Tom Jehn, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
Tom directs the Harvard College Writing Program, where he has taught numerous courses, led faculty teams, and developed innovative curriculum and teaching methods for the past 25 years.
In addition to working on writing initiatives across the social sciences, humanities, and STEM fields at Harvard, he is a leader in adult writing instruction. He has run communications training seminars and personalized coaching for executives, managers, professionals, and support staff. His trainings are in demand at a variety of companies and non-profits, from insurance and private wealth management firms to government agencies, philanthropies, and Harvard Medical School. He also develops bespoke online guides for writing in the workplace.
Tom is committed to improving literacy in New England communities and across the country. As the program officer for the Calderwood Writing Initiative at the Boston Athenaeum, he designed and led financing for university-partnered writing centers at eight Boston Public high schools serving more than 3,000 students. He leads professional development courses for teachers in public and private high schools and colleges in many states. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Harvard Allston Education Portal, Harvard’s community outreach center, for which he created and oversaw its writing and speaking program.
The winner of numerous teaching awards at Harvard, Tom has been a contributing author for a series of best-selling composition textbooks by Diana Hacker, published by Bedford/St. Martin’s Press. He currently serves on Harvard College’s Admissions Committee. He holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia.