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Susan Graseck



Senior Fellow, Watson Institute;
Director, Choices for the 21st Century Education Program


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Areas of Interest: Renewal of American democracy, education, civic engagement in international and public policy.

Susan Graseck is the founding director of the Choices for the 21st Century Education Program, the outreach component of the Watson Institute’s programmatic structure. For the past 16 years, she has overseen the development of this program, which now reaches out to thousands of teachers and secondary-level students throughout the country through its curriculum, professional development, Capitol Forum and internship programs.

Before coming to the Watson Institute, Ms. Graseck was the executive director of the Topsfield Foundation and co-director of Options: A University Outreach Program on International Issues. She is a founding member of the board of ACCESS: A Security Information Service in Washington, D.C., and a member of the Social Science Education Consortium.

She holds a M.Ed. from Lesley College.