities and for women, children, and persons with disabilities, she also writes and teaches about privatization, military justice, and …
An expert in human rights and advocacy for members of racial and religious minorities and for women, children, and persons with disabilities, she also writes and teaches about privatization, military justice, and ethnic and religious conflict.13 Appian Way | Cambridge, MA 02138 Martha Minow’s scholarship and advocacy pursues human rights with a particular focus on advocacy for members of racial and religious minorities and for women, children, and persons with disabilities and on responses to ethnic and religious conflict.
She is also a lecturer in the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
She has worked on the Divided Cities initiative which is building an alliance of global cities dealing with ethnic, religious, or political divisions.Give back to HGSE and support the next generation of passionate educators and innovative leaders.Board Member, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law©2020 President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeHer honors include: The Sacks-Freund Teaching Award, selected by the Harvard Law School graduating class of 2005, the Holocaust Center Award, 2006, an Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Toronto, 2006 and an Honorary Doctorate of Education, Wheelock College, 1996. Her five-year partnership with the federal Department of Education and the Center for Applied Special Technology worked to increase access to the curriculum for students with disabilities and resulted in both legislative initiatives and a voluntary national standard opening access to curricular materials for individuals with disabilities. Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary University Professor, has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses include civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop. Martha Minow on the art of asking good questions In a last lecture to the graduating classes of J.D.s and LL.M.s, the former HLS dean invokes "The Next Generation" to impart final words of wisdom By Brett Milano, May 7, 2019