Karen M. Harbeck

Background

Harbeck, Karen M. was born on January 13, 1951 in Kalamazoo. Daughter of Robert B. and Clara K. (Ratza) Harbeck.

Education

Bachelor in Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1973;

Master of Arts in Social Sciences, San Jose State University, 1980;

Juris Doctor, U. Santa Clara, 1981;

Master of Arts in American History, Stanford University, 1983;

Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Stanford University, 1987.

Career

Private practice law, since 1982;

ethnographer, New England Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1991-1993;

executive director, National Institute Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns in Education, since 1994. Corporation business analyst Strategic Planning Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1985. Legal policy consultant, in-service trainer elementary, secondary and university levels, Massachusetts, since 1986.

Guberman guest instructor Brandeis U., 1983-1984. Lectr.U. Lowell, 1986-1990, Salem State College, 1990-1991, Clark University, 1990-1991, Boston College, 1991-1995. Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Karen M. Harbeck has been listed as a reputable Lawyer, legal historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Appointed member Lowell's Task Force on Sexual Harassment. Co-chair education and higher education committees Massachusetts Governor's Advisory Commission Gay and Lesbian Youth, 1994-1996. Member Massachusetts Attorney General's Gay/Lesbian Task Force, since 1996.

Member Massachusetts Bar Association, Pi Lambda Theta.

Connections

Father:

Robert B. Harbeck

Mother:

Clara K. (Ratza) Harbeck