The Harvard Foundation has announced that AAAS Professor Ali Asani received their 2020 Faculty of the Year Award for his work chairing the Dean's Working Group on Symbols and Spaces of Engagement.
The Working Group included a mix of faculty, administrators, and students and was charged with examining how Harvard’s spaces, symbols, and programming advance an inclusive learning environment. The Harvard Foundation recognizes and appreciates Professor Asani's tireless efforts to include students as thought partners and to proactively seek out student voices in every step of the year-long process. For all of the time, patience, generosity, and love that Dr. Asani poured into this work, the Harvard Foundation honors him with the 2020 Harvard Foundation Faculty of the Year Award.