Education
Harvard Law School; Amherst College.
Harvard Law School; Amherst College.
His research has explored a wide range of social policy domains, including preschool, k-12 and higher education, race and gender equality, affordable housing, and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome crisis. His work has attracted scholarly, policy activist, and popular audiences. He has written some sixteen books, as well as many articles that have appeared in leading policy-focused social science journals and law reviews.
He is a regular contributor to the New York Times and other national publications His research has been translated into numerous foreign languages, including Chinese (traditional and simplified), Japanese and Ukrainian.
Kirp graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Law School. A former newspaper editor and syndicated columnist, David Kirp contributes to leading national print media outlets, including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, the American Prospect and The Nation, and appears as a policy expert on nationally broadcast radio and televisions programs.
He has delivered lectures and keynote speeches around the world, at universities including Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Glasgow, Taipei, Melbourne, Trento, Monterey, and Ben Gurion. He is a recipient of Berkeley"s 1982 Distinguished Teaching Award.
David Kirp founded the Harvard Center on Law and Education, a national law reform organization that promotes equality of educational opportunity.
In 2008 he served on the Presidential Transition Team, working on education policy issues. He has consulted with many nonprofit groups and public agencies in the United States and abroad.