Jess Miner

Jess Miner is Executive Director of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Jess partners with the Center’s Faculty Director and governance committees to develop and implement fellowships and programs. She also oversees the staff leadership team and their portfolios, cultivates strategic partnerships, and safeguards the integrity of the Center’s mission and reputation.

She holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Texas, Austin, where she previously oversaw the implementation of an ethics-across-the-curriculum program for all undergraduates. She is a founding member of the Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership (ICDP), a dialogue-based fellowship program that spans six institutions of higher education in California, Indiana, Florida, Texas, and Massachusetts, and is co-leading the national expansion effort.

In addition to her role at the Center, she serves on the Advisory Board of the National Ethics Project,  EthicsLab, Yaoundé and Ethics Unwrapped.