- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University - https://developingchild.harvard.edu -

Al Race

Al Race is currently a consultant to social change organizations focused on translating science to shift mindsets around important issues affecting children, teens, and older people. He was Deputy Director and Chief Knowledge Officer at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University until his retirement in 2021. As part of the core leadership group that founded and grew the Center over 15 years, his focus was on how to use the knowledge generated by the Center to transform the landscape in which science-based innovation for children and families facing adversity can thrive and grow. Al provided overall thought leadership for the Center’s knowledge translation, communication, and public engagement portfolios, directing the Center’s communications research agenda and the development of more than 100 papers, briefs, videos, interactive features, and educational games. By 2021, the Center’s field-leading website was averaging more than 2.5 million visitors per year from all 50 states and 200 countries. A frequent presenter himself, he has helped scientists, researchers, students, the media, and other thought leaders to improve their communication of the science of child development and science-based innovation. Prior to his time at the Center, Al developed and edited publications and websites for educators and was a founding Director of the Alliance for a Media Literate America. In addition to consulting, Al is now living in (and writing about) ten different countries over the next ten years, most recently Ecuador and Spain. www.tenyeartravels.net [1]